Bans movement of cows, firewood, charcoal, others Issues new directives on sale of petroleum products Zamfara Governor, Bello Matawalle, says that the state government is no longer interested in holding a dialogue with bandits, noting that they had spurned the olive branch once extended to them. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Friday that zoning would determine the fate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. The governor, who disclosed this to journalists in Makurdi shortly after he arrived from Abuja, said the PDP has no choice but to win the 2023 elections following the
By Maureen Badejo Forget the old cliché of the young girl with a sugar daddy. Rather, it seems an increasing number of millennial men are the ones looking for women to scam. This is the story of a self-acclaimed royal father who builds marital relationships with younger women purely to extract money from them. His
APC: We Don’t Want Igbo Presidency In 2023 – Hope Uzodinma Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is not looking for an Igbo president in 2023. The Imo state governor dismissed reports that the ruling party is working to zone the 2023 presidential election
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to raise $3bn from Eurobond sales in the second week of October. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this during an interview on Bloomberg TV on Thursday said that the $3bn constituted half of the amount needed from external borrowings to fund the
John Alechenu examines the recently concluded ward and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress and how it is shaping the race for the national chairmanship of the party. As 2023 draws nearer, the scramble for the control of the structures of the ruling All Progressives Congress has started in earnest. When three opposition
An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Gboyega Ogunlola, in a custodial centre for allegedly inserting an iron into the private parts of a 27-year-old lady after reportedly raping her. Ogunlola was arraigned for rape and attempted murder. The victim, in her statement to the police, said
