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  • Governorship Election: Lagos CP meets Falz, Macaroni, others over security concerns

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Governorship Election: Lagos CP meets Falz, Macaroni, others over security concerns

    Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa hosted rapper, Folarin Falana known as Falz and comedian Debo Adebayo, professionally called Mr Macaroni and some critical stakeholders on Wednesday. The commissioner, in a statement by the […]

  • Nigeria’s election: These attributes are needed – Osinbajo writes Tinubu after victory

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigeria’s election: These attributes are needed – Osinbajo writes Tinubu after victory

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has reacted to the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2023 presidential election. Osinbajo, who was said to have shown no interest in Tinubu’s campaign, wrote to congratulate Tinubu, […]

  • US congratulates Nigeria on election, calls for calm

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on US congratulates Nigeria on election, calls for calm

    The United States on Wednesday congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches. Tinubu was declared the […]

  • Elections: Police ban rallies, celebrations in Kebbi

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Elections: Police ban rallies, celebrations in Kebbi

    Nigerian Police Force logo The Kebbi State Police Command has banned all forms of celebrations and rallies by political party supporters following the victory or otherwise of their parties. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP […]

  • Elections: Imo, Rivers results manipulated, says Yiaga Africa 

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Elections: Imo, Rivers results manipulated, says Yiaga Africa 

    INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu A civil rights organisation, Yiaga Africa, has added a new twist to the general election conducted on February 25, saying that the results from Imo and Rivers states were inconsistent with […]

  • Elections: PDP vows to retrieve mandate 

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Elections: PDP vows to retrieve mandate 

    The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has vowed to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election that returned the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as […]

  • Tinubu woos Atiku, Obi as parties reject result

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Tinubu woos Atiku, Obi as parties reject result

    The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has extended an olive branch to his opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, after the contentious presidential election in which he was […]

  • Obi: The ‘trader’ who changed the game

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Obi: The ‘trader’ who changed the game

    DIRISU YAKUBU writes about the game-changing performance of the candidate of the Labour Party in the just-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi, who polled over six million votes What started as a joke a few months […]

  • How did PDP expect to win?

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on How did PDP expect to win?

    The only real surprise from last Saturday’s presidential election was Labour Party’s Peter Obi’s magical win in Lagos, and other parts of the country. Obi was definitely bound to make some statement on Nigeria’s political […]

  • Naira gains 0.14% at investors, exporters window

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Naira gains 0.14% at investors, exporters window

    Must read Naira exchanged at N461.35 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Wednesday. The rate represented an appreciation by 0.14 per cent compared with the N462 for which it exchanged to […]

  • Customs Zone B seizes N306m Tramadol, others

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Customs Zone B seizes N306m Tramadol, others

    The Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Zone B said it has made a total of 130 seizures of smuggled items in two months. A statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna by the unit’s spokesman, […]

  • President Buhari to inaugurate 50 megawatts Maiduguri gas plant on Thursday

    By Ifunanya | March 2, 2023 | Comments Off on President Buhari to inaugurate 50 megawatts Maiduguri gas plant on Thursday

    President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Maiduguri on Thursday to inaugurate the new 50 megawatts Maiduguri gas power plant. Gov. Babagana Zulum made this known on Wednesday in a broadcast to the people of the […]

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