Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 8th June 2022
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 8th June 2022 on some of the nation newspapers .
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2023: Why South East should produce Buhari’s successor, by Ikeyina
Senator Ebenezer Ikeyina is the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In this interview, he speaks about the reason President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor should come from the south, and why the President’s successor should have courage, capacity, and empathy, among other issues. ANAYO EZUGWU reports You are a very strong advocate of a
Delta Guber: Ofehe rides on YPP to upstage PDP
Last weekend’s emergence of prominent human right activist, Comrade Sunny Ofehe, as the governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in Delta State, may have changed projections and permutations ahead of the 2023 polls in the State, WALE ELEGBEDE writes The 2023 general elections may still be more than eight months away but in
Lagos West APC: The Twists and Turns
ANAYO EZUGWU reports that the plans of the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, to challenge the outcome of the recently held Lagos West Senatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be the party’s Achilles heel ahead of the 2023 senatorial elections. Despite the dominance of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
2023: PDP may not produce guber candidate in Ogun, says Showunmi
Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) factional governorship candidate, Segun Showunmi, has warned the party may not produce a candidate in the 2023 governorship poll. His warning followed the presentation of a certificate of return to Oladipupo Adebutu, the winner of another governorship primary, by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC). But Showunmi described the
Study: Drug trial raises hope of cancer cure
A new colorectal cancer drug has shocked researchers after it virtually cured every member of a clinical trial. Dostarlimab, the monoclonal antibody drug that is already approved to treat endometrial cancer in the United Kingdom (UK), smashed expectations in the trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. At the end of the
FG targets 500,000 tonnes of cocoa by 2024
The Federal Government yesterday said its renewed efforts at revitalising the cocoa industry is targeted at raising the production stake to 500,000 tonnes by 2024. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this when he received a team from the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) led by Mr. Arrion Michel. Abubakar said efforts
2023: Tinubu set to emerge as APC candidate
Felix Nwaneri As voting commenced early hours of Wednesday at the All Progressives Congress {APC) Special National Convention to elect the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential candidate, indications are that the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will emerge without much contest. This is as most of thes aspirants withdrew
Residents, traders count blessings of Agege Bridge
The commissioning of the 1.6 km-long Agege Bridge has boosted commercial activities and reduced human and vehicular traffic, which hitherto plagued Agege Pen Cinema and its environs. In his inauguration speech, Governor Babajide Sanwoolu, said his administration had no choice but to complete the bridge, in tandem with its T.H.E.M.E agenda and the bridge’s strategic
AAU students protest over strike, demand reopening of varsity
Students of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, yesterday stormed the Edo State Government House in Benin, demanding the re-opening of the school in a week or face mass action. Vice President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) (Special Duties), Odiahi Thomas Ikhine, who led the students to the Government House, stated that they
OAU inaugurates 12th substantive VC, Bamire
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) yesterday inaugurated its 12th substantive Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire. Bamire in his acceptance speech decried inadequate funding of public universities nationwide but pledged to build an all-round management team for the development of the university. The vice-chancellor, who commended his co-contestants for the spirit of sportsmanship displayed, called on
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