Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubabar has said that, with the death of the former Minister of Women Affairs and gubernatorial candidate in Taraba State, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, Nigeria has lost yet another impactful female politician in our recent memory. Reacting to her death, Atiku said in a statement in Abuja on Friday evening that “Aisha Alhassan was a Read More
ABDULRAHMAN A. ABDULRAUF chronicles tributes by the management team of Blueprint newspapers on the occasion of the publisher’s birthday and the tenth year anniversary of the tabloid. Barely had the team settled in Monday evening when the heavenly shower announced the members’ presence to possibly show the hand of God in the day’s business. And waiting to receive his beloved management Read More
A Muslim cleric, Fadilat Sheikh Abdulrahman Adangba, has tasked Muslim faithful across Nigeria to learn to live in peace and harmony with non- Muslims. He described as great virtue and value of Islam. Sheikh Adangba was speaking as a guest lecturer at the 5th Annual Ramadan Lecture & Iftar organised by Hon. Rasheed Makinde, representing Ifako-Ijaiye II at the Lagos Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the General Secretary of Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, Mohammed Idris, on his 55th birthday. In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari joined family members and friends to celebrate with the ”influential media and communications entrepreneur, whose profile continues to rise.” The president congratulated Idris, the Read More
The Chairman of Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory [FCT], Hon. Danladi Bomboyei Chiya, has promised increased youth empowerment and rapid development of the area council during his second tenure in office. Danladi Bomboyei Chiya said he used the first tenure to thoroughly understand the technicalities of government especially local administration and would put to effective practice and Read More
The Presidency has asked Nigerians to ignore those calling for secession, saying President Muhammadu Buhari cannot be intimidated and bullied for their selfish interests. The seat of power also ruled out the calls for another National Conference to discuss the much talked about unity of Nigeria. Speaking Tuesday at the national secretariat of APC during a media interface organised by Read More
Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has called on all the security agencies to urgently mop up all the illegal arms and ammunition in the hands of unauthorised persons, especially political thugs in the state. The association revealed that it has gotten information on how some top politicians have shared illegal weapons for some political thugs to Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh. Lukman, has warned the leaders of the party to beware of ‘self destruction’ ahead of 2023 general elections. Lukman said an inconvenient reality APC leaders and members, should be worried about is that “the strongest opponent of the APC is within Read More
The Chief of Staff to the Rivers state governor, Engr. Emeka Woke, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will use forthcoming April 17, council election to reassert its dominance in Rivers state. Woke said Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s huge investments in infrastructure projects across the twenty three Local Government Areas of the State will spur the people to vote Read More
Last week, Kano, the venue of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu colloquium which was 12th series and outside Lagos and Abuja where the event usually took place, was agog with eminent personalities who trooped the ancient city to celebrate the birthday of Tinubu the Jagaba of Borgu and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu who clocked 69 Read More
Some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress have staged a protest at national headquarters of the party, asking the it leadership to extend the ongoing party’s membership registration and revalidation exercise. The protesters had stormed the party’s Secretariat Monday in Abuja, by 10.30am in a sting operation that lasted for about 30 minutes, displaying posters with various inscriptions, collectively Read More
The visit and donation by former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to victims of fire outbreak at a market in Katsina state has been criticised as a mere political eye service. A group known as Omoluabi Coalition in a press release signed by its director-general Engr. Seye Karounwi, Thursday said Read More
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare has cautioned that nothing must happen to a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Oyo state and a former Leader of the House of Representatives, Honourable Mulikat Adeola Akande. The Minister who is also the Agbaakin of Ogbomoso in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan asked Governor Seyi Makinde Read More
Moderation in political ideology, religious practice and feeding among other things, ultimately results in peace and harmony in human nature and in what constitutes human society. Extremism results in violence, rebellion and war for failure to accept the very austere position of ideas and ideology especially in religion and politics. Nations and states battle on how to deal with extremists Read More
Mr. Celestine Chukwu is the founder and President of Celchi Global Peace Foundation, and the Secretary General of Igbo community assembly in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In this interview with Ikenna Okonkwo, Chukwu bares his mind on burning national issues, especially on how Nigeria can be free of Bandits, Boko Haram, and other insecurity problems. What does Celchi Global Peace Read More
Concerned stakeholders have advocated the need for Nigerian women to build political structure towards promoting maximum participation in politics and other spheres of life. The stakeholders also called for establishment of trust fund and media support in assisting women with political ambition to build networks, break social and economic barriers. These were the recommendations at a one-day sensitization workshop on Read More
No region in Nigeria is a self-sufficient archipelago. None is more fortunate in human and material assets than the other. Each region has its unique quality and contributes a consequential substance to Nigeria. None is greater than the other. We are like geopolitical sextuplets sharing one umbilical cord – nourished and oxygenated by mother Nigeria. It is delusive to assume Read More
A chieftain of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Prof Attahiru Jega has urged members at all levels to shun money-bag politicians so as to enable the party produce corrupt-free leaders that will rule Nigeria in the year 2023. Jega, a former chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made the call while addressing journalists in Birnin kebbi, during an interactive meeting Read More
The former Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence Sunday Mbang has warned all politicians in Akwa Ibom state who wish to contest in the upcoming 2023 elections to distance themselves from cultism. Mbang gave the warning while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after Covid-19 exclusive prayer summit for Akwa Ibom national assembly Members, tagged; “do you know Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out rumoured plans to field former President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate in the 2023 presidential election. There were reports last week that some Northern governors were working hard to ensure that the former president gets the APC ticket. The party clarified that such story was not on its table but just the Read More
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has lambasted the federal government for what he described as “playing politics with the Ogoni environment remediation programme,” recommended by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He said, having played a pivotal role in the economic development of Rivers state and the country, the Ogoni deserves more than what is currently being offered to Read More
The Lead Pastor and Trustee, Gates of Praise International Centre (GOPIC), Rev Akinwale Laosun, Wednesday tasked Christian faith organisations in Nigeria to be involved in the politics and governance of the land. Rev Laosun in a statement in Ibadan stated that this can be done by supporting and sponsoring God-fearing, selfless and compassionate individuals. According to the GOPIC lead pastor, Read More
Recently, I was in the company of four brilliant and innovative young entrepreneurs. It was a fortuitous meeting as a result informal with conversation swinging from business, politics and issue of governance to the ravages of the pandemic. To my consternation, they evinced good judgement, perspicacity and broad-mindedness. I was happy to learn about what they were doing through the Read More
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ismail Danbaba, has been declared winner of the bye election into Nasarawa central state constituency in Nasarawa sate held August ,8 2020. The returning officer, Mr. Iiyasu Umar, who announced the results on Saturday night in Nasarawa local government area said the APC candidate scored 7,475 to defeat Mr. Bage Nuhu of Peoples Read More
Senator Buruji Kashamu, the immediate past lawmaker who represented Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly and the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, is dead, Blueprint has learnt. His former colleague and ally Ben Bruce who announced his demise on his Facebook page Saturday evening said, “I have just lost my good Read More
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