A middlee aged man has been shot dead by unknown assailants at about 6:30p.m.on Thursday at Ibusa Junction in Asaba. The deceased, popularly known as A’Boy, laid in the pool of his blood on the road and caused traffic jam along the Nnebisi Road. Most traders around the area hastily packed up, locked up their stalls and ran for fear of being attacked. Eye witnesses told NAN that the assailants came in a try-cycle, shot the man on the head at close range, fired sporadically into the air to scare people and fled the scene.Police patrol team from the…
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The United States of America has said it does not have any preferred candidate in the February 16, 2019 election.a The country’s position was stated by its Consul General to Nigeria, Ambassador John Bray, on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson.Bray said the United States was only interested in free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. A statement by the Special Adviser to Dickson on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, said the Consul General restated the commitment of the US to violence-free electoral process, insisting the country was not supporting any candidate in…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Thursday adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for the 2019 election. This is part of its resolution at the ongoing NEC meeting in Abuja. Details shortly…..
The Federal High court sitting in Abuja has declared Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa as the winner of the Niger East APC Senatorial District primaries. In a landmark judgement on Thursday, the court declared Musa winner of the October 2nd primaries having pulled the total votes of 39,192 votes as against Senator David Umaru’s votes of 5,870. The presiding judge argued that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress acted in total disregard to logic, the constitution as well as the party guidelines to supplant Mohammed Sani Musa with David Umaru who scored paltry votes of 5,870. She added that the…
The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, are expected to hold another meeting on Thursday as part of the effort to resolve the issues that led to the strike in public universities since November 2018. ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, confirmed that at the end of the union’s last meeting with the Ministry of Labour and Employment they agreed to resume talks today. According to him, ASUU delegation at the end of the meeting had agreed to meet with their members to discuss the federal government’s new position on the union’s demands before taking a stance…
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has released a statement in response to the comment made by Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, that anyone who comes into Nigeria to interfere in our politics will leave in body bags. The EU in its statement said Governor El-Rufai’s comment will not in anyway deter them from carrying out their duty. “We are aware of the comments by the Governor of Kaduna about non-interference by foreigners during a talk show on the elections Tuesday 5 February. “The EU only deploys an election observation mission when it is invited to do so…
No fewer that 80% of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have voted for the continuation of the ongoing nationwide strike. It was gathered that over 200 members of the University of Ibadan, UI, chapter of the Union who attended the congress voted for the continuation of the strike while a little above 50 voted for its suspension with conditions. According to one of the ASUU members, the members who voted did not even consider the third option which states that the strike should be suspended with conditions. Speaking after the referendum, Dr. Deji Omole, Chairman of…
Kayode Egbetokun, a former Chief Security Officer to Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, has been appointed Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Kwara state is one of the expected battle grounds of the 2019 elections, with Bukola Saraki, Senate President, who left the ruling party for the opposition, and Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, both pushing hard to put their respective parties in control of the state. It’s however believed that Egbetokun’s posting to Kwara State was due to his ability to mount strong security surveillance against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken delivery of sensitive materials for next week’s presidential election. According to the commission, the different zonal stores of state and local government offices of INEC are presently taking delivery of sensitive materials for the conduct of the 2019 general. INEC, in a bid to ensure that the forth- coming elections be conducted as the best in the history of the country’s democracy has swung into action in fine-tuning all necessary arrangements to the effect of a successful, credible, fair and globally accepted election exercise.…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said it members would not participate in the forth coming general elections if the strike action embarked by university and polytechnic teachers is not called off before the general elections. The NANS President, Comr. Bamidele Danielson Akpan, made the disclosure on Monday afternoon in Nasarawa State University, Keffi, in a statement released to newsmen. Comr. Akpan frowned at the carefree attitude by the federal government in resolving issues that led to the protracted strike. Although the leadership of the organisation had met with President Muhammadu Buhari on January 3,…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Atiku Abubakar, has said he would end the lingering strike by university lecturers in the country on his first day in office as the country’s president. Mr Atiku made this disclosure in Lagos , Sunday evening , at the Silverbird Man of the Year event . He said the industrial action which had denied university students in the country access to education for a period running into four months was a disgraceful and thus will receive his first attention as president if voted into office in the February 16 presidential election…
The parish priest of the Church of the Annunciation, Arab Road, Gbazango, Kubwa Abuja, Reverend Father Kwaggas Matthew, has said his congregation members who fail to bring their PVCs to church will not receive holy communion. The cleric told members of his congregation to come out and vote in the presidential election for a candidate that will stop further killings and poverty in the country. The preacher accused the federal government of doing little to stop the killings of innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen in different parts of the country. “Next Sunday, no PVC, no communion. If you have…