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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim President Sulu-Gambari, at the Palace in Ilorin on Monday. By Olayinka Owolewa Ilorin, May 18, 2022 Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says his experience as Nigeria’s Vice President in the last seven years under President Muhammadu Buhari has placed him in high …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, May 15, 2022 A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to the party’s delegates to vote wisely during the upcoming national convention. Obi, a former governor of Anambra, urged them to be guided by their conscience and vote in the interest …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Barely four days after the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, who was accused of blasphemy, the police today, Monday, May 16, 2022, said it has arraigned two of the suspects – Bilyaminu …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, May 16, 2022 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is too late to tinker with the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this while speaking with the …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal today (Monday) relaxed the 24-hour curfew declared in Sokoto as a measure to forestall breakdown of law and order following the uproar that greeted the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah last week. Deborah, a student of the Shehu Shagari College …

  By Chimezie Anaso Awka, May 15, 2022 Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always been enforced by groups …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for condemning the resort to self-help by the mob in Sokoto which resulted in violence, destruction and killing of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, the student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto who was accused of alleged blasphemy. The apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, in a …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, May 15, 2023 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has interacted with stakeholders and delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa, with the presidential aspirant insisting that the country deserves the best. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo’s visit to Jigawa was in …

The Catholic Church in Sokoto has directed that all Masses in Sokoto metropolis be suspended until the curfew imposed by the State government is lifted. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state imposed a 24-hour curfew following riots that erupted as a result of the arrest of suspects in the …

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto, May 14, 2022 The Sultan of Sokoto’s Palace is said to have come under siege by the youths protesting the arrest of suspects in the killing of Miss Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto over alleged religious blasphemy against …

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador Professor George Obiozor has reiterated his position that the 2023 presidential election will be a defining moment for the Igbo in Nigeria. The remark, according to a statement by Dr. Chiedozie Alex. Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, was made when …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto As a measure towards ensuring peace and stability in Sokoto following reactions over the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel over allegation of blasphemy, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has declared 24 hours curfew in the State with immediate effect. Tambuwal who made the declaration in …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, May 13, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Friday at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International …

Further to his consultations towards the 2023 presidential election, the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has canvassed a new Nigeria where production, rather than sharing formula, would be the new song, insisting that there was after all, nothing to share again in Nigeria. Obi made this call …

  By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 13, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja bade farewell to outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), saying the departing Ministers would be replaced without delay. The president affirmed that a significant number of them had been sufficiently equipped to aspire …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Sokoto State chapter has expressed great shock over the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Emmanuel by an angry mob at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, (SSCOE) on Thursday.  CAN in a statement jointly signed by the Sokoto State chapter …

Sokoto State Police authorities have confirmed the arrest of suspects in the brutal killing of a year two female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education over allegation of blasphemy. A statement by ASP Sanusi Abubakar, Police Public Relations Officer, for Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State, which confirmed the …

  BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto A mob suspected to be students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto, Thursday, set ablaze one Ms Deborah Yakubu an NCE 2 student of Home Economics Department on allegation of blasphemy. Deborah was accused of speaking against the prophet in her response …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that the Igbo will soon challenge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with their consensus candidate for the 2023 presidential race. The apex pan Igbo organisation, in a statement by Dr.Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, its National Publicity Secretary, reacting to the resolution of the PDP’s National Executive Council …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, May 12, 2022 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown open its ticket for the 2023 presidential election. The party also appointed former Senate President, Sen. David Mark, as the Chairman, National Convention Organizing Committee, scheduled for May 28 and May 29 to elect the party’s …

By Thompson Yamput Lokoja, May 11, 2022 No fewer than three persons are feared dead and many others injured in an explosion that occurred in Kabba, Kogi, on Wednesday evening. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred at a beer parlour around Lewu Junction, Kabba. …

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, May 11, 2022 Barely 48 hours after disassociating himself from moves by some groups to draft him into the 2023 presidential race, former President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have finally made up his mind to vie for the top post. Nigeria is set to go …

Nigerian troops have eliminated scores of suspected Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in Taraba State, PRNigeria reports. The ISWAP elements met their waterloo when they attacked troops on a military operation, at Tati village under Takum local government area of the State. But the Commanding Officer of …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 11, 2022 The Presidency has dismissed Chief Roberts Clarke’s call for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s tenure by six months. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He restated …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Bauchi, May 10, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says improving the quality of education for young people and creating job opportunities are some of the reasons that made him to join the 2023 Presidential race. Osinbajo said this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir …