Politics

The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari has narrated how bandits deceived him twice using the Qur’an in his office and yet failed to keep up with their side of the bargain.

Masari said he regrets the trust reposed in bandits to have a change of heart during negotiations after they swore with the Qur’an.

The Governor vowed never to trust them again, stressing that they deceived his government into believing that they had surrendered their weapons by swearing with the Qur’an.

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He disclosed this while hosting the …

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Bode George on Saturday said he will leave Nigeria if Bola Ahmed Tinubu becomes President of Nigeria.

Mr George made this known while at a press briefing in Lagos.

‘I am happy the President has signed the new electoral bill,” he said. “If by whatever chance he gets to the villa, I won’t be part of this country. And I am not joking. I can go to Ghana and be watching with binoculars from afar. You will see what will happen.

‘This is Alpha-Beta …

The country home of the President of Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor was on Saturday attacked by gunmen in Awomamma community, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State.

The attack was carried out by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday.

The Public relations officer of the Imo State Police command, Mike Abattam, confirmed the attack to reporters.

Abattam said the hoodlums who came in vehicles threw petrol bombs in the house damaging properties.

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The police spokesperson said no life was lost and …

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State on Friday ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami to immediately delete Section 84 (12) of the Amended New Electoral Act.

In a ruling, Justice Evelyn Anyadike held that the section was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever and cannot stand, as it is in violation of the clear provisions of the Constitution.

The section says: ‘No political appointee at any level shall be voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination …

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed strong confidence that newly sworn-in Prof. Chukwuma Soludo will do well in Anambra State as governor.

He asserted that with Soludo as the Governor of the state, the people of the state will begin to see Anambra as the true light of the nation which she truly is.

Obi made this assertions while speaking to journalists on Thursday, after attending the inauguration of the government of Soludo.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that it was Obi’s first time to visit the government house since after leaving office eight years …

As the war in Ukraine entered its fourth week on Thursday, the President of the war torn country, Volodymyr Zelensky has lamented that Russia had already crossed all known red lines in the ongoing war vowing not to give up.

In a live interview with the NBC News which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, on Thursday, Zelensky lampooned the West for not doing enough to stop Russia.

Asked if the use of nuclear weapons would mean that Russia had crossed the red line, Zelensky said Russia began to cross red lines the moment its troop began to …