Author: Rashaad Harris

The Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency election in Kano State has been deemed a victory for Alhassan Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives. The legislator received 41,573 votes, according to Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer Sani Ibrahim, who announced the results on Saturday. He defeated his nearest rival, Yushau Salisu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, who received 34,831 votes.Doguwa will be serving his fifth term when the 10th assembly is inaugurated in June.

Honourable Shina Peller has petitioned the incoming administration of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Information and Culture in the 2024 Appropriation Act for optimal performance of the nation’s creative industry. Honourable Peller, who represents Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, made the call via his social media platforms, where he emphasized the urgent need to strengthen Nigeria’s creative industry.How words: “As Nigeria transitions into a new government, I urge the incoming administration to increase the budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Information and Culture in the 2024 Appropriation Act for optimal performance in the…

Wife to the former Oyo State Governor Mrs Florence Ajimobi, has tagged the experience of losing her husband, the late Abiola Ajimobi traumatic. Mrs Ajimobi made this revelation when featuring on a popular Radio Show anchored by Isaac Brown and the Gang on Fresh 105.9fm in Ibadan on Saturday morning.Recall that ex-Governor, Ajimobi who was aged 70 died on June 25, 2020, at a private hospital in Lagos after spending weeks in intensive care for coronavirus complications. While speaking on life after the death of her husband, Mrs Florence said: “The experience was traumatic for me. It made me feel…

According to the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation — Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, many Nigerians, especially those from the South-East, have lost hope in governance. In light of this, she tasked Dr Alex Otti, Abia State’s Governor-elect, to lead an honest and open administration.The incoming administration, according to Okonjo-Iweala, should concentrate on “disruptive strategies rather than traditional operational systems.”In a speech she delivered digitally at the 100-member 2023 Abia Transition Council’s inauguration, which was held in Aba, the state’s capital, she issued the accusation.Her words: “I told the governor-elect that everything we will do would depend on this governance. Nigerians,…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has refuted rumours that Senator Abdullahi Adamu, its national chairman, was flown abroad for urgent medical attention. In two separate interviews, Dr Ijeoma Arodiogbu, the APC National Vice Chairman for the South East, and Bala Ibrahim, the party’s Director of Publicity, denied that Adamu was ill, contrary to rumours peddled by some blogs who stated categorically that the chairman travelled out if the county to nurse his ailment.Arodiogbu disclosed the true intent of Adamu’s journey, saying: “He wasn’t sick. He travelled out for business. The national chairman went to China. Of course, I was…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) appears to be pleased and is prepared to maintain its previous policy directions in light of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) flat rate prediction for Nigeria’s economic growth rate in 2023 and 2024. While the IMF kept its 2023 projection of 3.2 percent, it lowered its 2024 forecast to 3.0 percent from 3.1 percent. From 3.0 percent, the World Bank’s prediction was reduced to 2.8 percent.The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said in a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, today that the IMF…

According to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) believes that its elected members for the 10th National Assembly will operate in the party’s and Nigeria’s interests. “We believe that our members in the 10th National Assembly are people with a wealth of experience which they will bring to bear in choosing the new leadership,” Bagudu said during a forum of state chairmen of the All Progressives Congress meeting.He added: “Many of them, including the freshers, will be mindful of the party’s manifesto and the expectations of Nigerians from our party.“They know the importance of working…

In light of Saturday’s supplementary elections, the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, has cautioned against violence in the supplementary election. Tinubu called on the electorate in the areas where the supplementary election would hold to eschew violence and peacefully conduct themselves, in a statement he made in Abuja today.His words: “As the last leg of the 2023 General Election, we must ensure that the electoral processes are brought to a final, peaceful conclusion.“I urge all Nigerians in areas where the additional polls will take place to eschew violence and conduct themselves in an orderly and peaceful manner.“We should desist from acts…

Born on 23 December, 2000. Victor Boniface Okoh is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League side Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. Before his sudden emergence this season, the 22-year-old Nigerian forward made it to Europe through youth side Real Sapphire Football Club which is a Nigerian professional football club based in Lagos, Nigeria. Boniface went to Europe by signing for Norwegian giants Bodø Glimt from Real Sapphire on 4 March 2019. He suffered a ligament injury only two weeks after signing for Glimt, which was said to keep him on the sidelines for most duration…

The attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to present the $460,000 drug money forfeiture as one relating to tax evasion, has been characterized as a fruitless attempt to rewrite history by Mr. Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar. Shaibu in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, noted that after “the lies told by Tinubu and his surrogates,” the truth has finally been unraveled through the processes filed by the APC at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.Shaibu said: “Festus Keyamo had gone on national television to say that Tinubu’s forfeiture of…