Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called for increased consumer awareness, particularly in rural areas, regarding the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to drive up utilisation and reduce associated risks from using biomass for cooking. Mrs. Fatima Adanan, NLNG’s General…
Erdoğan suspends election campaign over ‘minor’ health problems
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday cancelled his scheduled election campaign rallies on due to a “minor sickness,’’ the president announced. “I will rest at home today as our doctors advised,’’ Erdoğan wrote on Twitter, citing health problems he…
Japanese PM Kishida unhurt after explosion at campaign event
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida escaped injury in an incident Saturday in which a man threw what appeared to be a bomb while he was appearing for a campaign speech in western Japan. Kishida was declared safe although one police…
Anambra dismantles Obi campaign billboards, Labour Party kicks
The Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, has dismantled the campaign billboard of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Obi’s massive billboard located at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Temporary Site Flyover was pulled down on Saturday…
Okupe resigns as Labour Party Campaign DG
The Director General of Labour Party Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has announced his resignation from the party’s campaign council over what he described as personal travails. Okupe made the announcement in a letter addressed to Peter Obi, the presidential…
Gunmen attack Atiku-Okowa youth mobiliser in Rivers
A campaigner of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar identified as Mr. Rhino Owhorkire has been shot by gunmen suspected to be thugs. Owhorkire, the Director for Youths Mobilization, Atiku-Okowa campaign team in Rivers State was…
Tinubu/Sanwo-Olu campaign: APC appoints S/Africa Chair as Director, Diaspora Engagement
The Tinubu/Shettima and Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat Independent Campaign Group (ICG) has appointed the Chairman of the South African Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bola Babarinde, as the Deputy Director, Diaspora. The Director-General of the ICG, Mr Tayo Ayinde, made…
Angry Delta youths chase Elumelu away over ‘non-performance’
The Ward-to-Ward campaign train of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta North Senatorial District on Tuesday was prevented by angry youths of Oko Community who said the politicians only make fake political promises. The youths in their numbers prevented especially…
‘She Said’ global launch boosts former Harvey Weinstein survivors’ campaign to stop misuse of NDAs as Time’s Up UK gives backing
Today’s launch of Harvey Weinstein exposé movie She Said has given a shot in the arm to a UK campaign to stop the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). The Can’t Buy My Silence campaign was launched by Zelda Perkins –…
Nigeria’s tech community launches a campaign against alleged police harassment (CNN)
The tech community in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is fighting back against what its leaders say is alleged police harassment and extortion of tech workers. The campaign, titled #StopRobbingUs, was launched in September after Akinmolayan Oluwatoni, a software developer…