The presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was conducted peacefully across several local government areas in Delta State on Friday, with party members turning out in large numbers to participate in the exercise ahead of the 2027 general elections. Across wards visited in Ethiope West, Oshimili North and South, Ika North-East, Ndokwa West,…
President Bola Tinubu has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election in Delta State, securing a total of 407,646 votes across the state’s 25 local government areas. The result was officially announced in Asaba by the Delta State Governor and State Collation Officer, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, following the collation of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area in Ogun State. President Tinubu also approved a special take-off grant of N15billion for the college. The President’s approval was in fulfilment of the provisions of the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reconstituted the 16-member governing council of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, appointing the Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, as the chairman. Other members of the council include the chairman of the Police Service Commission, the Inspector-General of Police, and one representative each from the Federal Ministry…
Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has established a new radio station in Rivers State that is being used to support President Bola Tinubu’s anticipated 2027 re-election campaign. The station, Majority FM 89.5, is located within the office of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, according…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has described the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, as a fearless voice of the people and a revolutionary force whose music reshaped global sound, following his posthumous recognition with the Recording Academy of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In a State House statement, President Tinubu said Fela was more than…
Delta State, Nigeria — In a strategic move to mitigate the economic impact of the 2023 removal of the petrol subsidy, the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has delivered five Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)/Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) buses to the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Delta State. The vehicles, presented on Tuesday through the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),…
The Ika nation in Delta North Senatorial District will come alive on Monday, January 19, as Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the N59.7 billion Uromi Junction Flyover along the busy Lagos–Asaba Expressway in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area. The Director-General, Delta State Bureau for Orientation and Communications,…
ABUJA, Nigeria — A prominent Niger Delta environmental and human rights activist, Chief Mulade Sheriff, PhD, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately halt the direct payment of 13 per cent oil derivation funds to oil-producing state governments, warning that decades of corruption and mismanagement have left host communities poorer and underdeveloped. Instead, Mulade is calling for the funds—worth trillions of…
In a bold move aimed at curbing the escalating insecurity across Northern Nigeria, the 19 Northern Governors and the region’s Traditional Rulers’ Council have issued a strong call for decisive action. The leaders convened an emergency joint meeting on Tuesday at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, describing the session as “pivotal” in charting a path…
