Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting the amended Electoral Bill into law. The President finally signed the Bill on Friday, February 25, 2022, after earlier declining his assent due to certain objections. Governor Ortom, who made the commendation in an interview with journalists in Mbatiav, Gboko Saturday, February 26,…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that he would soon officially declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential race. Atiku stated this on Saturday, after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his (Obasanjo) residence, in Abeokuta, Ogun. Recall that Atiku was Obasanjo’s vice between 1999 and 2007, and also a Presidential…
The Senator representing Plateau North, Istifanus Gyang, has said President Muhammadu Buhari signed the amended Electoral Act under intense pressure by Nigerians. He equally said if the President had vetoed the bill for a second time, nothing would have stopped the National Assembly from overriding him. Gyang disclosed this in an interview with journalists in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday announced new dates for the 2023 elections. The National Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a news conference in Abuja. According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Governorship and state houses of…
ROMAN Abramovich on Thursday faced calls to be stripped of his right to own a football club after documents linked him to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin’s administration. It also accused Abramovich of “public association with corrupt activity and practices”. The billionaire Chelsea owner is facing renewed focus on his business activities as Russia begins…
Trust Africa News , By Ayomide Otitoju NEWS circulating on social media indicates that some youths in Ubiaja Town in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, have succeeded in preventing the fleeing bank robbers from escaping with the money they earlier stole from the multiple bank robbery in Uromi.“Thankfully Ubiaja youths Update…
•Students troop out in thousands, shower encomium on Governor Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday assured students of the new Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUST), Ikorodu, that he would make the institution bigger and best choice in Nigeria. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who had a stop…
Global outrage followed Thursday’s attacks launched by Russia on major cities and infrastructure in Ukraine, with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), among others, describing it as an unprovoked aggression, and imposing a series of sanctions on Russia. Russian media had quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying…
UEFA has moved the Champions League final on May 28 to Paris from St Petersburg, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The UEFA executive committee held an emergency meeting on Friday and decided to move the showpiece to the Stade de France from the 68,000-capacity Gazprom Arena in Vladimir Putin’s home city. Following UEFA’s move, Kremlin…
