The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights advocacy group, Thursday called for compensation for the Fulani victims of reprisals following the attack on worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Following the attack, there were reports of reprisal attacks on some Fulani people in the community. However, the Nigerian Army … [Read more…]
Afro musician Femi Kuti has berated supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023, Peter Obi, also known as “Obidients,” as zombies. Zombie was the title of a studio album released in 1976 by his late father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, when he derided Nigerian soldiers as a bunch of robotic and senseless individuals. The song, … [Read more…]
THE Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, yesterday, said that the Nigerian government has the tradition of not interfering in any judicial matter whether local or international and would maintain the stand in the matter involving the former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu in his trial on … [Read more…]
The Rivers governor has exhibited strained ties with both the party and its 2023 standard-bearer over the outcome of the May 28 national convention and presidential primary. Governor Nyesom Wike has filed a lawsuit against Atiku Abubakar over the 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr Wike filed the lawsuit alongside another PDP … [Read more…]
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), has fixed first week of September as date for an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party. A member of the party’s NWC who made the disclosure, however revealed after the marathon meeting by the national leadership of the party, that the date is subject … [Read more…]
A summit organized by the Labour Party and a coalition for Peter Obi Leadership has started in Abuja. The summit has brought together several support groups routing for the Labour Party and the emergence of Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti-Ahmed Presidency. Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who said the … [Read more…]
By Sam Nnamani Observing the current good governance-driven shockwave sweeping across the length and breadth of Nigerian, with the possibility of an unpredictable apotheosis in the 2023 general election, it doesn’t take much of an effort for a keen observer to decipher a common bottom line in the multitude of demands reeled out daily by … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has launched an online database for the compilation of data on unemployed graduates and youths in the state. Mbah in a statement by his media office, said the online database will capture the statistics of the teeming unemployed graduates and youths in … [Read more…]
Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has tasked Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to caution his supporters from spreading falsehood capable of misinforming Nigerians about other candidates. Spokesperson for the organisation, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, yesterday, admonished Obi to get his supporters to desist from spreading lies, malice and denigrating other candidates, especially Asiwaju … [Read more…]
Amid tensions, some elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, intervened in the crisis rocking the party by giving approval for the constitution of the presidential campaign council. The reporter gathered that while some PDP leaders are pushing for the party to wield the big stick against those engaged in anti-party activities, other leaders … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has cautioned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against further borrowing for consumption. Obi handed down the words of caution in a series of tweets on his verified twitter handle @PeterObi, yesterday. He said: “As a matter of urgency, Nigeria must stop borrowing for consumption, … [Read more…]
The Federal Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances rose from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N19.91tn in June 2022. According to data from the CBN, this shows that the Federal Government borrowed N2.45tn from the apex bank within six months. The N19.91tn owed the apex bank by … [Read more…]