Month: December 2022
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Atiku dumps Makinde for Adeleke, bypasses G-5
The Nation Newspaper The hope of a truce between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and the aggrieved five governors before next year’s poll has collapsed. A crucial meeting in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, between the two sides, which their representatives described as final, broke down following irreconcilable differences. After the talks…
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DSS Withdraws Personnel From Governor Adeleke
Osun State Governor, Mr Ademola Adeleke has hinged reported withdrawal of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) attached to him on rivalry with men of Nigeria Police. A socio-political group, Osun Shall Rise Again (OSRA), in a statement through its Secretary and Chairman, Saheed Bakare and Lanre Akeju, said DSS operatives were withdrawn…
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LASU Emerges Best Varsity in West Africa
Lagos State University, LASU, has emerged the best university in Nigeria and the West Africa sub-region in the newly released 2022 UI GreenMetrics global ranking. The ranking, which rated 1050 universities from around the world on green climate metric, also rated LASU as number 799 globally and the 15th best overall in Africa behind 14…
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Governors Take Stance on Withdrawal Limit, Offer To Meet Buhari
The Nation Newspaper State governors are pitching their tent with those opposed to the N100,000 cash limit recently imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). They believe the policy will hurt the economy and rural dwellers in particular. They also fear that the CBN action may set the masses against the administration of President…
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2023: Peter Obi beats Tinubu, Atiku, others in Latest physical poll
Daily Sun As 2023 general elections draw closer, Nigerians in various parts of the country have mostly settled for Labour presidential candidate Peter Obi as their preferred choice in a physical poll conducted in December 2022, with barely two months to D-day. The result of polls conducted between the 1st and 4th of December by…
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Atiku’s Wife Urges Nigerians To Vote APC (Video)
A viral video of Titi Abubakar, wife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar calling for Nigerians to ‘vote’ for the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set the internet abuzz. In the video, Titi while condemning APC for failing to fulfil its promises to Nigerians made an apparent gaffe, telling voters to…
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Woman dies from injury suffered at Asake’s London concert chaos
One of the four critically injured victims of Thursday night pandemonium at Asake’s South London concert has died. The victim, 33-year-old Rebecca Ikumelo, of Newham, was left in critical condition following the stampede at the ravemaking Afrobeat sensation’s show. She succumbed to her injuries in the early hours of Saturday morning. About 3,000 people without…
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Four Top Commanders of Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender To Troops
Four top Commanders of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād otherwise known as Boko Haram terrorists group have surrendered to the Nigerian troops in Borno State. The Commanders, Mala’ana (Khaid), titled a Governor, Abu Dauda (Munzir), Modu Yalee (Commander), and Bin Diska (Nakif), laid down their arms on December 12, 2022 to troops of Operation…
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2023: Igbo Town Union in 19 Northern States Pledge To Work For Tinubu
The Igbo Town Union General Assembly operating in the 19 Northern States and the FCT Abuja has pledged to work for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to win the 2023 presidential election. However, they are also seeking a meeting with Tinubu to discuss burning issues that concern…
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Confusion as Trader Rejects Repainted Naira Note From Customer (Video)
As reactions continue to trail the acceptance of the redesigned Naira notes by some Nigerians specifically the artisans, another video has surfaced online where a trader was filmed refusing to accept the repainted legal tender. In the video which has now gone viral , the trader, who runs a petty business said she wasn’t going…