How APC presidential aspirants waited in vain for Buhari’s anointed candidate

Leke Baiyewu 9 June 2022 Kindly share this story: LEKE BAIYEWU writes on the just concluded presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress, how the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), raised the hope of some aspirants with his revelation in January that he had a preferred candidate and he dashed expectation of the party […]

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Nigerian-American surgeon jailed 27 years for fraud

Deji Lambo 9 June 2022 Kindly share this story: Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has sentenced a Nigerian-American-trained surgeon, John Nweke, to 27 years imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining goods from Konga Online Shopping Limited. The goods reportedly include 19 expensive smartphones and two cameras valued at N35m. The […]

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Owo massacre: Death toll hits 40, Akeredolu plans memorial park

Peter Dada, Godwin Isenyo and Daud Olatunji 9 June 2022 Kindly share this story: The Ondo State Government on Wednesday said the death toll from the Sunday terrorists attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, is now 40. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. Ajaka […]

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BREAKING! Another APC Senator Dumps Party, Decamps To PDP

BREAKING! Another APC Senator Dumps Party, Decamps To PDP Former Kebbi State Governor, Distinguished Senator Adamu Aliero has decamped from the APC for PDP. Aliero is a two-time Governor of Kebbi State, former FCT Minister and presently Senator representing Kebbi Central in the Senate. Aliero withdrew from the Primary where outgoing Governor, Abubakar Bagudu won […]

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Senate President Lawan writes Tinubu, explains why he ran against him

The Presidential Primary of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2023 General Election has come and gone. I am elated and proud that the Presidential primary was manifestly free and fair, and conducted within our APC Family under a most convivial atmosphere. The success of the event again demonstrates the capacity […]

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APC presidential ticket: Adamu’s consensus plot fails, 21 aspirants in battle royale

Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor,  Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Stephen Angbulu and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole 7 June 2022 Kindly share this story: An attempt by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, to select Senate President Ahmad Lawan – a northerner – as the preferred candidate of the APC, failed on Monday as both the Presidency […]

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Lawan: Tinubu’s group lists conditions for consensus, warns against illegality

Sodiq Oyeleke 7 June 2022 Kindly share this story: Tinubu Campaign Organisation has warned against the imposition of a consensus candidate by the All Progressives Congress. The organisation was reacting to the announcement of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as consensus candidate of the party on Monday. In a statement signed by its Legal Director, Babatunde […]

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Owo massacre: Survivors, victims’ families groan as CAN, NGF protest

Our Reporters 7 June 2022 Kindly share this story: Owo community in Ondo State wore a mourning look on Monday, 24 hours after some gunmen attacked Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-Luwa Street in the town which is the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area. The Sunday attack on the church in Owo, the hometown of […]

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Kwara corper, 18 undergraduates nabbed for Internet fraud

Tunde Oyekola 7 June 2022 Kindly share this story: Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Sunday, busted the enclave of some internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Lokoja, Kogi State, and arrested 19 suspects. A statement by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwajuaren, […]

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