Breaking News: APC govs’ meeting deadlocked as search for consensus candidate begins Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have begun the search for a consensus presidential candidate. A source privy to the first meeting of the governors told our correspondent that the meeting ended in a deadlock. “No agreement yet. Meeting … [Read more…]
Gareth Bale wrote a farewell letter to Real Madrid on Wednesday, the Welshman bringing an end to his nine-year spell at the Spanish club, where he said his “dream became a reality”. Bale will leave Real Madrid when his contract expires at the end of June, with the 32-year-old yet to confirm what he will … [Read more…]
Man United confirm Pogba’s exit French World Cup-winning midfielder, Paul Pogba, is to leave Manchester United at the end of June, the club said Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a largely disappointing second spell. The 29-year-old’s departure at the end of his contract will see United recoup none of the then record £89 million … [Read more…]
The crisis rocking the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its National Working Committee (NWC) deepened, yesterday, as factional members threatened to reject any autocratic decision foisted on them by the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. In a letter written by the National Vice Chairman (North West), Salihu Lukman, titled “APC and … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged governors of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to avail him the privilege of picking the next president as they were allowed to pick their successors. He said this when he had audience with the 22 governors and the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, yesterday. In a part … [Read more…]
It is mixed blessing for the Nigerian economy as prices of crude oil further soared on Tuesday, 24 hours after the leaders of the European Union (EU) countries reached an agreement to ban 90 per cent of Russian energy imports by the end of the year. The 27-nation organisation has spent weeks haggling over a … [Read more…]
Bruce Fein, the United States-based lawyer of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has written to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. He warned the group not to sit on the legal fence, noting that Nigeria plans to imprison Kanu indefinitely without trial. In the letter, Bruce Fein of Bruce Fein Law Firms, Washington … [Read more…]
As part of its contribution to address insecurity in Nigeria, the United Nations, UN, yesterday charged Nigerian leaders to intensify their approach towards taming insecurity in the country. This is even as the UN advocated that one of the best approaches to address issues bordering insecurity in Nigeria was to adopt a preventive security deployment … [Read more…]
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has activated Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to the spread of Monkeypox. NCDC in a statement by its Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, explained that the action was to strengthen in-country preparedness and to contribute to the global response to the disease. He also confirmed that as … [Read more…]
LESS than one week after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, won the Labour Party, LP, presidential ticket in style. He joined the workers’ party, on Friday, exactly 48 hours to the primaries held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. For the Presidency in 2023, Obi, … [Read more…]
Few days after his resignation from the People Democratic Party (PDP), former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, emerged presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Obi, the PDP vice presidential candidate in the 2019 election, polled 96 delegates votes out of the 98 votes cast to win the primary in Asaba, Delta State. … [Read more…]
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has explained why the Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr Samuel Uche; the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Rt Rev Okechukwu Michael and the Prelate’s Chaplain were released within 24 hours after their kidnap by unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along the Lokpa axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. … [Read more…]