Maiharaji Altine, Gusau Six Peoples Democratic Party Governors have visited Zamfara State in an effort to persuade Governor Bello Matawalle not to join the All Progressives Congress.The governors, including Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Darius Ishaku of Taraba, Umar Fintiri of Adamawa and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, were […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade, Abuja A former President of the Senate, David Mark, has urged Nigerians to bury religious and ethnic differences and come together to establish a common front against forces threatening peaceful coexistence amongst the people.Mark said it was time for men and women of good conscience to rise to the occasion and proffer solutions […]
Continue ReadingLeke Baiyewu, Abuja Leader of the All Progressives Congress Council in the North-Central, Kassim Muhammad, has urged Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to drop his alleged presidential ambition to allow the zoning of the party’s chairmanship to the geopolitical zone.Muhammad, at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, urged the national leadership of the […]
Continue ReadingOkechukwu Nnodim, AbujaThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced plans to resume active oil exploration in Sokoto Basin.A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by NNPC spokesperson, Kennie Obateru, said the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, said exploration for crude would resume in the Sokoto Basin.The statement read in part, “Kyari also hinted […]
Continue ReadingEbenezer Bajela Chairman, Local Organising Committee, and Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, says following a discussion with the Federal Government, the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival will no longer be called off midway into the competition. There had been confusion over the continuity of the festival after the LOC announced that they would […]
Continue ReadingItsekhiris are Yorubas, ditto their ruling house which originated from Benin, after all, His Royal Majesty, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II has also affirmed his Yoruba-Benin ancestry during his coronation in 2016. I recalled during Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s tenure as Governor of Delta State, Dr. Frederick Fasehun of OPC fame came with […]
Continue ReadingThe family, in conjuction with the Aisegba Community Grammar School and Christ’s School , Ado-Ekiti Alumni Associations, have come up with a week-long events to give a former Principal of the schools, Chief Olusola Bayode a befitting burial. The family has lined up programmes both in Ado-Ekiti and Ikere Ekiti to honour the late educationist […]
Continue ReadingHon. Mayowa Akinfolarin, lawmaker representing Odigbo and Ile-Oluji/ Oke-Igbo federal constituency has continued to deliver more on his electoral promises. Two new boreholes were commissioned in two separate areas in okeigbo on the 7th of April 2021 as part of the plan of the lawmaker to ensure the provision of adequate water to people in […]
Continue ReadingOluwatosin Omojuyigbe A pregnant mother of eight children, identified simply as Dada, has been arrested for stabbing her husband, Jonathan, to death in the Otomi community, Uwheru, in the Ughelli Local Government Area of the Delta State.It was gathered that the suspect returned late from work on Monday, April 5, 2021, when an argument ensued […]
Continue ReadingSodiq Oyeleke Instead of 12 days, the National Sports Festival will end after seven days over the failure of the Federal Government to release fund.The Coordinator of Media and Publicity, National Sports Festival, Ebomhiana Musa, made this known to The PUNCH . In a statement on Wednesday night, he confirmed that the decision was taken […]
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