The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, home town Abasha in Gashu’ahas come under severe attack with bomb explosion by suspected Boko Haram sect on Sunday evening, killing one person and injuring several others.This is coming barely a week, after Boko Haram terrorists killed 11 persons in Geidam town.An eye said one person died in the incident while several others severely injured were rushed to a specialist hospital in the cityReports had it that IED explosions hit Gashu’a, a town in Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State, at a drinking joint in the town while Muslim faithfuls were observing their evening…
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As criticisms continue to trail the whooping N100m pricetag for nomination forms by the All Progressives Congress (APC), an aspirant has lashed out at the women leader of APC, Betta Edu for saying only unserious aspirants will criticise the ruling party. It would be recalled that Edu while appearing on Arise Television said the high cost of nomination fees for various elective positions was in order as it will help trim down the number of aspirants during the party’s primaries. A presidential aspirant under the party’s umbrella, Comrade Salihu Othman Isah has however disagreed with her saying her views are…
The President of the senate Ahmad Lawan, has expressed deep grieve over the passing away of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll.His Special Adviser on Media Ola Awoniyi in a statement issued on Sunday described his demise as a great loss to the Yoruba people at home and in the diaspora, and to Nigeria as a nation. The statement quoted Lawan to have condoled with the Government and people of Oyo State and the entire Yoruba race over the loss of a great African traditional ruler. “Oba Adeyemi regally represented the culture and tradition of the Yoruba people…
***says he is coming to secured the state The renewed violent attacks and induced explosions in some parts of Taraba state that claimed scores of lives and properties has been condemned by a frontline 2023 Governorship aspirant in Taraba state, Senator Anthony Manzo. Bomb explosions were recorded in Ardo kola local government and Nukai areas in Jalingo , Taraba state on Tuesday and Friday respectively. Sen Manzo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement he personally signed and made available to the National Update described the new wave of violence in the State as a sad…
From Naseer Mijinyawa Minna Former senate president and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic party (PDP) Dr. Bukola Abubakar Ssraki, has indicated that what Nigeria needs at this point in its history isan energetic, Courageuos and vibrant leader that can fix the country for the betterment of all. Addressing PDP delegates at the party’s Secretariat in Minna at the weekend, Dr Ssraki noted that no part of the country is safe and secured without one insecurity or the other.He indicated that Nigerians as people are no longer safe traveling by air, train and by road describing the…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has sent messages of condolences to the families of his Deputy, Engr Benson Abounu and Chief Akange Audu over the deaths of their son and wife respectively. In a statement by his chief press secretary Nathaniel Ikyur, the Governor urged the duo to take solace in God over the unfortunate deaths of their loved ones.The statement quoted Ortom to have stated this Sunday, April 24th, 2022 when he paid condolence visits to the two families over the death of their relations. The deputy Governor lost his second son, Michael Abounu while Chief Audu lost his…
By Ehichioya Ezomon The settings are similar, but the endorsement of governorship aspirants by pressure groups in Lagos and Delta States is affecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in differing ways.In Lagos, the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) has sanctioned the long-awaited second-term bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who the PDP had anticipated would defect to its platform should he be given the “Ambode treatment” by the kingmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state chapter.But the governor’s endorsement by the GAC may’ve put the PDP in a fix ahead of the 2023 governorship race it’s projecting to snatch…
***Osinachi will want her kids far away from their father For exposing children of late iconic gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu to the parade of their embattled father, Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, being investigated for her death, a – child and gender rights advocacy group has called on Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen to focus on the management of the three children for trauma rather than expose them to more traumatizing events.. In a statement issued by the Executive Director of the group – Men Against Rape Foundation (MARF), Lemmy Ughegbe, wondered why Dame Tallen was more interested in posing…
**Mops up 88,734 Tramadol caps The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has foiled Fresh attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle substantial quantities of Cocaine into Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by concealing the Class-A illicit substance in teabags. Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency Femi Babafemi in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday said not less than four traffickers involved in the effort to import and export illicit drugs through the country in the last week were arrested and are now in the custody of…
Youths in Plateau State have expressed their determination to ensure peace continue to reign on the plateau as some Christian youth in Barkin Ladi presented a power Generating set to a Mosque in their vicinity The gesture which happened in Gana Ropp, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, of the State.A statement by the director general Plateau State Peace Building Agency, Joseph Lengman stated that the Christian youth observed for the past 3 years how Muslims in their community constantly struggle to call for prayers in the mosque for lack of stable power supply,adding that they also observed the same struggle…