Peter Obi Unveils Campaign Manifesto Titled Our Pact With Nigerians: Creating A New Nigeria
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has finally released his campaign manifesto ahead of the 2023 general election. The campaign manifesto is 62 pages long and titled “Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria.” This comes just days after Festus Keyamo, the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential […]
Town Hall Meeting: APC Issues Statement as Tinubu Misses Another Meeting
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) issued a statement on Saturday explaining the whereabouts of its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who declined another invitation to a town hall meeting. Arise Television had invited the former Governor of Lagos State to another debate, despite his earlier statement that he would not attend any during his […]
Channel Crossings: Dozens Of Albanian Child Migrants Go Missing
Almost 20% of unaccompanied child migrants from Albania taken in by Kent County Council this year have disappeared, the BBC has found. The local authority took in 197 Albanian children up to 31 October but 39 of them have gone missing. Ecpat UK, which campaigns to protect children from exploitation, said the figures were very […]
Senegal’s Parliament Brawls After MP Hits Woman Colleague
Senegal’s parliament brawled on Thursday after opposition MP Massata Samb hit Amy Ndiaye Gniby from the ruling party during a budget presentation. Massata Samb walked over and slapped Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition, setting off a flurry of scuffles. Ms Gniby threw a chair back at Mr Samb before […]
First Lady Aisha Buhari Withdraw Case Against Twitter Critic Aminu
First Lady, Aisha Buhari have withdrawn her case against Aminu Adamu a final-year student at the department of environmental management at the Federal University, Dutse.Aminu who has been released unconditionally after police authorities dropped the charges against him was arrested by the police over a tweet that appeared to mock Aisha He was in Aso […]
15 Judges Faces Probe Panels Over Alleged Misconduct – NJC
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has formed 15 probe panels to look into allegations of gross misconduct levelled against 15 federal and state High Court judges. The panels are tasked with determining the judges’ culpability in the various petitions filed against them by individuals and corporations. Soji Oye, the NJC’s Director of Information, said in […]
INEC Schedule Collection Of PVCs From December 12 To January 22
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Friday that the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will begin across the country on Monday, December 12, 2022, and will continue until Sunday, January 22, 2023. After a retreat in Lagos with all the Administrative Secretaries and Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36 states of […]
5G Spectrum Auction Nets FG $500m
The minster of Communications and Digital Economy Ali Pantami has said on Friday that the federal government has generated more than $500 million from the 5G spectrum licence auction. Pantami stated this at a news conference in Kano on Friday regarding the implications of unauthorised use and sale of private mobile radio. Pantami, who was […]
Dogara Group Choose Atiku As Consensus Candidate
The Forum of Christian and Muslim Political Leaders from the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), led by former House Speaker Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has chosen the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the consensus candidate for the 2023 election. It will be recalled that on October […]
US Rail Strike: Senate Passes Bill To Avert Labour Stoppage
The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved a measure to block a strike by railway workers that could have a devastating impact on the US economy. In an 80 to 15 vote, the Senate passed a bill that imposes a contract deal on a dozen unions representing railway workers. It was passed in an expedited vote […]
