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The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday struck out an appeal filed by the Senator Abubakar Gada-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State for lack of territorial jurisdiction. An FCT High Court had earlier declined an application by a faction of the APC in Sokoto State loyal to a former governor of the state, Aliyu Wamakko, to set aside its earlier judgement over the disputed congresses in the state. The Wamakko group however appealed the FCT High Court judgement. The appeal was brought by the party’s state chairman, Isa Sadiq Acida. Earlier, Acida had asked…

Peter Obi Declares For 2023 Presidential Race Former Governor of Anambra State Mr. Peter Obi on Thursday declared his intention to vie for the presidency come 2023. Obi who had earlier explained his presence at the declaration of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday made good his promise to throw his harts in the ring. Obi made the declaration at a meeting of traditional rulers in Awka, Anambra State on Thursday. He was the Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in 2018 when Atiku ran for the same race. Obi therefore joins the list of others who…

Peter Obi Explains Presence at Atiku’s Declaration Former Governor of Anambra state and Vice Presidential candidate in 2018, Mr. Peter Obi on Thursday explained why he was present at the formal declaration by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Obi said it was only polite that he attended the programme having been invited. The reason why I am here is that this is new politics. As you know, I play politics differently, for me, politics is not a war. “Atiku is my boss, my leader and an elder brother. If he invites me for anything, I will attend. Aspiring does not…

Gov. Abudulahi Sule of Nasarawa State says the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC), will be guided by the Electoral Act in the conduct of Saturday’s National Convention. Sule, who is the Chairman of the APC Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity for the National Convention said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. He said the conference was to brief the public on the steps taken so far to ensure a peaceful and rancor-free National Convention. “You can be rest assured that whatever we are going to do is going to be in line with the Electoral Act,”…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Joe Biden of United States of America and the Albright family over the passage of the first female United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari, who also condoled with the global diplomatic community, said that he had pleasant memories of his meeting with the international diplomat at Washington in 2015. He recalled the warmth and savvy of a woman who excelled in a turf hitherto considered the…

A Russian landing ship has been destroyed and two other boats have been damaged in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk, say Ukrainian officials. The Ukrainian military posted footage early on Thursday and said the Orsk had been hit by its forces. Details of what caused the explosion and fire on board the ship are unclear. Berdyansk, which is west of the besieged port of Mariupol, was seized four days after Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia says it has used the port as a base to ferry in equipment for its troops. Russian army TV hailed the arrival of the…

Barely 24 hours that the former vice- president Atiku Abubakat declared his intention to run for for president in 2023,proominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains led by former Senate President Bukola Saraki are meeting in Abuja. Others are the Governors of Bauchi and Sokoto States, Bala Mohammed and Aminu Tambuwal. The PDP leaders are meeting over the PDP 2023 presidential ticket expected to be keenly contested. A source present close to the meeting said that consultations are ongoing regarding the agreement of a consensus PDP flagbearer to face that of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next general elections.…

In furtherance of its role in promoting the sustainability and viability of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, FirstBank will by 11:00am on Thursday, 24 March 2022 convene its SMEConnect webinar themed Leveraging Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) to drive revenue for your business. The virtual event is open to everyone, especially small business owners and attendees who are to register via https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hxkQXlKuSji6JDqaA6x34Q to participate in the event. Guest Speakers at the event include Jeffrey Williams–Edem, Group Business Head, Merchant Acquiring, Interswitch Group and Kolawole Ogunmekan, Head, Digital Innovation Lab, FirstBank. All over…

U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting NATO and EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, a show of trans-Atlantic unity exactly one month after the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden joins Western allies for a special meeting of NATO leaders, a G7 summit and an EU leaders’ summit for talks on how to support the Ukrainian people, how to further punish Russia and the long-term changes necessary to ensure Europe’s security. A proposal to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank with permanent troop deployments, supported by air and naval power, is still on the table. The move would mark a violation…

As Ukrainian cities are under renewed Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on people around the world to demonstrate on Thursday to mark one month since the start of Russia’s attack. “Come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities. “Come in the name of peace, come with Ukrainian symbols to support Ukraine, to support freedom, life. “ Come to your squares and streets, make yourself visible and heard,” Zelensky said in a video message early Thursday. “Say that people matter, freedom matters, Ukraine matters,” he said. He said Russia started the war against freedom as it is.…