A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso has joined the 2023 presidential race . His decision has been long expected. A former Defence Minister, Kwankaso promised to address insecurity in the nation. Formerly a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kwankwaso will be going for the ticket of the fledging New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), which …

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of the Progressive Governors are aggressively pushing that one of them be given the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. Although he is yet to formally declare his interest in the job, there are indications that this new move may favour Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who is also Chairman of …

The campaign of calumny by the support groups loyal to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not augur well for the Yoruba race and Nigeria as a whole, The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has cautioned. Osinbajo and Tinubu, who is the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are leading Yoruba aspirants …

Legal icon and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola SAN has canvassed for the suspension of the 2023 general elections and the installation of an interim government to replace the administration President Muhammadu Buhari at the end of its tenure in May next year. Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, told newsmen in in the Ekiti State capital …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi is reportedly on tour of some states, holding dialogues with his brother-Governors and other stakeholders in pursuit of his presidential ambition in 2023. Fayemi, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, is said to be leveraging on his relationships with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and even some of …

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has called on Christians to imbibe the lessons of Easter by appreciating the central theme of sacrifice, death on the cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.In his message to commemorate this year’s Easter celebrations, Senator Omo-Agege said the lessons illustrated by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ should be a model for human …

From next month, intending railway passengers in Nigeria will be required to have their National Identity Numbers (NIN). In apparent response to the recent attacks on rail travellers, particularly the bombing of a Kaduna-Abuja passenger train on 28th March, many of whom remain in the terrorists’ captivity, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said NIN would be needed to link the …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated Christians in the state and Nigeria in general for witnessing another Easter season. In his Easter message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode, the Governor urged Christians to emulate the sacrificial lifestyle of Jesus Christ, who gave his life to save manmankin. Governor Fayemi, who felicitated Christians for the successful …

The N4 trillion approved on Thursday by the National Assembly to fund fuel subsidy this year has been condemned by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), which says the action would ruin the economy. Fuel subsidy fund was N442.72 in the budget earlier passed by the legislature and assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. But with this new development, it …

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Council of State (NCS) for granting state pardon to former Governors of Taraba and Plateau States, Rev. Jolly Nyame and Senator Joshua Dariye respectively. Both former Governors were serving terms at the Kuje Correctional Centre, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja over financial malfeasance …