The Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A), a political pressure group, said on Tuesday in Abuja, that it will mobilise Nigerians from across the federation to vote for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Mr Edwin Olofu, Head of Media Relations of the group, which consists of prominent northern political leaders, former
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of five new helicopters as the Federal Government accelerates efforts to modernise airpower capabilities. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Ejodame said the platforms comprised three AW-109
The Kaduna State Government has retrieved 500,000 hectares of land from bandits in the last three years, the Commissioner of Information, Mr Ahmed Maiyaki, said. The commissioner disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa Service, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano. He said
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has systematically integrated National Identification Numbers (NIN) to audit, verify, and clean the national voter register to improve the register integrity ahead of the 2027 general elections. The acting Chairman of INEC, Prof. Rhoda Gumus, disclosed this on Tuesday, while receiving members
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Nedo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has urged Nigerians to support continuity in governance, saying there is no point in seeking change for its own sake. The monarch spoke on Tuesday when the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdulaziz Yari, led
Some unions under the auspices of the Joint Workers Council of the Federal Ministry of Education have rejected the suspension of industrial action announced by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The unions also demanded that the concession of King’s College, Lagos, must be reversed. The Chairman of the Joint Council,
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that his support for the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remained sacrosanct, insisting he never promised that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not field candidates in governoship, National Assembly and States House of Assembly elections. The Minister said
The Northern region will fully repay the political debt it owed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his alliance which secured victory for late President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and reelection in 2019. The Director General of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Sen. AbdulAziz Yari, gave the assurance
.There’ll be no space for transnational drug cartels in Nigeria, Marwa vows The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled yet another industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory and arrested a Mexican drug kingpin who was attempting to flee the country through the Lagos airport, in a fresh operation that further exposes
The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, says Nigeria remains the gateway to the black global community. Sanwo-Olu said this at the ongoing 22nd Akwaaba African Travel Market on Monday in Lagos. Sanwo-Olu said Akwaaba was one of Africa’s foremost platforms for tourism, travel, hospitality and cultural