The leader of Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike has said that he does not believe in president of Igbo extraction and that the contest should be thrown open. Leading some South East youths in a solidarity march in Owerri, Imo state, when a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited him, said he is in support of Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello as his preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The youths, who started the procession from the MASSOB leader’s house in Owerri, marched through the streets, carrying different placards, with…
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Aliyu Sokoto, father of the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto is dead. The decessed, popularly known as Alhaji Na’ayya died on Friday at the National Hospital Abuja, at the age of 80. Late Na’ayya, who died after a protracted illness, was buried in Sokoto on Saturday, while his funeral prayer was led by the Sarkin Malaman Sokoto, Yahaya Na-Malam-Boyi. The funeral prayer was attended by many dignitaries, including Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North); former governor of the old Sokoto state, Yahaya Abdulkarim; former deputy governor in the state, Chiso Dattijo, who is also a Federal…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all candidates who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start printing their 2022 UTME notification slips from Saturday, 30th April, 2022, ahead of this year’s exercise. The spokesperson of the Board, Mr. Fabian Okoro made this known in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement, the 2022 UTME notification slip is available for printing by all candidates who had registered for the 2022 UTME scheduled to hold from Friday, 6th May, 2022 to 14th May, 2022. “Printing of examination notification slip is compulsory for all candidates,…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe Year-in-year-out, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has imbided the culture of touching the lives of the less-privileged, especially during the two Eids when the well to do and their children enjoy their wealth, with some not looking back at the haves-not. This year, like every other, the representative of Sokoto North Senatorial District, barely a week after he secured the release of 50 prison inmates. This he did to enable them join their families and celebrate Eid-el-Fitr. And as my father told me, not only did the Senator secured their release, he also gave them some form…
The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja on Friday disqualified two and cleared 15 aspirants. The Chairman of the committee and former Senate President, Sen. David Mark who spoke with newsmen at the end of the exercise however, did not disclose names of those disqualified. He advised those disqualified to petition the party’s Appeals Panel on Saturday if they felt dissatisfied. “We have been very thorough this time around. We spent so much time to screen each individual who has been here. “We screened 17 aspirants, which is quite a number. We cleared 15, two have not…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The incumbent member representing Tarauni federal constituency, Hafizu Ibrahim Kawu has expressed joy over the presentation of over N20 million for the purchase of nomination and expression of interest forms by stakeholders and other support groups. The Support Groups are made up of stakeholders that include artisans , students, beneficiaries of the lawmaker’s job offers, APC executives , top government functionaries, two serving local government Chairmen and a Minister. The lawmaker promised not to let them down but to continue with his empowerment programs that have brought relief to the people. Speaking on behalf of the stakeholders,…
The Nigerian government says it will start a disaster risk information awareness to inform the public on the consequences of illegal oil bunkering. This is contained in a statement by Ms Nneka Anibeze, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq on Friday. Umar-Farouq made this known when a Federal Government delegation visited Imo to commiserate with the government on the explosion, which occurred at Abaezi forest, Ohaji Egbema local government area. Recall that there was an explosion at a forest in the Abaezi community in Ohaji-Egbema local government area…
The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its support for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to stabilise electricity network in some parts of the country. Ms Inga Stefanowicz, the Team Leader, EU’s Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS on Green and Digital Economy, gave the affirmation in an interview in Abuja on Friday. She said there was an imbalance in the system, adding that there are fluctuations to be addressed in tackling electricity problems in the country. “Looking at the northern part of the country, power supply is weaker in that area. “We are supporting the TCN to cut off some…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Rotary Club has donated 10 wheelchairs to polio survivors in Bauchi state to aid their mobility. The state chapter president of Bauchi Central, Rotarian Chukwunonso Nwobi who presented the wheelchairs on Friday, said that the gesture was one of the humanitarian efforts of the club to give back to the needy in the society. “Rotary International is one of the leading organizations that is championing the eradication of the wild polio virus through the provision of the oral polio vaccines,” he said. Nwobi urge the beneficiaries not to use the wheelchairs to beg on the…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana a senior advocate of Nigeria has said that there is no possibility for former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2023 presidency. Jonathan is being speculated to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) and contest the 2023 presidency. However, Falana in a statement on Thursday said by virtue of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), Jonathan cannot contest the 2023 presidential election. “It has been confirmed that former President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the 2023 presidential election.…