Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed his readiness to participate in Saturday’s Primary Election where members of the All Progressives Congress across the State are expected to choose the party’s flagbearer through direct primaries.Continue Reading
TUNJI OLANIYI An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Osun State, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke, to state categorically whether or not he will return mission schools to the owners if he eventually emerges winner of the re-run poll.Continue Reading
The Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has told APC stakeholders in the State to move to their respective wards to mobize party members to vote for President Muhammad Buhari in the Thursday’s direct primaries.Continue Reading
A Consultant Rheumatologist, Prof. Femi Adelowo, on Tuesday cautioned public against indiscriminate use of herbs and concortion, saying there is no scientific proof of their efficacies. Adelowo spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the West African Rheumatology Conference organised by the Nigerian Society ofContinue Reading
STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 73RD SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2018 Final Copy Madam President, Fellow Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General,Continue Reading
Some Nigerians have decried the latest postponement of the resumption date for the National Assembly from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, saying it would delay INEC’s budget for 2019 general elections. They expressed their displeasure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The Clerk toContinue Reading
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has appealed United Labour Congress (ULC) to consider the weak economy of the country in its decision to commence the proposed indefinite nationwide strike on Thursday. The leadership of the three unions, ULC, Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress had harmonised their separateContinue Reading
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned leaders of political parties, especially the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, against unguided statements and conduct that could heat up the polity. Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, particularly cautionedContinue Reading
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday insisted organised labour would commence strike from early hours of Thursday, Sept. 27, following Federal Government’s failure to honour its ultimatum on the new minimum wage. A statement signed by Mr Musa-Lawal Ozigi, TUC, Secretary General in Abuja stated that the decision toContinue Reading
