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By our reporter Towards the 2027 general elections, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) stalwart, Buba Galadima, has revealed alleged plans to make immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) placeholder for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flagbearer in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, should the latter miss out on the PDP ticket. Galadima, a respected Northern elder, also wondered why Abubakar, popularly known as Atiku, would consent to team up with El-Rufai, whom, he claimed, dished out all sorts of derogatory statements against the former Vice President during the President Muhammadu Buhari era,…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has disclosed that the reasons behind his administration’s deliberate deployment of huge resources to the training of students studying nursing and midwifery in the state was to create career opportunities for them to excel in the medical profession. This was even as students from the Enugu State College of Nursing Sciences expressed appreciation to the governor for transforming the once moribund, unaccredited School of Nursing from only Ordinary National Diploma (OND) to a digital, world-class college where Higher National Diploma (HND) and other certificates would be awarded to enable them…

By Felix Durumbah Having apparently released a rushed list of federal appointments replete with errors, the Presidency today apologized to Nigerians, saying it will issue an updated one later. "We have noticed a number of errors in the list of appointments tweeted. We are sorry. We will provide an updated list later. Thank you,” Special Adviser, Media & Public Communication/Spokesperson to the President, Sunday Dare appealed to Nigerians on X. The drama kicked off following an interview Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) granted Arise TV during which he moved to hold President Bola Tinubu's administration accountable by claiming that it…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Ahead 2027, some politicians and groups have begun realigning their political calculations. In Enugu State, South-East Nigeria, for instance, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the 2023 poll, Chijioke Edeoga, recently publicly returned to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Fast on his heels, the LP member representing Isi-Uzo constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Eze Gabriel Lebechi, has also dumped the party for the PDP. It is not known if these two moves will spark further domino effects within the LP after six of its lawmakers defected to PDP…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has expressed his administration's readiness to partner with the United States of America (USA) to explore opportunities in solid minerals development, agribusiness, education and other investment opportunities that will benefit both parties. The governor stated this when a delegation from the US Consul-General, led by the Deputy Chief, Political and Economic Section, Kenise Hill, paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor's Office, Secretariat, Ibadan,on Wednesday. Governor Makinde, who was represented by the state's Deputy Governor, Abdulraheem Bayo Lawal, said his administration had put in place policies to aid engagement on…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Sokoto State council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed a claim attributed to tNational President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ali Haruna Kankara, who reportedly listed Sokoto among states yet to implement the new wage of N70,000 monthly. NLC Chairman in the state, Aliyu Abdullahi Jangale, alongside the state NULGE counterpart, Ibrahim Abubakar Giro, described the report as “misleading and completely untrue.” Speaking at a joint press conference held in Sokoto on Wednesday, April 9, both labour leaders strongly refuted a report that the North-West state had not implemented the new wage…

By John Bassey, Gusau Zamfara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ZACCIMA) has sympathised with victims of a fire outbreak in Gusau Central Market, Zamfara State. Goods estimated at N350 million were burnt in the inferno which gutted the facility in the early hours of Tuesday, April 8. ZACCIMA president, Alhaji (Dr) Hassan Buhari Tafida, paid a courtesy visit to traders at the market, especially those who deal in traditional medicine and provision stores, who were the major victims of the inferno. Represented by his deputy, Alhaji Chika Abubakar Galadima, the president, who holds the traditional title of Maradun…