Betta Edu, the national women leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that Nigerians will beg President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to seek a second term. This was said by Edu in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday. Tinubu, she says, is fully prepared to “hit the ground running” as soon as he takes office. Tinubu, according to the APC national women’s leader, will focus on the “low points” of President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Sabo Inuwa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kano, has characterised as a great development the reported move by the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, to join APC. Kwankwaso is running for the presidency under the New Nigeria People’s Party. However, Inuwa said that the APC would need to exercise caution in admitting Kwankwaso because, if the situation is not well managed, “potential crises may engulf the...
The Sokoto state government appears to be preoccupied with the idea of regulating bride prices and other marital relationship-related activities. The available record reveals that the Bafarawa administration first played with the idea of the government interfering in what is, for all intents and purposes, a private affair between two families by enacting legislation to that effect. Since then, the proposal has continued to pique the interest of parliamentarians, who have also tinkered with it...
As a result of their significant contributions to the group’s profit margin, United Bank for Africa Plc has stated that all of its African subsidiaries are now on solid ground. The bank’s activities in Africa have specifically contributed close to 50% of the group’s profits, leveraging digital solutions and products across the board to gain significant market shares throughout the various operational regions in Africa. Abiola Bawuah, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of UBA Africa, made...
On Thursday, Ahmed Audi, the commandant general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, warned to bring legal action against unlicensed guards and the private security firms that employ them. This was said by the NSCDC CG in Abuja as 44 PGCs received permits. To lower the nation’s escalating level of insecurity, Audi instructed all licenced PGCs to work within the necessary standard. “Thereafter, all guards shall be licenced prior to deployment, and...
The state executive council has been disbanded by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State. After a special executive meeting on Thursday night in Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike declared the dissolution. The commissioners had already praised the governor in turn for his significant contributions to the state. The dissolution was verified over the phone to our correspondent by the governor’s communications adviser, Kelvin Ebiri. Soon, more information
A human rights organisation working under the banner of Good Governance for Better Nigeria on Thursday urged the judicial branch of the government to take into account the national interest when rendering a decision at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The organisation emphasised the need of the tribunal giving all political parties a fair hearing, but also cautioned that because “it is a new dawn” for Nigeria, a “unfair” decision might not bode well for...
The personal mansion of Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, the outgoing governor of Kano state, was completely destroyed by fire on Miyangu Street in Nassarawa GRA Kano. The State Fire Service told newsmen on Thursday that the outbreaks happened on Monday night and that they were a result of the incident. Saminu Abdullahi, the State Fire Service’s public relations officer, revealed that when firefighters arrived at the house, the fire had already been put out. It was...
The Chiefs Law, Cap. 28, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000, was amended by a bill that was approved by the Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday. The report of the House Committee on Local Government and State Honours was presented before this passage. The Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, hailed the passing of the measure as a positive development that would grant the governor authority over the Chieftaincy holders who are permitted to...
The Second Niger Bridge’s naming after the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has been criticised by the Indigenous People of Biafra as being unacceptable. The South-East governors and other stakeholders chose to name the bridge Muhammadu Buhari Second Niger Bridge after consultation, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, stated during the Tuesday commissioning of the bridge in Onitsha. The IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, responded to the news in a statement on...
