A female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State was burnt alive on Thursday over alleged blasphemy…. The student, who was accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), was beaten to pulp. In a video of the incident seen by our correspondent, young males were seen hurling stones at her. Some also used sticks and different objects to hit her. When the victim fell to the ground unconsciously, the attackers gathered tyres around her before she was set ablaze. A source said a mob had broken into her hostel where she was dragged out and killed. Reacting…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would suspend its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) online pre-registration on May 30. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at the commission’s quarterly meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, said this would give time for online pre-registrants to complete their registration physically. “For this reason, the commission has decided to suspend the online registration in the next three weeks, that is May 30. “This will enable the online registrants to complete their registration physically at the designated centres before the exercise is suspended on June 30,”…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has reacted to President Muhamadu Buhari’s directive that all ministers vying for any elective office in 2023 should resign. Recall that President Buhari, at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting on Wednesday told cabinet members who have declared their presidential ambition to resign before Monday 16th of May. Reacting, Ngige said he is not in a hurry to resign from his appointment and that he has to consult with President Muhamadu Buhari and his constituents before tendering any resignation letter. According to him, Buhari gave a window for those that need clarifications…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said there is no going back on its decision to continue with its ongoing strike following the Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Osodeke said the union took the ‘difficult decision’ after exhausting all avenues available to amicably settle the matter with the Federal Government. “Let me give you an example because this is where we are getting it wrong, when the airline operators said they were going to stop the flights, the Senate…
Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, has submitted his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms. Tinubu submitted the forms on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The APC National Leader was represented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, amongst others. Sanwo-Olu’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Jubril Gawat, confirmed the development via his Twitter handle. Recently, the former governor of Lagos State picked APC’s Presidential forms worth N100 million. Tinubu had…
One of the Ministers eyeing the seat of President Muhammadu Buhari has resigned. President Muhammadu Buhari made this known during the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. He announced that Emeka Nwajuiba, Minister of State for Education, had quit the cabinet to focus on his presidential ambition. Buhari has given all those interested in the 2023 contest a deadline of Monday to leave his government. Details later…
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to recognise statutory delegates at primaries, congresses, and conventions of political parties. The passage was in concurrence with the Senate which had earlier on Tuesday held an emergency session to correct what the House called a “fundamental error.” The National Assembly passed the bill for the Act while the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), signed it into law. While political parties are close to conducting primaries to elect candidates for the 2023 general elections, the Act did not provide for members elected into public offices…
that President Muhammadu Buhari directed his ministers with political ambitions to resign. Adeyanju said Buhari’s directive does not affect Vice President Yemi Osinbajo because he has the same ticket as the President. Buhari ordered all ministers vying for any elective office in 2023 to resign on or before Monday, 16th of May. The directive was handed over to the affected cabinet members during the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, confirmed it to State House correspondents at the end…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered every member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), who has ambition to contest elective office to resign on or before May 16, 2022. Those affected are Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu; Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. Others are the Minister of State Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, who is running for governorship position in Cross Rivers State, and the Minister of Women Affairs, Paulline Tallen, who declared her ambition…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has asked students through the National Association of Nigerian Students not to disrupt political activities. Lawan made this appeal when the NANS President, Sunday Ashefon, visited his office on Tuesday. Students had begun to stage protests in different parts of the country threatening to stall all political activities until the government makes an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off the strike. Lawan appealed to students to continue on the path of consultation and avoid confrontation. He said, “I want to advise, I don’t think it will be necessary to…