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The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Adegbola Dominic, is dead. The party’s spokesperson, Taofeeq Gani, confirmed Dominic’s demise in a statement. Gani stated that Dominic died of a COVID-19 related ailment. He said: “The late senior medical practitioner has been an exceptional politician who had deployed much of his…
Suspended Executive Chairman of Kogi /Koton Karfe Local Goverment Council, Hon. Isah Abdulkarim , has called on his teeming supporters, People of Kogi Local government and APC faithfuls to remain strong and resolute following his suspension from office by Kogi state House of Assembly on Wednesday 25th August, 2021. The appealed was contained in a…
An unconfirmed number of people have been reportedly killed in Yelwa Zangam, a community in Jos North LGA of Plateau state. Several houses were also reportedly set ablaze in the attack. Police Public Relation Officer,(PPRO) Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the incident to Journalists on Wednesday. “The command is aware of the incident at Yelwa Zangam,” he said….
The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) took another dimension on Tuesday as the national leadership has split into two factions. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. THEWILL reports that a Rivers’ State High Court…
The Nigeria Meteorological Agency, (NIMET), warned of possible flash floods across 32 states in the next three days. A statement released by the agency on Tuesday indicated that the moderate to heavy rainfall which could lead to flash floods are states such as, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, and Bauchi. Other States are Gombe,…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday said over 100,000 people have been killed in the state in the last 12 years contrary to other claims on the numbers of persons killed by Boko Haram insurgents. According to the governor, 10 per cent of the population of Borno State is unaccounted for as…
By Musa_Tanimu_Nasidi The late Sheikh Shuiabu Abubakar Kenchi,was born in Lokoja in 1902, young Kenchi started his education at tender age in Lokoja. The late Magajin Gari of Lokoja educational and public service life are readily available in the public domain, the Feature is not intended to delve into what has become public knowledge about…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has, again, distanced himself from promotional videos, banners and political poster announcing his candidature in the 2023 presidential race. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said Professor Osinbajo had nothing to do with those campaigns. The statement reads in part; “There…
Suspected bandits have attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. The bandits were said to have broken into the academy around 1 am Tuesday. Military sources who spoke with TheCable said an officer was killed and while two others were abducted. “They took about three officers, and one of them who resisted and tried…
Since the return to democracy in 1999, among the myriad of problems Plateau State has grappled with for close to two decades, security of lives and property appears to be the most pressing. This follows the outbreak of hostilities on 7th of September, 2001, in the city of Jos and other communities in the State….
