Contacted, a spokesperson for the campaign council of Atiku, Senator Dino Melaye, said the alliance won’t affect the victory of Atiku in 2023. In a phone interview, Melaye told this paper Tuesday, that they are waiting for the next line of action of the aggrieved governors. “We are waiting for his announcement. That’s all,” he … [Read more…]
To finalise the deal on the 2023 presidency, five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are set to meet with the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the reporter has reliably gathered. A reliable source close to the former Lagos State governor, said barring any last-minute change, … [Read more…]
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government will increase salaries of civil and public officials soon to mitigate the impact of high inflation rate in the country. Ngige, who spoke with State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the Presidential Committee on … [Read more…]
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, said with the introduction of Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS), there is no more room for electoral fraud, come 2023 poll. Yahaya, who stated this on Tuesday in Tukulma ward in Akko Local Government Area (LGA) of Gombe State, said prior to the introduction of BVAS device, the card … [Read more…]
The Labour Party has announced a former presidential aide Akin Osuntokun as the new Director-General (DG) of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Osuntokun succeeds Doyin Okupe who resigned of late as the director-general of the campaign council for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Until recently, Osuntokun was the Zonal Coordinator (South) of the campaign … [Read more…]
Former governor of Anambra state and the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has been in the news in recent time. It is either he is being commended, supported or condemned, criticized over his quest to lead Nigeria from consumption to production. Yesterday, an Anambra born-business billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze, has condemned … [Read more…]
The United States government has announced a project that will strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as well as its intelligence gathering and prosecution capabilities. The latest support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) comes on the … [Read more…]
Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is full of nepotism and corruption, claiming that the situation has not augured well for the country . This is as he accused the president of failing to fulfil his 2015 campaign promises. Kukah spoke on a television programme monitored … [Read more…]
Outrage and fury of monumental proportion have continued to trail the killing of a Lagos female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, by a trigger-happy policeman in the Ajah axis of the state on Christmas Day. Raheem and her family members were said to be on their way home from a Christmas Day church service when the policeman … [Read more…]
Ndi Banyi, This Christmas, I bring you warm wishes of hope and prayers of peace in your homes. Whatever this season may feel like for us as a State, I hope that you will embrace the joy of the season, have the courage to laugh at the little things, hold your loved ones close and … [Read more…]
…As community, Igbo-Etiti women back governor for senate, PDP guber candidate, others …Enugu commissioner, Lejja-born legal consultant, present Christmas gifts to widows, less privileged Louis Amoke It was wild jubilation in Ukehe, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area and in Lejja, Nsukka Local Government Area, yesterday, when the Governor of Enugu State and candidate of the Peoples … [Read more…]
Self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa, has slammed Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, over his vow to end sit-at-home order in his state. Soludo while speaking at the 2022 Public Servants Day held in Awka on Wednesday had described Ekpa as a “mad man staying in … [Read more…]