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The Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, foremost Urhobo sociocultural group has lost one of its foremost women leaders, Chief (Mrs.) Lady Agbaza, nee Jedia who passed on at 95. The sad news was broken yesterday in Warri by the family spokesperson, Mr Benson Jefia in a press release. The press statement read in part, “The families of Jefia of Ughevwughe in Ughelli South Local Government Area and Ohwhowho Family of Otorho Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area both of Delta State announce the passing on to glory of their Matriarch Chief Mrs. Agnes Lady Agbaza (nee Jefia) who passed on recently at the ripe age of Ninety-five years. “Until Mama’s death Late Chief Lady Agbaza was a successful business woman, real estate developer and a community leader. She was a former national woman leader/life patron of the apex Urhobo Organisation, Urhobo Progress Union. She succeeded late Chief Alice Obahor of blessed memory in that capacity. “Late Chief Mrs. Lady Agbaza is survived by two sons: Mr. Alf...

The Imo State Police Command on Friday said it arrested and paraded a 50-year-old-man, one Simeon Onigbo, suspected to be a bomb manufacturer for gunmen used in attacking police stations and government facilities in the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. The command said it on Wednesday uncovered and raided the bomb manufacturing camp at Uba Umuaka in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, based on the credible information that was made available to the Police. However, he said the suspect had mentioned the names of other suspects in the bomb manufacturing within and outside the states. “In-Line with the Commissioner of Police strategy in stemming crime, the Command’s Tactical Teams, following credible intelligence received on 20/4/2022 at about 1700hours, revealed the hideout where they are manufacturing Improvised Explosive Devices used in attacking Police Stations and Government facilities in the state.

At least 20 persons have been reportedly killed in what appeared another coordinated attack on Benue communities in Waya, Jato-Aka, Turan and villages in Mbabuande and Mbapa Council Wards of Kwande and Gwer West Local Areas of the state respectively. It was gathered from a source in the Turan area that the victims of the Waya attack were killed on their farms by the bandits who invaded the community at about 11 am on Thursday. “When they came into our community our people were on their farms to prepare for the cropping season since it started raining a few days back. “It was while on the farm that the herdsmen stormed our village and all those they caught up within the farms were killed while the lucky ones escaped with serious injuries. “So far eight mutilated bodies of the victims have been recovered including those of children and a family of four who were murdered in cold. “The bodies recovered include those of Gbaeren Orsoo, Terdoo Tsega, Bemdoo Tsega, Abacha Tsega, Terkaa Tsega, ...

APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said women should not be confined to the shadows, rather they should be empowered in all social, economic and political spheres. He spoke on Friday in Abuja when he held an interactive session with a delegation comprising the party’s Zonal and State Women Leaders who paid a courtesy call on him. According to a statement by Tinubu Media Office, their friendly and spirited discussion focused on female participation in politics and the pivotal role of women in fostering development in Nigeria. Asiwaju Tinubu described the women as  “our party’s vibrant present and, also, its more equitable future”. Assuring the gathering of his lifelong commitment to female empowerment and progress, Asiwaju Tinubu declared: “I do not believe that women should be confined to the shadows. Rather, I believe that by empowering women in all social, economic and political spheres, we invite exponential social, economic and political growth in Nigeria”. He ...

THE Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, last night joined his ancestors. He was 83 years old and the longest reigning Alaafin ever, having ruled for over 52 years. Oba Lamidi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, joined his ancestors at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State. His remains were said to have been moved to Oyo town in the earliest part of Saturday and were received at Idi-Igba by his first son, Prince Tunde and his other siblings. The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, is expected to make an official announcement upon receiving the report of the monarch’s passing from the Bashorun of Oyo, Yusuf Akinade, the head of the ‘Oyo Mesi’, who will now lead Oyo town before a new Alaafin is installed. Unconfirmed reports said the paramount ruler had been sick and a plan had been made to fly him abroad before he passed on late Friday night. A source familiar with the medical travel plan said his tickets and those of a few wives were alr...

The development was contained in a statement signed by the Protem Director of External Communications, Ini Ememobong. The statement reads in part “Arising from the urgent need to coordinate the pre-nomination processes for the Udom Emmanuel Presidential Project , the following people have been appointed to some critical offices, they are”: HE Sen.Dr. Gabriel Suswam -Chairman, Campaign Council HE Col. Habibu Shuaibu (Rtd). -Director General Bola Bolawole- Campaign Spokesperson Sen. Suswam is a former Governor of Benue State, Former Member of the House of Representatives and a Serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Col. Shuaibu (Rtd) is a former Governor of Plateau and Niger states and a former Chief of Staff to General Ibrahim Babangida. He is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and was a Governorship Aspirant in Kano state in 2011. Bola Bolawole holds a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan and worked in Punch newspapers as an Edit...

