A report by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, confirmed Bashir Machina as the substantive candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe north senatorial district. Senate President, Ahmed Lawan contested presidential ticket of the party in May while Machina, presumably as a ‘placeholder’, contested the party’s ticket for the senatorial ticket and won unopposed in May. When Lawan lost to Bola Tinubu however, Machina was being pressed to step down for the Senate, who currently represents the district. Machina vowed he would not withdraw because the Senate had been his life time ambition. Daring all…
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The case bothering on marginalisation of Lagos State indigenes filed against Lagos State Government, Federal Character Commission and 17 others some selected indigenes of the state came up on Friday. The indigenes under the aegis of Lagos Advocacy Group files the case before Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos praying the court for interpretation, particularly, of section 13 and 14 of the Constitution with regard to marginalisation of Lagos State indigenes failure by establishment in the state to ensure equitable distribution of political appointments. The Group is also asking for interpretation of 3rd Schedule…
Kabiru Masari, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed how he was nominated to be vice presidential candidate of the party. Masari who made the revelation in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service on Thursday, said someone called him around 3 am on that fateful day and informed him that he would be the running mate of the APC presidential candidate. “I was told that I would fill a form and return immediately. The form was brought to me and I filled and returned…
Falconets’ Head Coach Chris Danjuma has invited 30 players to the national under-20 women team’s camp for preparations for this year’s FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica. Nigeria has never missed a FIFA Under-20 Women’s Championship since the competition began as an Under-19 Championship in Canada 20 years ago. They have now been drawn to take on France, Canada and Korea Republic in Group C of this year’s tournament scheduled for Costa Rica from August 10 to 28. All invited players are to report in Abuja on Sunday, according to a statement on Friday by the Communications Department…
A Pakistani journalist, Arslan Khan known for criticising the country’s powerful military has gone missing after he was allegedly picked up by paramilitary forces in Karachi. More than a dozen paramilitary rangers raided the home of the journalist and took him away in the early hours of Friday morning, his family said. “The rangers pointed guns at us and took him away. We still have no clue about his whereabouts,’’ Khan’s wife told dpa from Karachi. “I was told that Khan was being detained due to his social media posts,’’ she said. The news that the journalist had allegedly been…
Chief Ralph Nwosu, National Chairman, Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has officially presented Tonto Dikeh, an actress, as the party’s 2023 Rivers Deputy Governorship candidate. Nwosu while presenting the 37 years old actress to the public on Friday in Abuja urged Nigerian youths to support youths at all levels in the forthcoming general elections. He recalled that youths in the country had been agitating for inclusiveness in politics and governance since the Not too Young to Run bill was passed into law. He added that the party was ready to bring that agitation to pass by bringing on board, young aspirants and…
The Naira on Friday appreciated at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N420.12 to the dollar, a 0.01 appreciation against N420.17 traded on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N419.79 to the dollar on Friday. An exchange rate of N444.00 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N420.12. The Naira sold for as low as N413 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of $162.98 million was traded in foreign exchange at the official Investors and Exporters window on Friday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Baroness Patricia Scotland, on her reappointment as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Leaders of the Commonwealth meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday reappointed Scotland by consensus for a further two years to complete the balance of her period in office. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, the Nigerian leader commended the purposeful leadership of the Dominican-born barrister and diplomat in the last six years. He lauded her for championing the values of the association in the areas of youth, women and childcare, trade, among others. The president expressed…
Just when one thinks that Sahara Reporters is in the process of finding its way to the path of redemption, it comes out to reassert itself as a hate-spewing platform that is committed to reporting Nigeria into destruction by targeting public office holders and attempting to tarnish their image. This is why it is no surprise that Sahara Reporters’ obsession with retired Ambassador Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s Envoy to the Republic of Benin, is one that defies solutions. The junk online publication’s latest installment in its bash-Buratai obsession was sensationally captioned “EXCLUSIVE: Anti-graft Agency, ICPC Uncovers Billions In Cash Meant For…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared May 2022 Federation Revenue Allocation to the federal, states and local government councils to the tune of N680.783 billion. This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of June 2022 FAAC meeting held in Abuja. According to the Communiqué, the N680.783 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N385.004 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N198.512 billion and Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N97.267 billion. In May 2022, the total deductions for cost of collection was N36.996 billion and total deductions for transfers and…