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PRESS RELEASE I have never, won't run my administration on religious bias, Tinubu assures CAN ...says choice of Shettima has nothing to do with religion Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria that he will not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected President of Nigeria. Tinubu who met with the CAN leadership in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session assured them that the same way his administration did not discriminate against anyone either based on tribe, religion or gender when he…

The Director of Finance of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) and one of the finest officers in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General O.A. James, is dead. The top army officer died Tuesday night from injuries he suffered after a corporal, Abayomi Ebun, believed to be drunk, hit him with a car, those familiar with the matter told online newspaper, Premium Times. The incident happened at about 10:30p.m Tuesday as Brigadier General James was walking to his residence inside the NAFRC barracks in Lagos. “The general was trekking to his apartment inside the Barracks when he was hit and…

Many Jos residents, majorly youths, who are supporters of the opposition PDP in their numbers, on Wednesday, trooped to the Rwang Pam stadium, venue of the APC campaign flag-off to engage in cleansing exercise. Their action came barely 24 hours after the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential flagged off its presidential campaign in the Plateau capital. Several of the support groups of the PDP who were among the youths, said their action was to show their commitment to voting out the APC in Plateau, in the next political dispensation. Kamru Sani, the Director General, Atiku Motivational Movement, who made this…

Abductors took away passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of victims from the Divisional Police Officer in the area, a tactical team, including members of the police anti-kidnap squad had been deployed in the area. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that no fewer than nine persons were abducted by the gun-toting abductors between Okomita and Uyanghoa communities near Calabar. He said the gunmen emerged…

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sobur Olayiwola Olawale has slumped and died in Jos, Plateau State. The lawmaker has the nickname ‘Omititi.’ Olawale was in Jos where he attended the APC’s presidential campaign flag-off. He was said to have died on his way back to Lagos, but still in Jos, sources said on Tuesday. The late Olawale was born in 1964. He represented Mushin Constituency II at the State House of Assembly, PM News reports. Last Friday, during a novelty football match to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, the…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Tuesday, said he did his little as governor of Anambra State and urged the incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo to do his best in the state as an economics professor. Obi stated this at the 2022 Lagos Business School (LBS) Alumni Conference in Lagos. The Anambra governor between 2006 and 2014 was reacting to Soludo’s comments that the investment he (Obi) left in government is worth close to nothing. Also, Soludo on Monday had tackled Obi, saying he can’t win the 2023 presidential election. Soludo Remains My Brother Reacting on Tuesday…

The improving fortune of the naira at the parallel market was reversed on Tuesday as the local currency depreciated to N790 per dollar. The figure represents a depreciation of N80 or 11.3 percent from the N710 it traded on Friday morning. The development is in sharp contrast to the N175 appreciation recorded a week ago when the parallel market exchange rate reduced from N885/$ to N710/$. Currency traders known as Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable on Tuesday in Lagos, attributed the depreciation to rising demand for the greenback by customers which worsened demand-supply dynamics. “People are…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has expressed sadness over the sudden death of a former Abia State Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ndidi Okereke. Senator Kalu described Chief Okereke's death as a rude shock, coming at a time when Umunneochi LGA, Abia North Senatorial District, and indeed the people of Abia State had just started benefiting from his wealth of political and administrative experience. "The death of Chief Ndidi Okereke is sad, painful and shocking. I am deeply saddened by this devastating news of this fine gentleman who worked closely with me…

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted angrily to Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo’s diatribe against Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate. Soludo had in a lengthy letter, ruled Obi out of the presidential race, declaring that the LP candidate was merely catching a cruise. However, in a statement made available to Daily Post on Tuesday, by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, he described Soludo as a dog in the manger enrolled to discredit Obi’s legacies. The Ohanaeze scribe said based on the unjustified development, “Ndigbo have dragged Governor Soludo to the two famous…