Northwest
23 Oct
Residents of some states in the Northwest say governments’ approach of encouraging people to defend themselves in the fight against bandits, is yielding the desired result.
18 Jul 2022
The road to 2023 appears to be rough for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as its legal field operations committee from the Northwest disclosed that no fewer than 30 cases have been instituted against the party at the end of the various primary elections held in the zone. This was disclosed by the national…
10 Jul 2020
Sir: Permit me to commend Eyitanwa Ọladipupọ-Lawal and Ọlaniyi Awẹda (aka Yoruba father), both on Sobi FM, for the investigation on the claim that the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed...
27 May 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with members of the Northern Governors’ Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Gov. Aminu Masari, said that the governors were in the villa to seek presidential intervention in addressing the menace of Boko Haram in…
22 Feb 2019
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police charged with monitoring the elections in the Northwest, Aminchi Baraya, has told politicians to encourage their supporters to go out and vote tomorrow, as the police have put everything in place to ensure peaceful elections. Addressing men of the Sokoto State Police Command yesterday, the DIG said that he…
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Popular Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele, and also PDP deputy Governor aspirant has reacted to the recently concluded elections in Lagos state. She reacted to the election on her social media handle, precisely twitter that, "I’m glad that we could at least speak up. Thank you once again, Lagos, for showing your daughter support. As I…
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Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, has lost his re-election bid to Bilyaminu Ismail of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Magarya, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), lost his Zurmi West constituency re-election bid to the PDP candidate with 9,530 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) returning…
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Former Enugu State governor Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has dumped the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Nnamani, a Senator representing Enugu East, dumped PDP on Monday following his election loss to a Labour Party candidate Kevin Chukwu. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Chukwu polled 69,136 votes to defeat Nnamani who scored 48,701 votes. Nnamani…