Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has said he will again join the presidential race in the nearest future. Bello, who was among the 23 presidential aspirants who participated in last week’s primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), addressed State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday. The governor said he visited the President for allowing him to join APC presidential race, which Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won and express his loyalty to the President and the party. Bello said he joined the APC presidential race to “test…
Author: YemieFash
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Kola Abiola, on Wednesday expressed optimism that he would repeat the feat achieved by his father, Chief MKO Abiola, in 1993 and win the 2023 election. According to him, he joined the PRP not because he was looking for a platform to contest the Presidency, but because of the party’s ideology. Abiola stated these at the national headquarters of the PRP in Abuja after collecting his certificate of return. He said, “I didn’t join the PRP because I was looking for a platform. I joined the PRP after doing my…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said there is no shortage of passport booklets in the country. According to him, with the supplies of booklets available with the Nigerian Immigration Service, there can never be shortage of booklets. He said what the country was contending with was ‘human challenges’. Aregbesola spoke during the decoration of the acting Comptroller -General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Idris Jere, in Abuja on Wednesday. He said, “I say to you that there is no shortage of booklets in the country, we maybe having human challenges. The truth is that, in…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the lawmaker representing Lagos Central and wife of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has sponsored a bill seeking prosecution of officials behind unlawful incarceration of minors. The lawmaker noted that the Borstal Institutions’ attempt to keep delinquents out of prison and away from adult offenders, was to avoid molestation and negative influence that can make them to become repeat offenders. According to her, there are only three borstal facilities in Nigeria, situated in Kaduna, Abeokuta and Ilorin. Senator Oluremi observed that these Borstal facilities were established to admit only male juvenile…
Tyson Fury has suggested that Anthony Joshua’s new coach, Robert Garcia, will not help ‘AJ’ beat Oleksandr Usyk this summer, insisting he’s the best man to coach Joshua, The PUNCH reports. World heavyweight champion Usyk beat Joshua in front of a sell-out crowd in London last September to claim the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts. Joshua is set for a rematch with Usyk this August, and the Briton has recruited Garcia to work alongside Angel Fernandez, while the 32-year-old’s long-time trainer Rob McCracken has stepped away from the camp. “Unless Anthony Joshua gets his a** up…
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the June 30, 2022 deadline for voter registration by 60 days, so as to enable more eligible Nigerians to register, get their Permanent Voter Cards and participate in the 2023 general elections. The House mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to engage with INEC to “examine and proffer solutions to the shortage of registration machines and manpower.” The engagement is to also see to the deployment of additional 30 voter registration machines in each of the 774 local government areas, train and deploy ad hoc…
The Premier League has released the 2022/23 fixtures with Crystal Palace v Arsenal being the first encounter for the new season. Though the new EPL will begin on Friday 5 August at 8 pm Nigerian time, the Premier League said kick-offs are 15:00 for Saturdays and bank holidays unless stated otherwise. According to Premier League, the fixtures are subject to change. See the dates of all 380 matches below: Friday 5 August 20:00 Crystal Palace v Arsenal Saturday 6 August 12:30 Fulham v Liverpool AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa Leeds v Wolves Leicester v Brentford Newcastle v…
A coalition of pro-democracy and civil society groups has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to choose Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, as the party’s vice-presidential candidate. The group said this in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Isa Pai, Chukwudi Emmanuel and Fola Akin. The coalition, made up of the Peoples Alliance for Indigenous Rights (PAIR), Civil Society Action for National Inclusion (CSANI), and Society for Equity and Gender Advocacy (SEGA), said Mustapha will be a good choice for the party. “Mr. Boss Mustapha is near-impeccable, reliable, trustworthy and without…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan yesterday urged fellow senators to remain committed to the political system of their parties, notwithstanding the outcome of the just-concluded primary elections. The Senate President said this while welcoming the senators back from their recess. The Upper Chamber had suspended plenary on May 11 to enable lawmakers participate in the primary elections of their political parties. Lawan also stressed the need for the Senate to focus more national security matters as well as undertake further amendment of the Electoral Act. The Senate President noted that the electoral process in the just-concluded primaries threw up issues that must…
The Attorneys-General of the 36 states will be meeting in Lagos State for three days from today to discuss the Value Added Tax (VAT), Paris Club refunds, and Stamp Duty, among others. Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu will deliver the keynote address at the opening. Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Simon Lalong (Plateau) are expected to speak at the meeting. Lagos Attorney-General, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), who is the interim chairman of the Body of Attorneys-General of States of the Federation, will also make a presentation at the meeting. Other issues to be…