Although 14 political parties nominated candidates for the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, the contest is essentially a rematch between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who faced each other in a fierce contest four years ago. But, they have now swapped platforms, with Ize-Iyamu’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is basking in the euphoria of “mass defection” from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its fold, ahead of the Edo governorship election. In a statement on Monday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the alleged mass defection marked the end-of-the-road for the APC and […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has approved a major shakeup in the Nigerian Army with the redeployment and posting of 34 Generals and five Colonels. The postings in a statement by Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, take effect from July 20. According to the statement, the postings were […]
The embattled former acting chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, in Abuja, appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami panel investigating him for sundry graft charges. He arrived at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa venue of the sitting a few minutes past nine in the morning. The ex-anti corruption czar […]
The Lagos State Government has urged striking doctors under its employment to suspend their three days warning strike and return to work. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, made the plea in a statement in Lagos released on Monday night. Omotoso said that the call became necessary after a joint meeting […]
Mass dropping out of school by kids in nine African countries, including Nigeria, is imminent going by a report released yesterday by the Save the Children International. In the document, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating a fresh gap of $6.2 billion in education investment in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next 18 months. The rights group […]
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has approved new postings/deployment and appointments of 37 Generals and five Colonels to different formations and units in his effort to rekindle the spirit of professionalism in the Nigerian Army (NA). The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday […]
Expectedly, the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is leaning more on political providence to win the October 10, 2020 governorship in Ondo State. But this is not without its own internal wrangling. Many people believe that the party, which lost out to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2016 governorship election, would […]
Real Madrid needs one victory to secure La Liga after they held off a second-half comeback from Granada on Monday to win 2-1 and move four points clear of Barcelona. With two games left, Madrid will be crowned champions if they beat Villarreal at home on Thursday regardless of how Barca fare at the Camp […]
A 12-year-old boy, Abdulkareem Mu’azu, has been arrested for allegedly defiling four brothers at Sabon Gari quarters in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The incident was triggered when the mother of a victim discovered some changes and abnormalities in her eight-year-old child. She said after examining the victim, he narrated to her what […]