Bandits kill Catholic Priest on farm in Kaduna

The Chaplain of the Catholic Community of the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Rev Fr Vitus Borogo, was on Saturday killed by suspected bandits on the farm on Kaduna-Kachia Road. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Emmanuel, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in […]

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Academic qualification: IGP told to arrest Tinubu

A civil rights organisation, Center for Reform and Public Advocacy (CRPA), has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Babae to arrest and commence criminal prosecution of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, for allegedly tendering false academic qualifications to secure the nomination. In the […]

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INEC set to extend voter registration deadline

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will not end the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) on June 30, 2022. Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Saturday, during the Youth Vote Count concert at the old parade ground, Abuja. It could be recalled that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) […]

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Tinubu to INEC: Unknown persons stole my certificate

The presidential flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), that all his academic certificates are missing. The former Governor of Lagos State, who claimed he had two degrees from two American universities, further stated that the certificates had been looted in the 1990s by “unknown […]

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Alleged organ harvesting: UK university suspends Ekweremadu as visiting Professor

The University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, has suspended Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, following alleged conspiracy to harvest organs of a minor, The London Mail reports. It is understood that the university only recently appointed him a visiting professor of corporate and international linkages. Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice, were charged on Thursday, with […]

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2023: INEC affirms Machina as Yobe North Senatorial candidate, rejects Lawan

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has finally confirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the verified candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Yobe Zone C Senatorial District. The electoral body also disassociated itself from the emergence of Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the party’s candidate for the senatorial district. The ruling party had […]

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