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Following a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State, APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu confirmed former Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima as his running mate, according to Ogun Today. There have been a variety of reactions to the ruling party’s choice to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket for president in 2023,…
Yekini Nabena, a former All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy national publicity secretary, has lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for criticizing the ruling party’s choice to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket. According to Naija News, Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, named Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Shettima’s selection as running partner has been…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered its electoral officers to continue with their Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) across the country. This prolongation was formally declared on Friday, following discussions about certain concerns with regards to the exercise, as well as other emergent issues ahead of the 2023 general elections. In its most recent statement signed…
In this file photo taken on May 14, 2020, a produce vendor holds a plastic bag containing potatoes as she serves clients behind a plastic sheet at a street market on the Saxe Avenue in Paris. Ludovic MARIN / AFP A ban on the use of plastic to package a range of fruit and…
The federal government, yesterday, presented the scorecard of President Muhammadu Buhari, citing 100 core achievements of his administration in 2021. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who listed the achievements, said they were despite dwindling revenues, COVID-19 pandemic, and insecurity in several parts of the country induced by insurgency and banditry. Mohammed, who…
Theatre Commander Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa and Force Commander Multinational Joint Taskforce, Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim decorate the spokesperson of Operation Hadin Kai, Brigadier General Ado Isa (middle) with his new rank at Maimalari cantonment Maiduguri. Photo: Dauda Iliya The twenty-two newly promoted senior officers serving under the Joint Taskforce Operation…
While 2021 is just a few days from being over, it was the year Nigeria lost some of its most prominent personalities. From the entertainment industry, sports, and politics, several Nigerians succumbed to death in the passing year. Although it is near-impossible to keep track of deaths, this post highlights the demise of some prominent…
Her Majesty, Queen Naomi Silekunola, has declared her divorce from Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife. On Thursday, she declared the end of her three-year marriage in a message posted on her verified Instagram handle and Facebook page. She claimed that she tried to make the relationship work, but that the monarch’s public…
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on a one-day official visit. He is scheduled to inaugurate the first flyover bridge, located at the northeastern segment of Maiduguri, and a twenty kilometer dualized highway from under the flyover to Muna town. The President, who alighted from the Presidential plane at about…
Over the last two weeks, Nigeria has seen a 500% surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. This is stated in a statement issued and signed by Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in Abuja. Adetifa ascribed the country’s 500% spike in infections to the COVID-19 Delta and Omicron…
