Новости за 01.03.2023

A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, has warned the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, not to bow to the pressure of forming a government of national unity. A national unity government or government of national unity is a broad coalition consisting of all parties (or all major parties), usually formed during a

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have reportedly murdered a resident of Ijebu Jesa in Osun State, Tunde Ejoka. According to findings, the corpse of the late Ejoka was discovered in the early hours of Wednesday in his residence. Sources in Ijebu Jesa said the late Ejoka had hearing and speaking impairment and was discovered dismembered by some

The Federal Government has requested India to grant visa on arrival to Nigerians as a reciprocal gesture. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the request at the G-20 meeting in India. Onyeama, according to a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Sarah Sanda, on Wednesday, also requested India to fast-track the issuance of

The United Kingdom has congratulated the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu received the Certificate of Return as the President-elect of Nigeria on Wednesday. The certificate was presented to him by the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. In the early hours of Wednesday, March 1, Yakubu declared

 …cautions Obasanjo over incendiary statement  A pressure group under the aegis of Arewa New Agenda enjoined the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take decisive steps by extending the hand of fellowship to aggrieved candidates of the major parties to douse the tension across the country who lost the presidential election. This is even as the

The Mexican attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into the deaths of five men, including a possible United States citizen, who were allegedly killed by soldiers near the US border, authorities said Tuesday. The defence ministry said in a statement it was working with investigators to clarify the events that occurred early Sunday in

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, in Abuja, felicitated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for emerging as the winner of the February 25 Presidential Election. Osinbajo described the president-elect as a bridge builder whose immediate assignment is to reach out to disaffected sections of the electorate and to meet the

The New Nigeria Peoples Party has called for the cancellation of the result of the 2023 presidential election held on Saturday, February 25. The party made the call on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja, according to a Premium Times report. The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had on Wednesday declared

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday in Daura, Katsina State, felicitated with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, for emerging the winner of the February 25 Presidential Elections. Buhari said he will now work closely with Mr Tinubu’s team to ensure an “orderly handover of power.” In a

The Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi has called on the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to confer National Merit Award on Northern governors for the heroic role they played in shifting power from the North to the South in the All Progressives Congress. According to him, having won this election, some of them sat down

    The United Nations has appointed the National President of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Europe, Bashiru Muhammad, as a youth ambassador. Speaking on the appointment, the UN said Muhammad had been on the forefront of advocating young people’s rights and creating a platform to amplify their voices on global issues. “As

Members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, celebrated the victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu. The Deputy Speaker of the House, Ahmed Wase, who presided over the day’s plenary, hailed Nigerians in his remarks at the close of the session. Wase said, “Respected colleagues, I want to appreciate every Nigerian who

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Wednesday played host to some critical stakeholders in the state, including rapper, Folarin Falana also known as Falz and skit maker, Debo Adebayo popularly known as Mr Macaroni. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the meeting which was held

The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has advised the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of the Peoples Democratic Party, to prepare for his imminent defeat in the March 11 governorship election in the state. The Director-General of Asiwaju Tinubu-Shettima Coalition for Good Governance, Adebayo Shittu, gave the advice, on Wednesday, at a press conference in

The Rivers State Government has debunked claims in social media that the son of Governor Nyesom Wike was shot dead in the United States. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Chris Finebone, said this while reacting to a trending post in social media that Wike’s son was shot dead in the US over the

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission after last Saturday’s presidential election. The body said the results released were marred with “monumental irregularities” and failure of the commission to follow its guidelines in conducting the election. The National Vice President of the organisation, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene stated these

The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, in Abuja, approved N39.6bn for various contracts for transmission lines in the ministry of power. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, who briefed State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said the N39.6bn contract sum comprises offshore and onshore components of $53m

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has vowed that his party will seek legal means to contest the electoral process that produced the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Baba-Ahmed made the pledge at a press conference held at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Baba-Ahmed stated that the LP was

    A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has expressed confidence that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has the capacity and magnanimity to immediately use his victory to reach out to his opponents in the February 25 election. He said this was necessary so that other contestants and their followers

The National Association of Nigerian Students has expressed confidence in the capacity of President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to develop the education sector of the country. Tinubu was on Wednesday declared the President-Elect and subsequently issued his Certificate of Return after he polled 8,794,726 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 6,984,520. Obi

A Kano State Magistrates’ Court has remanded the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, at a correctional facility over charges of culpable homicide and arson. Doguwa was taken before Court 58 of the Magistrate’s Court in Nomansland area of the state metropolis Wednesday evening following his arrest at the Malam Aminu Kano

Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 24-year-old fashion designer, Muhammed Ayub, Odelade Samuel and Olowokere Jamiu, to six years imprisonment for offences bordering on internet fraud and possession of fraudulent funds. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arraigned the

An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has ordered the remand of a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustspha and a man, Zulum Yisa, who is his guardian, over alleged kidnapping. The teenager told the court that they had kidnapped no fewer than nine children in the state and took the victims

    A 24-year-old man, Onyeka Nwafor was on Tuesday remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrate court, sitting at the Ogba area of Lagos State. Nwafor was arraigned for allegedly using a fake gun to rob one Henry Ajayi of his eight phones worth N5m and also allegedly raped a 30-year-old

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has described the victory of Bola Tinubu at the February 25 presidential election as a tribute to the resilience of the Nigerian people whose votes have made it all possible. In a congratulatory statement that he personally signed on Wednesday, the  governor said the victory “is a much deserved