The All Progressives Congress will choose its presidential candidate through an indirect primary election. The decision was reached at the party’s 11th National Executive Committee meeting holding at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja. Also, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other leaders of the party transmitted their powers to the National Working Committee of the APC to make decisions for a period of 90 days. Among those who will be contesting the APC Presidential primary are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi; and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Others in the APC who are rumoured to be nursing Presidential ambitions include Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi; the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is also considered a contender...

Mr. Peter Obi - PDP, presidential aspirant, has come out to said that Nigeria should give him only four years to reconstruct and reposition the country if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. Addressing stakeholders from Anambra Central in Awka, Obi said Nigeria at the moment, is unproductive and therefore needed someone to move it from a consumption to a productive nation. He said: “Nigeria must create jobs; it must give people the opportunity to earn their livelihood; and it is not a rocket science. “I have travelled to over 30 countries and I still say it that all I need is four years to position Nigeria to the path of progress”, Obi said. “ I would fix insecurity, bad economy, poor electric power supply and ensure food security in the country within the shortest possible time as president. “Who says we can’t enjoy steady power supply in this country? Egypt, between 2016 and today, has doubled its power generation and distribution from 28,000 megawatts to 58,000 megawatts. Vietnam ...

Mike Ahamba - A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on Wednesday said Nigeria currently is facing constitutional problems. He said this in Owerri, after the  launching of his book titled: “Getting it right for Nigeria.” He commented that the book was targeted at opening the eyes of the National Assembly to realise the constitutional powers they have and if utilised properly it would bring about good governance as well as curtail any form of excesses. According to the legal expert, “I wrote those things at the time it was happening and the way it happened. I find out that this situation has continued to be the same. It is all about the activities in Nigeria from 1980 to 2018. I have said it in this country, we have a constitutional problem in Nigeria. “The National Assembly has no right to amend the constitution they can only alter the Constitution. I have also said that on several occasions, the constitution was not made by people who think it could not be amended at any point. In tha...

President Biden has on Friday at the United States White House shown intelligence that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had made a final decision to invade Ukraine. “We have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning to, intend to, attack Ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days,” Mr. Biden said in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people.” Asked whether he thought that Mr. Putin was still wavering, Mr. Biden said, “I’m convinced he’s made the decision.” Later he added that his impression of Mr. Putin’s intentions was based on U.S. intelligence. Mr. Putin had made a final decision to follow through with his threat of an invasion of Ukraine. Still, Mr. Biden implored Russia to “choose diplomacy.” “It is not too late to de-escalate and return to the negotiating table,” Mr. Biden said, referring to planned talks between Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Russia’s foreign m...

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has accused some current and past governors of working at cross purposes to tear the party apart. The meeting is being attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and other critical stakeholders who are members of the NEC. Adamu disclosed this in his opening address at the 11th National Executive Committee NEC meeting of the APC holding at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja Adamu also said that the APC constitution does but have provision for dual leadership in the states. However he concluded by saying that former governors are leaders in their own rights, urging serving governors to accord them all the necessary respect.

” On the 11 April, at about 2:am, one Idris Suleiman ’25’ of Maradi town, Niger Republic, trespassed into the residence of one Akilu Aliyu of Labana street, Sani Abacha Bye pass, Birnin Kebbi, used a cutlass and killed his wife, one Sadiya Idris ’25’ and her daughter, Khadija Akilu of four-year-old after allegedly calling him an animal and useless. “On receipt of the report, a team of detectives attached to the Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) were detailed to investigate and they succeeded in arresting the suspect,” he said. Abubakar added that the suspect confessed to having killed the deceased for calling him an animal and a useless watchman during an argument between them in the course of the investigation. “He also stated that he killed her four-year-old daughter in order to cover up his evil act because she had identified him as being their neighbour,” he said. Abubakar revealed that the case was under investigation and the suspect would be charged...

The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Patience Key has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor must be a leader with a human heart and one who will have passion for the people and one that will feel for Nigerians. The Presidential aspirant who is the immediate past chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) United States of America, USA, called for a total overhauling of Nigeria Key said, “Nigeria needs a new captain and a new crew altogether to navigate our State-ship from the brinks of collapse “The leading political parties have had their chances. Political leadership is not a tea party! It’s not about having unfettered access to the national treasury. Leadership is a sacred responsibility with multiple dimensions. National leadership is not ethnocentric or gender-specific! “It is a divine call to duty for true visionaries: eligible persons with the required levels of competence, selflessness, compassion, empathy and patriotism; those that would do all it takes to u...

Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has assured the public that the security agency was making progress in the probe of Osinachi Nwachukwu’s death. The demise of the famous gospel musician caused public outcry with citizens and organizations demanding a thorough investigation. At a meeting with Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen at his office in Abuja on Wednesday, the IGP said the singer’s death was heart-breaking. He revealed that information from sources close to the family and independent witnesses fingered Osinachi’s husband, Peter Nwachukwu, as being responsible for her death. Baba said the FCT Command, in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, arrested Peter at about 5pm on April 10 at their residence in Lugbe, Abuja.

It  was reported that the two long-feuding women exchanged slaps before cameras during the inauguration of the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, on March 17. Nwafor OkaforMan who separated Bianca/Obiano's wife's fight gets Soludo's appointmentChike Anyaonu, the man  who separated a fight between the  immediate past first lady of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, and Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, the wife of thr late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwumeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has been given appointment by the Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. On Tuesday, Anyaonu  was among  the eight appointments made by the state governorAnyaonu was appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Anambra State Housing Development Corporation. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Paul Nwosu, announced the appointments in statement made available to journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital .  Other appointments made by governor were, Ch...

Though  Covid  cases are rising in  Delhi  and its satellite towns, the focus should be on hospital admissions that have remained the same or changed just marginally, say several scientists, underscoring that the uptick is not an indication of a fourth wave in the country at this point.  The removal of COVID-19 restrictions, including schools reopening for offline classes, increased socialising and economic activity may be driving the spike in the national capital and its surrounding areas, and some other pockets, they said.  "It has been more than two weeks since all COVID-19 restrictions have been removed. It is a holiday period and people are meeting and intermingling. This is also reflected in social mobility and economic activity, which are higher than pre-pandemic periods," physician-epidemiologist Chandrakant Lahariya told PTI while also advising caution and stressing on continued surveillance.  "Merely counting cases has no meaning... though ca...

Nollywood actress Destiny Etiko  has cried out after seeing the beautiful photos and videos  from the traditional wedding of her colleague Rita Dominic and her husband, Fidelis Anosike. The social media is currently agog with photos and videos of Rita Dominic’s star-studded wedding at Imo State. Taking to her Instagram page to congratulate Rita Dominic, Destiny Etiko  said she’s feeling bad  that she is not around for the big day of her senior colleague. Meanwhile, Destiny Etiko didn’t disclose why she was missing from the traditional wedding. Destiny Etiko also took time to pray for the new home of Rita Dominic, saying that God will grant her all her heart’s desire. She wrote: A big congratulations my queen  @ritadominic  u look amazing gorgeous MAMI. Feeling so bad dat am not around for your big day but I know it’s gonna be lit and successful. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR NEW HOME and grant you all your heart desires IJN AMEN LOVE U SOOOOOO MUCH. Kemi Filani News e...

A military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, has crashed in Kaduna state with many officers on board reportedly killed. Recall that last year a military aircraft conveying the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others crashed, killing all the officers onboard including the Army Chief. According to a source, it was a Super Mushak, which is trainer aircraft that crashed inside the Nigerian Airforce facility in Kaduna, while on a training mission. Eleven months ago, Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, and 10 other military officers died in a NAF’s Beechcraft 350, which crashed around the Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna. In fact, between August 29, 2015, and 2021, Nigeria had suffered 11 military plane crashes with no fewer than 33 military officers perishing. These include the Air Force plane crash, which killed seven onboard (August 29, 2015) in Kaduna; the F-7NI jet on October 10, 2015, and the Augusta Westland crash in Makurdi (November 15). ...

the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday, formally declared his intention to contest for the position of President, saying he has a burning desire to see a prosperous, united and equitable Nigeria. Ngige, who unveiled his presidential ambition before a mammoth crowd at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Alor, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State, is seeking the ticket of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, as its Presidential candidate. Addressing the crowd, comprising APC faithful and other supporters, the former Anambra State Governor said having served 40 years in the public service, he was fully equipped as an administrator, with huge wealth of experience, capacity and energy as well as a large heart to accommodate the differences among Nigerians. Ngige who recounted his numerous achievements as a former governor, ex- Senator and two-time minister, described himself as the “Jack of all trades and master of all” that Nigeria needs now....

