Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has revealed that the only way the All Progressives Congress (APC) can present Senators Ahmad Lawan and Godswill Akpabio as its senatorial candidates ahead of next year’s election is if Bashir Machina and Udom Ekpoudom “voluntarily withdraw”. Falana also said that it is “brazen impunity” for the APC to…
The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police have formally charged two Nigerians with conspiracy to facilitate travel of another person for organ harvesting. The suspects were arrested and charged over their plan to bring a child into the country to allegedly harvest the said child’s organs. The two arrested suspects were identified as Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55,…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, called on West African countries to improve their levels of cooperation to better address problems of healthcare access and out-of-school children, among other human development indices. Osinbajo said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he received the Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Mr Nuno Nabiam, ahead of Thursday’s ECOWAS…
Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, says the state will ensure the victory of the All Progressives Congress standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 Presidential election and deliver 100 per cent votes for him. Speaking on Tuesday almost two weeks after the party’s presidential primary, Ayade expressed his commitment to the victory…
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Babaji Sunday, alongside a representative of the State Security Service, addressed over 150 chairmen of commercial motorcyclists’ units and associations across Abuja during a meeting held at the Command’s Headquarters, on Tuesday. In a press statement by the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Omotayo Oduniyi, said the…
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife branch, on Wednesday, challenged the Association of Resident Doctors in the hospital to approach the court of law for redress, instead of embarking on industrial action over the alleged harassment of their member by a nurse. Doctors in the hospital had announced…
South Korea reported its first imported cases of monkeypox Wednesday, becoming the latest of some 40 countries and the first in East Asia to have identified the disease. A South Korean national in their 30s, who arrived from Germany on Tuesday, was confirmed to have contacted the viral disease, according to the Korea Disease Control…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Wednesday said its members would continue to sell fuel at the Federal Government approved price of N165 per litre.This represents a reversal of its earlier directive to its members to sell petrol at N180 per litre. The Lagos chapter of IPMAN through its secretary, Akeem Balogun…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lawan, Gbajabiamila, 21 Governors to Champion Oyetola’s Re-Election Bid Ahead of the July 16 governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced an 86-member National Campaign Council for the poll. The council chairman is Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while Governor Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano)…
