The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has cautioned Nigerians against voting sick person to govern a sick country like Nigeria. Obi stated this at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in continuation of his nationwide campaigns ahead of the February 25 presidential election. He said, “This country is sick and should not…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that the preliminary number of registered voters in Nigeria is 93.5 million. Yakubu made the disclosure on Wednesday at the third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja. Yakubu, said after cleaning up the voter data using the automated biometric identification…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The nomination of a deceased Nigerian, the late Senator Adamu Talba, as an ambassador, is not a routine administrative oversight that can be brushed aside with bureaucratic excuses. It is a glaring indictment of a system that has grown disturbingly casual with power and careless with consequence. When governance descends to…
Former governor of Lagos state and leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has finally declared his interest in the 2023 presidency. Fielding questions from reporters on Monday after meeting with President Muhammadu at the Presidential Villa,Abuja, Tinubu said he had the president about his intention. He said Buhari is not stopping…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has commiserated with the families of the two pilots, Flight Lieutenant Abubakar Alkali and Flight Lieutenant Elijah Karatu, who lost their lives in a plane crash on Tuesday in Kaduna. Speaking when he visited the families of the deceased officers on Wednesday at the NAF Base,…
The Federal Government has appointed Prof. Gray Ejikeme as acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau state. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday by Abdullahi Abdullahi, Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university. The statement said until his appointment Ejikeme was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration of the institution. The statement…