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must do everything possible to return to power at the centre in the 2023 general elections to unite Nigerians of all walks of life, ethnic diversity and religious affiliations, national chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has said. Ayu made the declaration, weekend, in Abuja while giving his goodwill message at the wedding reception of Mixine Ewere Okowa, daughter of the Delta Sate Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and Dr. Daniel Igo at the National Ecumenical Centre. According to him, the sacred challenge before the present generation of Nigerians is to bequeath to the youths a healthy and cohesive country that would outlive them. He said: “We thought we were on an irreversible course to the top, but disaster struck along the line, and today we are back to the drawing board. Our generation, therefore, has the solemn responsibility to hand over to our children, a united, healthy and prosperous nation. “That is the historic challenge of 2023. We have n...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has applauded the improvement in cargo and ship dwell time at the Lagos Ports. The minister who gave the commendation at the inauguration of “Operation Free The Ports’ And Terminals Corridors” to be handled by the Port Standing Task Team (PSTT) comprising stakeholders in the maritime industry. The minister who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Margaret Ajani, said that the improvement of vessel movement from five hours at anchorage to 90 minutes to the berthing area, as well as incident reduction from seven to 10 days to between one and four hours, has a positive effect on operations at the port. Amaechi explained that the improvement in that aspect of port operations was a result of the work by the PSTT. He said with the success recorded so far, it is expected that the team will achieve the same level of success with the port access corridor. According to him, “The Nigerian Port Process Manual, NPPM, will bring ...

The Director-General of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Farouk Salim, has said that the nation’s economy is suffering from high levels of importation of sub-standard goods into the country. The SON boss said this at a stakeholders’ sensitisation forum held in Lagos with the theme “Standards Save Lives, Grow Economy.” Salim noted that the country cannot survive if importers continue with the level of sub-standard goods shipped into the country. He noted that when SON impounds such sub-standard goods, it is the importer that the organisation is helping, stressing that at the end; such imports will not only affect local industries, but the citizenry, and infrastructures. He pointed out that every time an importer ships in such goods which affects about a 100 people, even when the importer reaches out to 10 persons; the 90 others will still suffer the consequences. He lamented that in Nigeria, nobody tracks the sellers of such goods or arrests such importers and drags them to co...

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool beat Manchester United 4-0, ending the day top of the table for the first time since 1 October and denting their visitors’ top-four hopes. Luis Diaz swept home the opener in the fifth minute from a low cross by Salah, who doubled the lead midway through the first half, finishing off a superb team move. Man Utd improved after the break and Alisson was forced to make a double save. It proved to be a key moment because Liverpool stepped up their game again and Mane hit the third in the 68th minute with a clinical finish from Diaz’s cross. Diaz was replaced by Diogo Jota and the substitute set up the fourth goal for Salah, who struck against United for the fifth time this season. Liverpool are now two points ahead of Manchester City, who have a match in hand, while United drop to sixth on goal difference behind Arsenal.

The condition of pensioners in Abia State is very pathetic, as the senior citizens lament 37 months of unpaid pension arrears, amidst increasing untimely deaths of colleagues over frustrating living conditions due to lack of money to meet their basic needs. Their pain is worsened not necessarily because of the backlog of unpaid benefits, but perceived unwillingness by the government to clear the backlog any time soon. According to them, some of their colleagues have passed due to starvation, lack of funds to care for their medical and other basic needs, expressing disgust that they died without accessing their benefits including gratuities. They are even afraid that they may not be paid during their lifetime, except there is divine intervention, lamenting that the last time Abia Government paid gratuities to pensioners was 25 years ago, according to the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP. Narrating their ordeal, one of the senior citizens who said he retired in 2006 ...

A 25-year-old female student of Linguistics and African Language department, Faculty of Arts at the  Obafemi Awolowo University   (OAU), Ile-Ife, South-west Nigeria, Hannah Bababunmi, has accused a 66-year-old professor of Yoruba Language in the department, Joseph Opefeyitimi, of sexually harassing her, and subjecting her to physical and emotional torture. Mr Opefeyitimi did not deny the allegations in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter but described the development as a “set-up.” The lecturer, who has only four years until retirement, told this newspaper that what happened between him and the student was consensual and that Miss Bababunmi was his fiancee. This fresh sex scandal is coming about seven months after a lecturer in the department of English Language Studies at the same faculty, Adebayo Mosobalaje,  was sacked over similar allegations. According to a petition addressed to the university through the office of the head of the department, Felix Fab...

Speaking in Lagos on Saturday while addressing hundreds of young people who gathered to declare their support for his ambition, Mr Tinubu said “we feel your anger when you are angry. I don’t blame you, the promises of the past have failed to realise that you build a future from the onset, from the kindergarten. We cannot continue the lamentation of the past.” Mr Tinubu and Mr Buhari are of the same party, APC, and the aspirant has sought the support of the president for his ambition. Mr Tinubu said that the promises of a better Nigeria by the past administrations have not been attained. He encouraged the youth to forgo the pains of such failed promises. President Buhari promised three main things when he was elected: improvements in security, anti-corruption and the economy. The economy has also gotten worse with inflation reaching unprecedented levels while the president has been repeatedly criticised for undermining his own anti-corruption efforts. It was not only in the area of fail...

