Lagos records highest fire emergencies on boxing day

28 Dec 2022

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service yesterday, disclosed that this year’s Christmas witnessed the highest-ever fire emergencies it had recorded, with 24 fire outbreaks. This is just as it revealed that 10 fire incidents, among which was a residential building at 54 Aledelola Street, Ikosi Ketu, occurred on Boxing Day. Describing the surge in […]

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Atiku challenges Tinubu to debate

28 Dec 2022

FORMER Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has asked his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Senator Bola Tinubu, to stop running away from public debates as the campaigns for the February 25, 2023 presidential election hot up. Atiku spoke with Saturday Tribune through his spokes man-Kola Ologbondiyan, […]

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One year jail term, N500,000 fine for vote buyers- INEC

28 Dec 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said one-year imprisonment or a fine of N500,000 awaits anyone found guilty of buying votes during the 2023 elections. The INEC Commissioner in Jigawa State, Professor Muhammad Lawal Bashar said this in an interview with newsmen. The Commissioner said the electoral commission is prepared to conduct all the […]

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Political party street campaigns in Ebonyi prohibited by Umahi in 2023

27 Dec 2022

A few months before the 2023 general election, Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi banned political party street campaigns. Additionally, he threatened to close down the offices of defaulters’ party secretaries.  Additionally, Umahi outlawed all political parties in the state from sticking posters to the state’s vital infrastructure, such as its electric poles, concrete medians, roads, […]

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Bandits are our people, vote for leaders who won’t kill them- Sheikh Gumi

27 Dec 2022

Controversial and popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi has called on Nigerians to vote for those who will not fight bandit terrorists if elected president in 2023. The Kaduna-based Islamic scholar made the call with the 2023 general election less than 90 days away. Speaking during a sermon, Sheikh Gumi urged Nigerians to vote […]

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I’ll be far away from Abuja after 23 of May 2023 – Buhari

27 Dec 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday gave a firm indication that he will not by hanging around Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), after May 29,2023, in order not to meddle in the affairs of the office of his successor. The President was speaking to residents of FCT led by the Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello, who […]

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Peter Obi donates N3m to IDPs

27 Dec 2022

Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has condemned the continuous stay of Nigerians in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps, saying Nigerians should not be living like refugees in their country. Obi stated this, yesterday, at the IDPs camp in Abagana, Makurdi Local Government Area, when he visited Benue State to celebrate Christmas with […]

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Umahi fines APC N5m for indiscriminate posting of campaign posters

27 Dec 2022

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has fined his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the indiscriminate posting of campaign posters. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Uchenna Orji, the ruling party contravened the provisions of the state’s Executive Order 3 of 2022. According to the […]

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“Better days are coming,” Christmas message from the deputy governor of Ekiti

26 Dec 2022

Mrs. Christianah Monisade Afuye, the deputy governor of Ekiti State, has urged the people of that state to have unwavering faith in Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s ability to keep the promises he made during the campaign to fight the country’s poverty and insecurity. Despite the many difficulties the country is facing, she urged them to remain […]

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