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Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has said the comment by former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is the reason about 100 million Nigerians are living in poverty. Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), at the weekend said he cannot be a running mate to Obi. He also said the Southeast will miss a golden opportunity if Obi refuses to be his running mate. The NNPP candidate added that the Igbo are at the bottom in Nigerian politics. Reacting in an interview on Arise TV, Obi said: “The comment by the elder…

Kano State government on Wednesday approved 10-day Eid-El- Kabir Sallah break for all public and private primary, and post-primary schools in the state. A statement through the spokesperson of the state Ministry of Education, Aliyu Yusuf said the break will commence Thursday 7th to Sunday 17th July 2022. Yusuf called on Parents /Guardians of Pupils and Students of the schools should note the directive. According to him, “The ministry, therefore, directed that all SS3 students writing NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS examinations as well as students on an exchange programme from other states at GSS Gwarzo and GGSS Shekara are to…

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele popularly known as ‘Jenifa’, has been chosen as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos. She emerged the Deputy Governorship candidate, beating five other nominees for the position. Multiple sources close to the party’s Governorship Candidate in the state, Dr Abdul Azeez Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, and the leadership of the party in the state, confirmed the development. It was gathered that the running mate would be unveiled at a soon to be held event. Five names were shortlisted for the position. They included Ms Akindele; former governorship…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to seven newly appointed ministers, charging them to serve the nation diligently, maintain unalloyed loyalty to the country and office of the President. The President also announced the reassignment of portfolios in his cabinet, saying the new redeployment is aimed at reinvigorating certain sectors where the government desires to accomplish improved results. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony, which preceded the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the President said as his administration is now on the home-stretch of its second term, more work still needs to be done in diverse areas of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja Wednesday, July 6, to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal. The President is getting set for the trip amid the high wave of attacks in the last 24 hours. Bandits opened fire on a convoy of his advance team in Katsina on Tuesday. The team was heading for Daura, the president’s hometown when bandits ambushed them. In yet another Katsina attack, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was gunned down. Also, gunmen broke into Kuje Prison in the nation’s capital and set inmates, including high-profile Boko Haram suspects,…

The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has said none of the Boko Haram suspects detained at Kuje prison in Abuja was found after the attack on the facilities on Tuesday night. Sources had told Daily Trust that high-profile Boko Haram suspects and bandits escaped during the invasion of the prison on Tuesday night. Addressing journalists after taking an assessment tour of the facility, the minister said, “The attack started around 10:30pm. They came in their numbers gained entrance into the prison and they released some of the inmates and which we are now following to see the kind of inmates…

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday administered the oath of office on seven new Ministers whose appointments were confirmed last week by the Senate. He also reshuffled his cabinet resulting in five Ministers being moved around . The new ministers took the oath of office shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council ( FEC) meeting at the council chambers of the State House in Abuja. The ministers’ swearing in was done in two batches of four and three each. The first batch sworn in are Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa Ibom State! Odum…

Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday said that he would engage in dialogue with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Yoruba Nation and others agitating for secession if elected as president in the forthcoming elections. The former Anambra State Governor who stated this while speaking in an interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show said he had observed over the years how issues of agitations were handled in other countries. He said that the agitation was birthed by poor leadership in the country which, according to him, had been the issue with Nigeria…

High profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty. Sources told The Nation that Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his men who were in the facility may have escaped from the facility. Gunmen bombarded the facility with bombs and explosives on Tuesday night. Former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye and his Taraba counterpart Jolly Nyame who had been granted pardon by the National Council of States were…

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, opened up on his choice of running mate, saying he preferred a younger person as vice-presidential candidate. The former Anambra State governor stated this while featuring on Arise TV Morning Show. He added that he prefers a younger person who has something to offer to complement his ticket rather than recycling old hands who had been in the government before now. When asked to clarify social media rumours that he had picked the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of Northern Elders Forum, Dr. Baba-Ahmed, as his vice-presidential candidate, Obi…