The government buildings, whose actual number cannot be ascertained at the time of filing this report, were on Tuesday sealed by the city authorities for owing the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) about N10 billion. Some of the ministries and government owned agencies identified to be indebted include Federal Ministry of Works and Housing located at Mabushi, Federal Ministry of Defence, Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Character Commission, Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment, Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Wuse, among others. Prior to this development, the government owned ministries, at the request of FCTA, who took the case to court, had been asked to appear before the Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse 2, on March 30, an invitation they allegedly failed to honour. The Director of AEPB, Osilama Braimah, who is also the Chairman of the Special Debt Taskforce which sealed off the affected buildings, gave the breakdown of t...

Many people were feared killed on Sunday when gunmen attacked Ihioma Community in Orlu Local Government Area of  Imo State ,  Nigeria’s South-east. There have been two contrasting narratives about the killings. While some say the killings were done by the gunmen, others accuse the Nigerian military of targeting civilians in retaliatory attacks on the gunmen. The second narrative led to the hashtag #OrluIsBleeding which trended on Twitter on Monday and early Tuesday. The gunmen, believed to be members of ESN, the militant wing of the outlawed  Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) , were said to be on a manhunt for members of Ebubeagu Security Network, who reportedly arrived in the area last Saturday. “They killed so many people. It started while we were in the church, but we had to run back home,” Ms Agu said. A Facebook user,  Success Obum , who posted a video clip of the incident, described the attack as heartbreaking. In the clip, the army was accused of attacking ci...

The presidency has accused a Catholic cleric, Matthew Kukah, of hatred for the Buhari administration and using the pulpit to play politics. Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, was reacting to an Easter message by the cleric where he accused the Buhari government of failure. “From his pulpit, he devoted his Easter message not to Christ’s death and rebirth so Man might be saved – but to damning the government in the most un-Christian terms,” Mr Shehu wrote in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES. “Yet Bishop Kukah used his sermon purposefully to make dissensions and quarrels about the law. His accusatory list against the government revealed only his hatred for them,” he added. "His accusatory list against the government revealed only his hatred for them," President Buhari's spokesperson wrote. The outspoken cleric, who has been a consistent critic of the government’s failures, also accused the president of allowing corruption to fester. “With everything lit...

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Ronaldo to miss Liverpool clash after baby son’s death Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Manchester United’s Premier League clash at Liverpool on Tuesday as the Portugal star mourns the death of his new-born son. Ronaldo revealed the news on social media on Monday, sparking an out-pouring of support for the striker and his family from across the football world. United confirmed on Tuesday that Ronaldo would not play in his team’s crucial meeting with bitter rivals Liverpool. “Family is more important than everything and Ronaldo is supporting his loved ones at this immensely difficult time,” a statement on United’s website said. “As such, we can confirm that he will not feature in the match against Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday evening and we underline the family’s request for privacy. “Cristiano, we are all thinking of you and sending strength to the family.” Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez had revealed in a social media post last October that the couple was expecting twins. The...

Rabiu Kwankwaso, Former Kano governor declares for presidency Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was the Former Governor of Kano State, on Tuesday picked the nomination and interest forms of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 presidential election. Kwankwaso, who said he paid N30 million for the forms, called on Nigerians, especially politicians who truly want to change the country for good, to join the NNPP. He urged Nigerians to come together and make sure Nigeria is returned to peace and a modern world economy. “I am happy to say that I have already paid the N30m to the party for the expression of interest and presidential nomination forms,” Kwankwaso said. “Let me call on all Nigerians, especially my brothers and sisters who are in this game of politics to do what I have done, and that is to join NNPP. “From 1998 to 2014, I realised that we were together in the PDP for the purposes that the party was formed that was to get rid of military rule. It was then that I realised there wa...

NOBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja urged Nigerians on Tuesday to resist agents bent on causing breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group will be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. ‘‘We have the land, we have the resources, and we have the people.  But I do not know why people will allow themselves to be successfully subverted to destabilise their own country,’’ the President said at an Iftar dinner with Governors, Ministers and Heads of Government Agencies. On the forthcoming general elections, the President affirmed that being beneficiary of free, fair and credible elections, the introduction of technology and the Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) will make it impossible for anyone to claim millions of votes again in the country. Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, commended President Buhari for demonstrating resilience and determination at a crucial period in ...