The Prelate of the of Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), His Eminence, Samuel Kanu, has been abducted by gunmen. He was kidnapped on Sunday alongside Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the Prelate’s Chaplain, by yet to identified gunmen along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia state….
A former Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Zakari Umaru-Kigbu has been killed by gunmen. His two daughters were also abducted by the criminals. The gunmen were said to have invaded his residence in Azuba Bashayi, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa state in the early hours of Sunday. Family sources said the…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has again won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, but lost to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In the result of the primary election announced by the Chief Returning Officer and former President of…
Nentawe Yilwatda, a former Residence Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Benue state won the governorship primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau state. Also in Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial zone emerged governorship candidate of the ruling party in the state. Nentawe scored 803…
Hon. Isah Ashiru has again picked the governorship ticket of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state again. A former state and federal lawmaker, Ashiru was the party’s candidate in 2019. He poled 414 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Sani Sidi, a former Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)…
A former council chairman of Mangu Local Government Area, Caleb Mutfwang, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state. Mutfwang, a legal practitioner, polled 252 votes to defeat 13 other aspirants. His closest opponent, Chief Wungak Kefas scored 113 votes. Details of the result announced on Thursday…
