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  • 87.2m PVCs collected, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna top list

    By Ifunanya | February 24, 2023 | Comments Off on 87.2m PVCs collected, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna top list

    The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, released the number of collected and uncollected Permanent Voter Cards ahead of the forthcoming elections. PVC collection ended on February 5,  after the commission extended the process twice. […]

  • Akeredolu, Lawan decry naira crisis

    By Ifunanya | February 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Akeredolu, Lawan decry naira crisis

    The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday, came hard on the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over the controversial new naira policy, saying it was targeted at frustrating Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections. […]

  • Man United beat Barcelona 2-1, progress to Europa League last 16

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Man United beat Barcelona 2-1, progress to Europa League last 16

    23rd February 2023 Manchester United got the better of Barcelona to progress to the last 16 of the Europa League as Antony’s winner secured a 2-1 win on the night and 4-3 aggregate victory on […]

  • Tinubu ends campaigns, prepares for election

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Tinubu ends campaigns, prepares for election

    APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu The Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign council on Thursday announced the end of all its political jingles, newspaper adverts and campaign in line with the provision of the Electoral Act. The development […]

  • UN demands Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on UN demands Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine

    Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky The United Nations voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to demand Russia immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a […]

  • IGP deploys three CPs to conduct Imo elections

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on IGP deploys three CPs to conduct Imo elections

    Less than two days before the presidential and national assembly elections in the country, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has approved the deployment of three police commissioners to Imo State. The […]

  • Biafra: Simon Ekpa released by Finnish Police after hours of questioning

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Biafra: Simon Ekpa released by Finnish Police after hours of questioning

    A popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to HS. Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of […]

  • Rihanna to perform ‘Black Panther’ song at Oscars

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Rihanna to perform ‘Black Panther’ song at Oscars

    Pop superstar Rihanna would perform at the Oscars next month, organisers said on Thursday, just weeks after her long-awaited and visibly pregnant return at the Super Bowl. The Barbados-born singer will perform her Academy Award-nominated […]

  • How FG, Igbo leaders’ pressure led to Simon Ekpa’s arrest

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on How FG, Igbo leaders’ pressure led to Simon Ekpa’s arrest

    The arrest, on Thursday morning, by the Finnish authorities of a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, in his residence in faraway Lahti was received with rapturous joy and relief in many parts of the […]

  • PHOTOS: Mammoth crowd welcomes Kwankwaso to Kano

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on PHOTOS: Mammoth crowd welcomes Kwankwaso to Kano

    The national leader and Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has arrived Kano ahead of Saturday’s general elections, after touring over 500 local governments out of 774 in the 36 […]

  • Nigerian Military apprehends mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigerian Military apprehends mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack

    The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Whirl Punch have apprehended one of the masterminds of the March 28, 2022 terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna Train service. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, […]

  • Tinubu-Shettima: The last hurdle, by Muhammad Usman-Sarki

    By Ifunanya | February 23, 2023 | Comments Off on Tinubu-Shettima: The last hurdle, by Muhammad Usman-Sarki

    If the history of the 2023 presidential election is written, the journey that’s brought Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima this far would be an intriguing subject for political historians. The duo has […]

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