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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and an All Progressive Congress presidential aspirant, on Tuesday paid N100 million for the purchase of the forms to contest. Director, Media and Publicity, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Council, Yemi Kolapo, said the payment makes the aspirant the first to confirm his aspiration is a serious one.. The Governor is expected to pick up both the expression of interests and nomination forms on Wednesday. Bello had declared for the presidential race at the Eagle Square in the nation’s capital, on April 2, 2022. Kolapo said, “With the payment for the forms, Governor Bello’s teeming…
The United Nations’ Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, where he’s been pushing for a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine. The talks were also expected to focus on humanitarian corridors for the shattered port city of Mariupol. The two men are holding a news conference – we’ll bring you the latest here. Lavrov told the news conference he looks forward to working together with the UN and Red Cross to facilitate a humanitarian response in Ukraine. He says during their talks he and Guterres talked about the future of the…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported a second case of Ebola in the north western part of the country after declaring a new Ebola outbreak over the weekend. This is confirmed on Tuesday by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Health authorities in the DRC confirmed the second case of Ebola in Mbandaka on April 25. “The 25-year-old woman, now deceased began experiencing symptoms 12 days earlier,’’ tweeted WHO regional office for Africa. It said that the second case was the sister-in-law of the first case-patient who had also died. The DRC had declared the 14th outbreak of…
* Claims She Has Not Touched Phone in Two Weeks The father of a 10-year-old female student of Chrisland Schools at the centre of a viral sex tape scandal has said that impostors have created about 87 fake social media accounts claiming to be his daughter. He said those who use the accounts are merely on a vicious act to further drive the family in the mud. The father said since the incident went viral, his daughter has not had any access to the internet. He noted that after the incident, the family withdrew her access to all her accounts.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has invited many All Progressive Congress bigwigs to a dinner at the State House, Abuja. An invitation dated April 22, had extended listed those invited to the iftar as first interim chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande, former National Chairmen of the party, Dr. John Oyegun, and Adams Oshiomhole, former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and a former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba. Others are former Adamawa state Governor, Murtala Nyako, former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu-Sheriff, Former Zamfara State Governor, Ahmed Yarima, Former Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamako, former Edo state Governor, Oserheimen…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied lifting suspension on Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Orsu, Njaba and Ihitte Uboma Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo. INEC said this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye in Abuja on Tuesday. He said however, that the exercise was still ongoing in its Owerri office as well as other LGAs in the state. “Our attention has been drawn to media report that the commission has resumed the CVR in places where it was earlier suspended in Imo, the information is misleading.…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday before the National Industrial Court, contested the court’s order to pay 110 disengaged staff of the Ahmadu Bello University ( ABU), Zaria, that were sacked in 1996 their entitlements. Joined in the suit as respondents are the 110 disengaged staff, ABU, Zaria, the Minister, Federal Ministry of Education and the Attorney General of the Federation & Minister of Justice, as first, second, third and fourth respondents respectively. When the matter was called before Justice Rakiya Hasstrup, counsel to CBN, Matthias Agboni informed the court that he had an application for stay of execution…
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar to appear before the Senate in a probe on allegations of misconduct brought against him. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Tuesday while delivering judgment in a suit filed by Umar challenging the powers of the senate to investigate the alleged assault and misconduct petition brought against him by a security guard. The alleged incident happened at the Banex Plaza in Abuja on March 29, 2021. The court dismissed Umar’s suit on the grounds that it lacked merit as Umar had…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the position of he currently occupies coupled with occasional experience of acting presidency have prepared him ahead for the job of being Nigeria’s next president. Osinbajo stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital while on a visit to Deji, Oba Aladelusi Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo. The Vice President said, “As we approach the coming elections, it is a time also for us to reflect on the type of leadership that we want for our country. “I have served for the past seven years as the Vice President of Nigeria, and I have also acted…
Former Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that it was the turn of the North-Central geo-political zone to lead the country. Saraki spoke on Tuesday in Jos when he addressed delegates from Plateau ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections slated to hold in May. The former Kwara governor, who is among the many aspirants in the race for the PDP ticket, pointed out that the North-Central had consistently supported other regions to lead the country and deserved similar support from other zones, this time. “You remember that before the national convention of our party, we…