News from States
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Court nullifies Akwa Ibom APC guber primaries
A Federal High Court sitting in Uyo on Monday nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries that produced Mr Akanimo Udofia as Akwa Ibom candidate of the party for the 2023 general election. Justice Agatha Okeke, in her judgement, ordered that a fresh primary election be conducted within 14 days. Okeke said that the APC governorship election committee violated…
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Buhari, Obi, Oshiomhole to commission Wike’s projects in Rivers
President Muhammadu Buhari, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party Peter Obi and former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Adams Oshiomhole have all been invited by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to commission some projects completed by his administration in the state. Wike also invited the Emir of Kano Ado Bayero, Chief Justice of the Federation Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and…
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Zulum re-opens Gamboru cattle market 7 years after closure
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on Saturday reopened Gamboru International cattle market which was closed for about seven years as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. The market is located in Gamboru, a commercial border town in Ngala Local Government Area in Borno Central. Gamboru shares border with Cameroon and has land routes to N’Djamena, the capital…
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Gambari lauds Abdulrazaq on Kwara’s ‘impressive’ economic development
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the weekend said Kwara State is recording impressive economic development under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Speaking at the launch of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Economic Revitalisation Programme in Ilorin, the retired diplomat said the governor’s programmes and ongoing projects, including the garment factory, represent a…
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PHOTO NEWS: Uzodimma hosts editors in Owerri
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma addressed the conference of Guild of Editors on Saturday in Owerri where he shared the challenges and triumph of his administration. The editors are in Owerri for the 18th edition of All Nigeria Editors Conference.
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AbdulRazaq felicitates Emir of Ilorin on 27th anniversary
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on the 27th anniversary of his ascension to the throne of Sheikh Alimi. The congratulatory message was contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye on Thursday. “On behalf of the people and Government of Kwara State, I…
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Soludo presents N259bn 2023 budget to Anambra lawmakers
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, on Thursday presented the 2023 budget before the state House of Assembly. Presenting the budget tagged; ‘Taking off from the blocks’, Soludo said it would help his administration’s goal to transform Anambra into a livable and prosperous smart megacity that is the preferred destination to live, invest, learn, work and relax/enjoy. According to him, the…
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Our campaigns will be issue-based, Tinubu declares at Nasarawa townhall meeting with agro-processors, miners
…promises full completion, operation of Ajaokuta Steel Company …’Our administration will develop solid mineral sector’ All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his campaign for the nation’s number one seat will only be issue-based, centred on bringing prosperity to the nation. Tinubu said this during a townhall meeting with mining and agro-processing stakeholders in Lafia, Nasarawa…
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Bauchi governor speaks on aggrieved letter to PDP, meeting with Atiku
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State said that he wrote a letter to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to register his grievances over anti-party activities against his re-election bid by some of its members in the state. Mr Mohammed gave the clarifications after a closed door meeting with the five governors of the PDP Integrity Group otherwise…
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Police debunk PDP’s alleged attack on Atiku’s motorcade in Maiduguri
Police in Borno State on Wednesday debunked rumoured attack on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at a rally in Maiduguri. Spokesman of the Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Dino Melaye, had said earlier in the day that at least 74 persons were hospitalised while several vehicles were vandalised as hoodlums attacked Abubakar’s motorcade…
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