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Lagos Assembly Opens Up On Secret Passage Of Sharia Bill

Lagos Assembly Opens Up On Secret Passage Of Sharia Bill

July 13, 2022 6:51 pm

In another controversial sitting, the Lagos House of Assembly has openly debunked a report that reiterates that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill which would get a majority of Northerners’ support for the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu.

Mr Setonji David who is the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy had made this known in a statement on Wednesday.

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Africa Daily News, New York recalls that an online media had reported that the assembly hurriedly passed a bill to set up Sharia courts, paving …

2023 Muslim-Muslim Ticket Act Of God – APC Chairman, Adamu

2023: Muslim-Muslim Ticket Act Of God – APC Chairman, Adamu

July 13, 2022 3:34 pm

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday, assured Christians in Nigeria that they have nothing to fear with the joint ticket of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima ahead of the 2023 presidential election, insisting that the decision was ‘the work and the will of God.’

Adamu made the declaration in Daura on Wednesday when he led the party’s National Working Committee on a Sallah visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.

He also informed journalists that he and his team were in Daura to brief the President on what transpired in Osun State on …

2023 You Would Lose If.., Akeredolu Warns APC

Ignore Religious Agitations, Vote Competence – Gov Akeredolu

July 13, 2022 1:01 pm

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has on Wednesday, called on Nigerians to ignore religious sentiments and agitations and vote for competence, while reiterating that the faith of the Vice President does not affect performance in any government.

Akeredolu, who had expressed confidence that the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will certainly rescue the country had also noted that the work stops on the President’s table.

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“Muslim-Muslim ticket has nothing to do with performance. Let’s vote for someone that can do something. The …

Gov Abiodun Felicitates With Nobel Laureate, Soyinka At 88

Gov Abiodun Felicitates With Nobel Laureate, Soyinka At 88

July 13, 2022 12:37 pm

As the world renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate price winner in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka marks his 88th birthday today, Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun State governor, has openly described him as a rarest breed of mankind and one who has straddled planet earth with an exceptional candour.

Gov Abiodun similarly described the doyen of Medicine in Nigeria, Professor Emeritus Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, who had trained many other professors and medical experts in Nigeria and abroad as a rare gift to the nation and the medical profession across the world.

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Prof …

War Ukraine, Russia To Hold Key Talks As Food Prices Soars

War: Ukraine, Russia To Hold Key Talks As Food Prices Soars

July 13, 2022 4:18 am

Russian and Ukrainian officials are scheduled to meet in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss the delayed grain shipments that have driven up food prices worldwide, while Kyiv announced that it has destroyed a Russian military facility as the conflict continues.

One of the largest exporters of wheat and other grains, Ukraine has seen some of its shipments impeded by Russian warships and mines that Kiev has placed in the Black Sea.

The meetings, which will also be attended by a UN mission, will be held in Turkey, which has led efforts to revive the crucial grain trade.

On the ground, …

2023 Why I Picked Funke Akindele As Running Mate – Adediran

2023: Why I Picked Funke Akindele As Running Mate – Adediran

July 13, 2022 4:13 am

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Lagos State, Jide Adediran has provided his reasons for the choice of Nollywood actress, Funke Akinfele as running mate despite reservations from several people. 

Miss Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, confirmed her nomination as the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the PDP on Tuesday.

The actress said she would be putting a hold on her acting career and focus on politics to cause a change to improve the welfare of Lagosians.

Confirming her nomination in an interview, Adediran explained that he picked not just an actress, but a filmmaker and a …

2023 Muslim-Muslim Ticket, A Disastrous Error – Ex-SGF Lawal

2023: Muslim-Muslim Ticket, A Disastrous Error – Ex-SGF Lawal

July 13, 2022 3:27 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has described the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate as a ‘disastrous error’.

In a statement which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, Lawal added his voice to the raging controversy that has been trailing the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.

Lawal pointed out that he saw the decision coming and he had made his reservations known to the proponents long before the announcement was made.

He disclosed he suspected that Tinubu …

2023 Nigerians Must Get Rid Of APC By All Means - Kachikwu

2023: Nigerians Must Get Rid Of APC By All Means – Kachikwu

July 13, 2022 3:16 am

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has called on Nigerians to do whatever it takes to get rid of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Kachikwu, made this appeal on Tuesday while addressing a press conference tagged ‘State of the Nigerian Nation’ in Abuja, stressed that under President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, Nigeria has witnessed unprecedented calamity second only to the Nigeria civil war.

According to him, the streets of Nigeria flow with the blood of the innocent and that cannot be allowed to continue.

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SDP Forms Alliance With Labour Party Against Benue 2023

SDP Forms Alliance With Labour Party Against Benue 2023

July 12, 2022 2:09 pm

Ahead of the hotly contested governorship election in Benue State which comes up next year, things might not be so easy for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Social Democratic Party, SDP has announced that they would be going into an alliance with the Labour Party.

John Enemari who is the State Chairman of SDP had also disclosed the development while speaking with journalists in Makurdi, the state capital, on Monday.

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According to the Chairman, the leadership of the party had also directed …

Former Guber Aspirant, Tonye Princewill Dumps Rivers APC

Former Guber Aspirant, Tonye Princewill Dumps Rivers APC

July 12, 2022 2:00 pm

A former governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, party Prince Tonye Princewill has become the latest member of the party to leave the party joining a queue of massive resignations which has since come since the Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu announced a Muslim running mate for the Presidential race.

Princewill had also made this announcement while he made his resignation in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the ward chairman of the APC in Ward 3 in Buguma Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.

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Presidency Queries Lecturers For Querying Buhari Over Strike

July 12, 2022 2:00 pm

The Presidency while reacting to the lingering strike has queried the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over their direct query to the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari over the lingering strike.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu who is part of the Presidency, had openly wondered why ASUU was holding the President by the neck over an agreement which had not signed by his government. Shehu recalled that the agreement in contention was signed in 2009 by the then Federal Government.

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Stop Paying Ransom To Terrorists –Garba Shehu Tells Nigerians

Stop Paying Ransom To Terrorists –Garba Shehu Tells Nigerians

July 12, 2022 12:03 pm

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has claimed that the payment of ransom by families of kidnapped victims is the major factor fuelling terrorism in Nigeria.

Shehu, who made this known while speaking in an interview on Tuesday, stated kidnapping would continue until Nigerians stop paying ransoms and allow the security agents to do their job.

He said, ‘You are mentioning all of these about kidnappers and the people that have been taken and the President even in his Sallah message mentioned an appeal he was making to fellow citizens to expose …

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