The Presidential election and National Assembly elections are to hold on February 25, 2023. Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this on Saturday while briefing journalists in Abuja. He added that governorship and state houses of assembly polls will take place on March 11, 2023. INEC had earlier scheduled the…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says he is confident that he will win the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku stated this in an interview with journalists on Saturday shortly after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his presidential bid. Atiku was said to have arrived Obasanjo’s residence located within Olusegun…
By Patience Dombin, Jos There was massive voter turnout for the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election in Plateau state. AmazingTimes Correspondent who visited some polling units in Kabong- Gada Biu, in Jos North Local Government Area, reports that a large number of people came out to vote. Accreditation and voting were conducted simultaneously, a development which…
Dikyet Gupiya, the district head of Pushit, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state, has been abducted by gunmen. Gupyet was reportedly abducted at his residence on on Thursday at about 9:15pm. The traditional ruler is said to be a close relative of the state deputy governor, Prof. Sonni Tyoden who is also from Pushit….
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to commission more projects executed by the Kaduna state government in May 2022. The Managing Director of the Kaduna Roads Agency (KADRA), Habiba Buhari disclosed this on Friday while inspecting the multi-billion naira bridge across River Kaduna, connecting Kabala to Barnawa areas within Kaduna metropolis. The President had during his…
An Ikeja high court, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (aka Evans) and two others to life imprisonment after four years of trial. The were convicted for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The other two convicts are Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu. However, one Ogechi Uchechukwe and two former soldiers,…
