Written by This combination photo shows the Presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi (L); All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Tinubu (C); and Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Atiku Abubakar (R). With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next February’s election in an open race to … Continue reading “Nigeria Presidential Hopefuls In Tight Race As 2023 Campaign Opens”
Professor Chinwe Anunobi, the National Librarian. Professor Chinwe Veronica Anunobi has affirmed that library services across the various branches and offices of the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) have now been digitised. Prof Anunobi who serves as National Librarian, said going digital will allow the public from any part of the world easily access … Continue reading “Digitised National Library A Sign Of Hope For Nigeria – Prof Chinwe Anunobi”
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State says it is his responsibility to convince the people of the state to vote the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, during the 2023 general elections. He also said voters will decide the popularity of the ruling party at the polls next year. … Continue reading “It’s My Responsibility To Convince Imo People To Vote Tinubu, Says Uzodimma”
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ordered police to arrest and investigate 10 local celebrities for “immoral conduct” on social media that could influence youth, a judicial official told AFP Thursday. The court issued the order on Tuesday last week after lawyers filed a lawsuit, calling for their prosecution for singing and dancing … Continue reading “Nigeria Islamic Court Orders Arrest Of Local Celebrities”
Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, has accused the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, of betrayal and manipulation. “I think that is the least you can call it; betrayal and outright disregard, outright manipulation,” he said Thursday on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme when asked whether he felt … Continue reading “Kwankwaso Betrayed, Manipulated Me – Shekarau”
PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has affirmed that he will not succumb to calls from some quarters for him to resign his position. Ayu stressed that such calls are coming from political amateurs who lack basic understanding of PDP principles. The former senator asserted that he … Continue reading “PDP Crisis: I Won’t Resign, Ayu Tells Wike’s Allies”
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that Christians in Nigeria need not be afraid regarding the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Fani-Kayode who before cross-carpeting to the APC from the PDP was very vocal about plots by the present administration to Islamize and … Continue reading “Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Christians Shouldn’t Fear, Nigeria Can’t Be Islamized, Says Fani-Kayode”
A file photo of soldiers on patrol. In continuation of their clearance operations in bandits and terrorist enclaves in Kaduna and other parts of the northwest zone, security operatives have rescued three people who were kidnapped by bandits along the Zaria-Kano road. The captives according to security sources were kidnapped from a neighbouring state … Continue reading “Troops Rescue Three More Hostages Along Zaria-Kano Road”
Hassana Maina is a lawyer, poet and advocate against sexual violence. Illustration: Benjamin Oluwatoyin/Channels Television My first interaction with Hassana’s work was via an Instagram Live series she started during the Covid lockdown, about sexual violence. She’s carried out similar activities throughout her adult life, campaigning for causes she feels to be right. Hassana, a … Continue reading “FIRST CLASS: Hassana Maina Knows What It’s Like To Fight Sexual Violence In Northern Nigeria”
A graphical illustration of gunmen. Bandits have attacked the Federal School of Statistics, Manchok in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping the rector and two other residents. An 86-year-old ex-staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), who is a resident of the community, Mister Daniel Yatai, was also killed by the bandits … Continue reading “Gunmen Kill 86-Year-Old Ex-Railway Staff, Kidnap Rector In Kaduna”