Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai says electronic voting is possible in Nigeria, with the right determination. According to him, the success recorded in the last Local Government election conducted via eletronic voting in the state, was a demonstration that it was possible across the country. The governor made the statement in a state-wide broadcast on Wednesday to thank the people of the state for giving the All Progressive Congress (APC), victory at the polls. He welcomed the election as a unifying moment, describing the results from Kaduna South Senatorial District in particular, as significant in advancing political consensus in the state and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say they are working together for the party to present a unified force in the 2023 general elections. Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this on Wednesday night while briefing newsmen after the forum meeting held in Abuja. Tambuwal said that the closed door meeting on the party’s forthcoming national convention which started around 3p.m., was very fruitful. “We have been meeting since 3p.m., meeting for about seven hours; very fruitful deliberation. “You must have seen that we received leaders of our party…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is a potential income gain of up to $450 billion from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke virtually at the closing of the 2021 Conference of African Insurance Practitioners. The theme of conference is, “Rebuilding Africa’s Economy: An Insurance Perspective”. He said that amidst monumental challenges posed by climate change, particularly energy transition and related issues, the coming decade anchored on AfCFTA offered great opportunities for Africa’s socio-economic transformation. Osinbajo urged African insurance practitioners to leverage opportunities in the…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count terrorism charge against two detained associates of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho). The charges were filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, after over two months since officers of the DSS arrested and detained the two aides. The defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/305/2021 are Jamiu Oyetunji and Amudat Babatunde. The DSS alleged that the 1st defendant, Oyetunji, was in possession of fire arms for terrorism-related activities, while Amudat allegedly helped to promote acts of terrorism, using her Facebook page. “That you Oyetunji, Babatunde, with others still at large,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Owerri, Imo, on one-day official visit where he would inaugurate some developmental projects executed by the State Government. The president was received at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, the Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi, Dave Umahi, and the All Progressives Congress Anambra State gubernatorial candidate, Andy Uba. Others at the airport to welcome the president included some cabinet Ministers and Presidential aides from the South East, the Executive Secretary of NALDA, Mr Paul Ikonne, as well as other Federal and State government officials.…
The Emir of Kontagora in Niger state, Saidu Namaska is dead. He died in the early hours of today. Details later…
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized a truckload of unregistered milk suspected to be counterfeit in Sokoto. NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto State, Garba Adamu, disclosed this in Sokoto on Wednesday. Adamu said that the consignment of 300 cartons of 35g creamer sachet was seized on September 6 at the popular Kantin Daji market while the vehicle was on transit to Kano. He said that the items were confiscated and the persons involved fined, to serve as deterrent to others. The coordinator explained that the agency’s headquarters had, in July, alerted state offices of circulation of unregistered…
Following up on President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent announcement of the declaration of two hundred and eighty seven billion Naira (N287bn) Profit After Tax (PAT) in year 2020 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Corporation has consolidated on the remarkable achievement, by publishing the Audited Financial Statements (AFS) on its official website. It would be recalled that while announcing the outstanding feat a little over a fortnight ago, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the Minister of Petroleum Resources, had said: “I have further directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to timely publish the Audited Financial Statements in line…
Osun state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Wednesday in Osogbo received defecting members of the PDP in the state to the APC. Gov. Oyetola was joined at the reception by his wife, Kafayat, his deputy, Benedict Alabi, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Etteh and other leaders of the APC. The governor said that the APC expected more defectors from the PDP, a party he said, had lost focus. The governor said that issues the opposition party was using to campaign against the APC had been resolved by his administration. He urged APC supporters in the state to continue to…
The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Mr Allen Onyema, has fulfilled his promise to the Super Eagles by giving them a sum of N20 million for winning their match against the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde on Tuesday. Eagles received the cheque upon arrival on Wednesday, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Eagles flew to and from Cape Verde in one of Air Peace’s ultramodern Embraer 195-E2 aircraft. Onyema congratulated the players on the second win in their World Cup qualifiers campaign and charged them to also emerge victorious in their subsequent games. He expressed delight that the…