Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari how he handled the affairs of state when the President traveled to United Kingdom for medical checkup. The briefing by Professor Osinbajo came five days after President BUHARI returned to Abuja from London, where he spent sixteen days at the Abuja House. The Special Adviser to…
As political parties begin preparations for the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has reminded them about the need to follow the rules. INEC has also threatened to blacklist political parties that record violence during their congresses, leading to the destruction of INEC property and attack on its personnel on supervisory duties. The warning was…
68-years-old President Idriss Deby of Chad has won his sixth term of office, which extends his tenure beyond thirty years. The former military officer, who first came into power in 1990, secured another term with seventy-nine percent of the ballots cast in the presidential election on April 11. President Deby defeated a former prime minister Albert Pahimi…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has been cautioned against his alleged moves to defect from the PDP to the APC. A former governor of the state, Abulaziz Yari, said Governor Matawalle will lose his seat he leaves the PDP, which brought him into office. Abulaziz Yari, who is a member of the APC, shared his views…
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has called for a thorough investigation of the attacks on security formations in some parts of the country. Senator Abaribe made the call in a statement released by his media adviser, Uchenna Awom, two days after gunmen attacked the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Owerri Costodial Centre. The…
Police in Anambra State have arrested four suspects in connection to the attack on a political event of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, at Isuofia, in Aguata local government area. The political event was called by former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, and three policemen attached to him were killed in…