The Spirits and Wines Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has intensified efforts to sanitise the industry as stakeholders warned that illicit trade in wines and spirits continues to threaten public health, undermine legitimate businesses and deprive government of revenue. The association, whose members include Bacardi, Guinness Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, Pernod Ricard Nigeria, Moët Hennessy and Diageo,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof. Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Aina succeeds Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on July 31, 2026. In a statement, Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, described Aina who will be 40 in July, as a distinguished academic and systems…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Every electoral cycle in Nigeria begins with the same familiar spectacle. Political parties unveil elaborate timetables, aspirants purchase nomination forms worth tens of millions of naira, and party officials appear before television cameras promising “free, fair, and credible” primaries. Yet by the end of these exercises, what emerges bears little resemblance…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says the independence and integrity of the judiciary must never be compromised. According to him, “the judiciary remains indispensable guardian of constitutional order, protectors of civil liberties, defender of due process, and custodians of societal equilibrium.” The governor spoke on Monday at the inauguration of the Kaduna Bar Centre,…
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, ex Kaduna governor, Sunday Katung and Shehu Sani have emerged winners of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary elections in Kaduna North, Kaduna South and Kaduna Central senatorial districts respectively. Yero defeated two other aspirants in the election which held on Monday to secure the APC ticket ahead for 2027 election….
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on the House of Representatives primary election in Plateau State, Stella Okotete, has dismissed the earlier result announced for the Pankshin, Kanke, Kanam federal constituency election, describing it as unauthorised. The committee subsequently declared the incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency, Yusuf Gagdi, winner of the primary…
