Author: David Great

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) have announced the joint deployment of a international election observation mission (IEOM) to Nigeria. The 40-member delegation, comprised of political and civic leaders, elections experts, and regional specialists from 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America, received accreditation from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to observe the February 25 elections. The delegation is led by former President of the Republic of Malawi, Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda. She will be joined by Ambassador Mark Green, President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars;…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday relieved Naja’atu Muhammad as the northwest coordinator for the 2023 election following a protest by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Muhammad who dumped the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been critical of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, claiming that she left the party because he was unfit. The former Director of the Civil Society directorate of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress was however on Monday appointed as a coordinator for the 2023 election, sparking a protest from Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima presidential…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has rejected the appointment of Naja’atu Bala Muhammad as the northwest coordinator of the Police Service Commission. The ruling party claimed that there are government functionaries who are working in tandem with the opposition party to truncate the promises of President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver a free and fair election. The APC in a statement signed by Festus Keyamo, the official spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign noted that the role a honest and unbiased person. “We are deeply shocked and appalled to read a release by the Police Service Commission appointing…

Eighteen nurses from Nigeria practicing in Texas, United States have been charged to court for obtaining educational credentials through fraudulent means. The Texas Board of Nursing filed formal charges against 23 nurses practicing in the US with forged certificates. In a sting operation dubbed ‘Operation Nightingale’, the Board noted that it is authorized to file Formal Charges against a nurse if probable cause exists. According to the Texas Board of Nurses, all the suspects were caught in a grand fraudulent diploma/transcript scheme as revealed by an ongoing investigations. The operation to fish out the nurses also involved the US Department…

Action Alliance (AA) party has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for the Feb. 25 general elections. AA’s national secretary, James Vernimbe, in a statement signed on Sunday by Vernimbe said that the endorsement was made during PDP’s mega rally in Yola, Adamawa state. According to him, the endorsement was informed and agreed after critical consultation with the party’s hierarchy and state chairmen. “AA has joined some other parties to endorse PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa for the 25 February, 2023, presidential election. “The event was led…

Marcus Rashford scored twice to continue his hot streak and help Manchester United overcome Leicester in the Premier League. Rashford is in the form of his career and is leading United’s resurgence, taking his tally to 24 for the season with goals in each half at Old Trafford. Both efforts were clinical finishes, latching on to passes from Bruno Fernandes and Fred before bearing down on goal and coolly slotting past Danny Ward. Substitute Jadon Sancho finished off a fine team move to seal all three points for Erik ten Hag’s side, but it could have been a very different…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has denied raiding the home of Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in Abuja. The anti-graft agency noted that the news making the rounds were fake and should be disregarded by the public. Wilson Uwujaren, head of media and publicity in a terse statement on Sunday said the party did not raid nor recover any money. Buhari privately hosts Tinubu in Aso Villa “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission…

Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford, 25, will have a £120m price tag if the Premier League club are forced to sell him next summer. (Star) Manchester United are willing to increase David de Gea’s wage to £250,000 a week to keep the 32-year-old Spain goalkeeper at Old Trafford, but the club are already looking at Leeds’ French star Illan Meslier, 22, as his long-term replacement. (Sun) Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United takeover bid is £1bn less than the £5bn offered by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani. (Foot Mercato – in French) West Ham could make summer bids for Manchester United’s 26-year-old Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, England…

Seidu Baba, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says the forum has not adopted former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential candidate, as consensus candidate. Baba made the clarification on Saturday at a news conference in Abuja. According to him, though, Abubakar has been scheming to be endorsed as the sole candidate of the North, NEF has not endorsed him. He dismissed the claims that the NEF’s 10th Anniversary was to adopt Atiku as consensus candidate for the North, “He has no credentials to be a sole Northern Presidential candidate”. Baba said: “There was an…

How FG is collaborating with States on Human Capital Development, by VP Details of several completed & ongoing development projects in the area Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says improving the welfare of citizens by investing in the health and wellbeing of women and children in particular remains paramount to the Buhari administration. This is why, according to him, the Federal Government is collaborating with States and development partners so that for instance “no young person should go through the needless frustration of joblessness.” The Vice President spoke yesterday at Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State. where he commissioned two…