Tinubu-Shettima: Women To Launch Campaign Team, Choose Spokespersons
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will launch its Women Presidential Campaign team on Monday, barring any last-minute changes. The APC Women campaign team will choose its campaign spokesperson on Monday. According to the Tinubu-Shettima Women Presidential Campaign Team’s organising committee, the ceremonial inauguration of its various committee members would also take place on the […]
Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend N11.92 Billion On Food, Foreign Trips In 2023 Budget
President Muhammadu Buhari submitted a N20.51 trillion budget proposal to the National Assembly on Friday during a joint session. The N19.76tn proposed in the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper is about N750bn higher in 2023. President Buhari and the Vice President’s office would spend N11.92 billion on local and foreign trips, […]
Boat Mishap: Soludo Orders Search Operation For 30 Missing Persons
The governor of Anambra state, Charles Soludo, yesterday ordered a search operation following the report that about 30 people were missing in a boat mishap at Umunnankwo community in Anambra State’s riverine Ogbaru local government area over the weekend. According to the chairman of the local government’s transition committee, Hon. Pascal Aniegbuna, the incident occurred […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Declares State Of Emergency Over Asylum Seeker Crisis
The number of people in New York City shelters is setting new records daily amid the unyielding arrival of asylum seekers bused from Texas and elsewhere. On Friday, New York Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency and announced an executive order to suspend land use requirements to help the city cope with the […]
Crimea Bridge: What’s Next, Asks Ukraine, After Explosion
A large fire on the only crossing between Ukraine’s occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia was caused by a lorry explosion, Russian officials say. A blast on the road section led to oil tankers on the rail section catching fire, before the road collapsed. Crimea was annexed in 2014 by Russia, which uses the bridge to […]
Crimean Bridge: Excitement And Fear In Ukraine After Bridge Blast
Ukraine is exploding with excitement this morning. Videos of the damaged Crimean bridge have spread like wildfire on social media; this is already being compared to the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva in April. “The guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch bridge – two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea – have […]
Ezekwesili: Don’t Vote Leaders You Can’t Trust
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) founded by former minister of education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged Nigerians to elect only leaders they can trust with state resources. The institution, which complained about the increasing leadership deficit in the country, said the 2023 poll is a critical […]
Soludo Denies Working Against Peter Obi
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has denied asking members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to work against the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections. Soludo, a member of the APGA, met his party members last week. After the meeting, a report presented itself alleging that the […]
Obajana Cement Plant Dispute: “Dangote Is Distorting Facts” – Kogi Gov
The crisis over the ownership of the Obajana cement plant in Kogi worsened during the week when some officials of the state government reportedly moved to seal the cement plant which it claimed belonged to the state. The management of Dangote Cement Plc has vowed to take legal action over the recent invasion of the […]
Canada: Saskatchewan Suspect Killed 11, Including Brother, Police Say
The suspect in a deadly mass stabbing that stunned Canada acted on his own – and his own brother was among the victims, police say. Myles Sanderson, 32, died after being arrested on a motorway on 7 September. His brother, 31-year-old Damien, was found dead several days earlier. Ten other people were killed in the […]
