The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has expressed concern over the current campaign of calumny emanating from the support groups of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, both of who have indicated interest in the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election, which they observe will not augur well for the Yoruba and Nigeria as a whole.Allegations and counter allegations of betrayal, greed and perceived heavy moral burden have been going back and forth among the supporters of the two foremost contenders for the presidential slot since the duo declared interest in…
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By Friday Idachaba Incumbent Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole has declared his intension to run for the Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency seat in the upcoming 2023 General Elections. Kolawole a stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) disclosed his intension during the Official Declaration and Annual Widows Empowerment Programme in Kabba, Kogi West Senatorial District. He said that the need for quality representation informed his decision to join the race adding that he had to throw his hat into the ring to enable him bring his experience to bear in the service of his…
An aspirant for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Salihu Othman Isah has admonished Christians to use the opportunity of Easter to reflect deeply on the decayed past in the country inflicted by leaders who do not mean well for its citizens with a view to remedy the situation.Comrade Isah gave the admonition in a telephone interview with the National Update from Port Harcourt, the River state capital in the wake of his consultation visits. According to him Nigeria must get it right this time around. The APC top stalwart, who is a former Coordinator, Peace…
The Lagos State Government has closed all Chrisland Schools within the State pending investigations of an alleged rape scandal involving a 10 year old female pupil of the School. The closure of the school was happening after a 10-year-old pupil of the school was alleged to have been gang raped by her schoolmates during a trip to Dubai. The video of the incident which was shared by Ubi Frank, a music manager on his social media account has gone viral and is dominating discussion on social media The ugly incident attracted outrage and widespread condemnation among Nigerians on social media…
A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Marafa has indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a mere political party not a religion that he will cling to despite humiliation.On Sunday the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul Aziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara and their supporters had dumped the APC for the PDP.Reacting to the development Marafa said “APC is not Islam, it is my religion that I can not leave for whatever reason, but a political party, I can leave and join anyone of my choice,” he said.He described the…
Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, men and women of goodwill everywhere, I send you hearty greetings and felicitations as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter is here again. For all Christians, Easter is a metaphor for our lives as individuals, families, communities or nations. Easter is a metaphor for how shame, scandal, powerlessness, weakness, and opprobrium suddenly transform into glory, honour, pre-eminence, laudation and applause. It is a fulfillment of what the Master himself had foretold when He said, ‘Unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain, but if it…
Determined to retain power in the 2023 general elections in Benue State the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from the Tiv speaking 14 Local Government areas of the State have settled for the the speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon Titus Uba.A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, to the Benue State Governor, Nathaniel Ikyur, indicated that Uba emerged as the governorship consensus candidate for the PDP following a painstaking process that involved various segments of the stakeholders of the party in the state.He said Uba also got the endorsements of the 32 gubernatorial aspirants from the…
By Ehichioya Ezomon When one finger takes the oil, it soils the rest four fingers. When one part of the body is sick, the whole body will be sick. This is a metaphor for the security situation in Nigeria where swathes of its landscape are in constant and consistent attacks by armed men.What are the indicators of such sieges? There’re reports of the attackers overrunning, and renaming indigenous communities, and imposing a quasi-administration that levies the “occupied people,” in order to guarantee them access to their farms and markets.In some instances, advance notices are allegedly sent by the attackers to…
Senator Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North in the upper legislative chamber has thrown his hat in the ring for Kano State gubernatorial election in 2023.The Senator, who is also a member of the G-7 faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC), named members of his Campaign Committee on Sunday. Barau appointed a Professor of Food Science and Technology Hafiz Abubakar, who is also a former Deputy Governor of Kano State as the Campaign Director and Chairman of the central committee alongside 10 members.The governorship hopeful unveiled a 17-man committee across the three senatorial districts in the state, as well a…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s only achievement is in destroying every aspect of life in Nigeria, with corruption thriving and growing more than ever before, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah has indicated. The fiery Sokoto Bishop spoke further indicating that with everything literally broken down, the country has become one big emergency national hospital with _ full occupancy Bishop Kukah who made the observations in his Easter message on Sunday in Sokoto, pointed out that the greatest challenge now is how to begin a process of reconstructing the nation hoping that we can hang on and survive the 2023…