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A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has again spoken against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress, stating that Christian politicians in Northern Nigeria would remain steadfast in their stand for justice, equity and fair play. According to him, any nation or political dispensation built on injustice would crumble because justice and equity settle all other disputes. Lawal, in a statement on Sunday titled, “Why we are doing what we are doing,” pleaded with Nigerians to understand the position of the Northern Christian politicians on the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress for…

The Northern Elders Forum on Sunday night says it will subject candidates of various political parties seeking the votes of the north to a rigorous interrogation exercise until they are convinced about who has the capacity to fix the country. This clarification was made by NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, when he appeared on ‘Politics Today,’ a popular programme on Channels Television. Baba-Ahmed stated that the northern elders made a terrible mistake in 2015 when they charged the people to cede their bloc votes to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) without requesting his blueprint. He said, “We will…

The All Progressives Congress has shifted the inauguration of its 422- member Presidential Campaign Council,  earlier scheduled for Monday, September 26 to Wednesday, September 28. Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday night in Abuja. “The APC Presidential Campaign Council wishes to inform all members nominated to serve in the various directorates to report at the campaign headquarters on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at 8 a.m. “Nominated members are expected to participate in the special prayer sessions marking the commencement of the 2023 presidential election campaigns,” Onanuga said. He said…

The World Bank has said that Nigeria’s economic outlook is uncertain and its ability to attract domestic and foreign investments is also crashing. It also noted that the condition of welfare in Nigeria was worsening despite the economic recovery from recession. The Washington-based bank said this in its draft report for State Action on Business Enabling Reforms, which is available on its website. The bank report read in part, “Although the Nigeria’s economy in 2021-2022 recovered from recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and lower oil prices, growing by 3.6 per cent in 2021 with an expected growth of 3.2…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, returned to Abuja after his participation at the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. Before he departed for Abuja on Monday, Buhari met with officials of the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations. A media aide to the president, Buhari Sallau, made this known via his Facebook page. See photos from his arrival below:      [Punch]

The first female Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has declared that many politicians in the state are jittery of her emergence as the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde federal constituency, in view of her capacity to emerge victorious. Ativie, also a former Deputy Speaker of Edo Assembly, who recently resigned her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Labour Party (LP), stated this in Benin-city, the state capital, during an interactive session with journalists at the weekend. She said: “There are processes to be nominated and elected. I…

A member of the House of Representatives for Iseyin/ Itesiwaju/Kajola/ Iwajowa Federal Constituency, Hon. Shina Peller, yesterday, said the 2023 general elections would be historical with the coming into force of the amended new Electoral Act, 2022. Peller said that Nigerians would experience the most peaceful election that would be free from rigging and electoral violence. The federal lawmaker who was speaking in Iseyin at two events to mark the 25th remembrance of his father, Professor Moshood Peller, lecture/prayers and final of Peller Unity Cup, Season 2, noted that the amended electoral act that has been signed by President Muhammadu…

Anthony Joshua is set to defy promoter, Eddie Hearn, and sign a contract to fight Tyson Fury by today’s deadline, reports worldboxingnews.net. Many news outlets had earlier reported that the Fury versus Joshua deal was dead, according to the Matchroom Boxing head’s logic. Hearn had stated there was no chance Joshua would put pen to paper today. Secondly, his confirmation came after Fury said the fight is off if the deal isn’t signed within 24 hours. If AJ followed Hearn, the British showdown would be dead in the water. As it turns out, Joshua is more optimistic than Hearn. The…

Interpol has issued a red notice for a South Korean cryptocurrency founder who is accused of fraud over the company’s $40 billion collapse, prosecutors said Monday. Earlier this month, a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, 31, who flew from South Korea to Singapore ahead of the crash in May. But questions about his whereabouts intensified after the Singapore Police Force said that he was not in the country. South Korean prosecutors had requested Interpol place him on the red notice list and asked the foreign ministry in Seoul to revoke his passport, saying that Kwon…

The Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS), Federal Capital Territory, ( FCT), command, has begun an interagency simulation exercise in custodial centers as part of measures to forestall repeat attacks in the Kuje facility and others in the nation’s capital. Public Relations Officer, FCT command, Humphrey Chukwuedo, said in a communique that the simulation training is a strategy adopted during the last meeting of security heads in FCT to evaluate the security situation in Kuje Custodial Centre and to put up adequate measures to avoid a repeat of the July 5, 2022 jail attack. Controller of Corrections FCT Command Ahmed Ahmed who…