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PANDEF, Ohaneze, Middle Belt Forum, fumes as PDP throws Presidential ticket open The zoning committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, contrary to the expectation of its southern members, has recommended an open race for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. The party’s 37-person zoning committee, which took the decision at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, … [Read more…]
Updated: Why PDP threw open 2023 presidential ticket As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants; The PUNCH has learned. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source … [Read more…]
Just In: PDP reportedly throws open 2023 presidential ticket As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants; The PUNCH has learned. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a … [Read more…]
One of the investors in the crashed Ponzi scheme, Chinmark Group, identified simply as Nuella has died days after she reportedly attempted suicide. The PUNCH had on March 21 2022 reported that about 4,500 aggrieved investors lashed the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Chinmark Group, Marksman Ijiomah, over unpaid funds invested in the company despite many deadlines … [Read more…]
Leader of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, and Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, said yesterday that any government that cannot provide security for its citizens had no moral justification to exist. He spoke on a day the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, asked the Federal Government to rise to its responsibility of … [Read more…]
Sequel to the spate of violent attacks and weekly Monday sit-at-home in Anambra, Governor Charles Soludo, Sunday, said his administration has offered “amnesty” to agitators in the state. But Ohanaeze in a swift reaction yesterday took exception to the use of the word amnesty, saying it connotes that the youths have been committing an offence … [Read more…]
An indigenous player in the energy sector, Mr. Victor Ekpenyong, has urged the federal government and oil firms to maximise oil production and leverage on the expertise of Nigerian tech firms to check oil theft. Ekpenyong, who made the call in an interview with newsmen on Sunday, noted that there was a need to raise … [Read more…]
Federal government has directed telecommunication companies, (MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile) to bar all outgoing calls from unlinked Subscriber Identification Module cards, SIMs. Disclosing this in a statement signed by the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, FG stated that it’s directive will take effect from the 4th of April, 2022. Read part … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at the weekend, warned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to immediately desist from bringing mutilated banknotes as part of their deposits. Composed banknotes or mutilated Naira notes comprise several parts of different banknotes of the same denomination. The parts of such currency notes are usually put together with the intention … [Read more…]
Enugu 2023 Guber Race: Bart Nnaji joins race, as group presents purchased PDP forms to him Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu A group known as Coalition for Good Governance in Nigeria, has purchased and presented the PDP Governorship nomination and expression of interest forms to a former Minister for Power, Professor Bart O. Nnaji, calling on him … [Read more…]
The United Kingdom (UK) has advised against travel to seven northern states. The states listed by the United Kingdom included Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) gave the warning in its travel advisory on northern Nigeria posted on its website. “FCDO advise against travel to Borno, Yobe, … [Read more…]
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has struck out a consolidated suit by Ogechi Ogwu-Edwin and four others and Alaibo Soibibo and four others against the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former state Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Isaac Ogbobula. The separate suits, which were later consolidated, had challenged the legality … [Read more…]