archiveJuly 2022

Leader of the Southerner and Middle Belt Forum, Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday   he were to vote, he would vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for zoning the Presidency to the South. He said, however, that he had withdrawn his support for the APC because of its insistence on...

Chairman of the Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Pastor Akinade Alamu, has declared that the ongoing data capturing of the newly-recruited teachers in the state is not targeted at any religion, whatsoever. The TESCOM Chairman, who was reacting to a statement by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), which...

    Address by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the Osun State Governorship Election Stakeholders’ meeting on 12th July, 2022   First, I would like to join our Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Osun State, Professor Abdulganiy Raji, and the supervising National Commissioner, Professor...

Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele, has confirmed her nomination as the running mate to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, alias Jandor, for the 2023 elections. Akindele is rallying support from the youths to enable the PDP oust the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,...

The United Nations has revealed that Nigeria alongside, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania will occupy more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050. This information is contained in a UN report...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has secured an injunction from the Federal High Court in Abuja restraining the sale of shares of ExxonMobil’s Nigerian unit to any third parties. It would be recalled that in February, Seplat Energy Plc, a major energy company, had agreed to buy the...

  Islamic cleric, Ahmed Gumi has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s choice of running mate was a winning strategy by the party, adding that it has nothing to do with religion. There have been divergent reactions to Tinubu’s decision to pick a fellow Muslim, Kashim...

After two years of hiatus from the celebration of its annual rich cultural heritage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ancient city of Ijebu-Ode was agog on Monday with spectacular displays of splendour, pomp and pageantry at the Ojude-Oba Festival, a colourful event that was energised, refreshed and serenaded by...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the federal capital territory (FCT) has kicked against the All Progressives Congress (APC) choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. On July 10, Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC, announced Kashim Shettima, former governor...

      The Borno State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Bishop Naga Mohammed, has described as untrue reports on the social media that he had supported the choice of a former governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim Shettima by the All Progressives Congress as the running...