Princes William and Harry, and their wives Kate and Meghan, have met crowds in Windsor. They collected floral tributes and spoke to some of those who had gathered to pay their respects. The Queen’s funeral will be held in Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September. She will lie in state for four days beforehand and … [Read more…]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the vote of confidence the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) passed on Senator Iyorchia Ayu, PDP Chairman, cannot save him. Last week, the party’s NEC passed a confidence vote on Ayu. But speaking at the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, during … [Read more…]
Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to either release Tukur Mamu or charge him to court. Citing the law, Gumi said anybody arrested over an alleged crime needs to be taken to court within 24 hours. Mamu was arrested at Cairo International Airport on his way … [Read more…]
Okwute Enugu @ New York City Meet and Greet By M. O. ENE If there were doubts about the potentials of PDP gubernatorial candidate and running mate, Barristers Peter N. Mbah and Ifeanyi Ossai respectively, they were erased last night/early this morning in the Big Apple—New York City. The third leg of their US meet-and-greet … [Read more…]
Protesting members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Thursday threatened to shut down oil production in Nigeria for 30 days if the Federal Government fails to curb the lingering massive oil theft in the Niger Delta. Members of the union staged protests in various parts of Nigeria including Abuja, … [Read more…]
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says if elected president of Nigeria, he will pull Nigeria out of the Commonwealth if Nigerians are not allowed to travel to the UK and other Commonwealth nations without needing a visa. According to him, Queen Elizabeth’s death should usher in a new order … [Read more…]
CLAIM: Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, earlier this week, claimed that Rivers State has given the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) the highest number of votes in all presidential elections in Nigeria since 1999. VERDICT: Largely true FULL TEXT Governor Wike made the claim on Tuesday, at the inauguration of the Etche Campus of the Rivers State … [Read more…]
MEMBERS of the Ogun State House of Assembly, again, yesterday, suspended their sitting following the sudden disappearance of the Assembly Mace. The Mace, which is the staff of authority of the state’s legislative arm, was allegedly stolen to prevent the lawmakers from achieving their aims of impeaching the embattled Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo when the House … [Read more…]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, alleged that it has uncovered the perpetrators and sponsors of insecurity in Imo State and South East, warning them to refrain from their heinous activities, or it will come after them. IPOB alleged that the Senator Hope Uzodimma-led Imo State government is totally bereft of information, just as … [Read more…]
The ding-dong in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continued, yesterday, as Governor Nyesom Wike maintained his hard stance despite a confidence vote in Senator Iyorchia Ayu by the National Executive Committee (NEC) at a meeting attended by only six of the party’s 13 governors. Not even the decision by Walid Jibrin to step down as chairman … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s oil production crashed below the one million barrels per day mark in August costing the country about $2.658 billion, latest data has shown. Oil production figures posted by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, yesterday, showed that daily average production for August was 972,394 barrels, compared to 1.083 million barrels produced in July … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has restated his resolve to ensure that the education sector in the ‘New Nigeria’ receives the robust funding it needs to productively transform the nation. This resolution was made in his Message to mark the International Literacy Day 2022. He maintained his unwavering belief in … [Read more…]