The agelong beef between the traditional ruler of Obingwu community in Orlu council of Imo, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya and former governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, reared its head again, aboard Air Peace flight to Abuja, yesterday. It was learnt that the monarch and former chairman of Imo State and South East Council of Traditional … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has received an invitation from US President Joe Biden to a virtual summit to galvanise efforts in tackling the climate crisis. President Biden also extended the invitation to four other African leaders and 35 others. The African leaders are Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Kenyan … [Read more…]
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to help President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to save the country and themselves. Atiku, in a series of tweets on Sunday, March 28, 2021, said this in his reaction to the recent Bloomberg’s report which says Nigeria is set to become the country with the highest … [Read more…]
The clamour for power shift got a push on Sunday from former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon, who called for zoning and rotational presidency among the six geo-political zones. Gen. Gowon said rotating the office is key to peace, tranquility and development. Besides, the elder statesman, who spoke in Abuja at 100th … [Read more…]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, tacitly endorsed 22 deregistered political parties to conduct primaries for the November 6 Anambra State governorship election. National Chairman of People for Democratic Change (PDC), Igwe Benjamin, who led the national chairmen of the 22 political parties to headquarters of the commission in Abuja, said the endorsement … [Read more…]
All All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), yesterday, said it has not endorsed former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Chukwuma Soludo, as APGA candidate for the November 6 governorship election. The party said it would conduct a free and fair primary for the November 6 governorship election which it described as inevitable. APGA … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it will soon engage the leadership of the National Assembly on the division, revision and alteration of electoral constituencies across the country. The commission said its discussion paper on the matter was being finalised. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who announced this during a consultative … [Read more…]
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to tackle poverty among women, as Nigeria joins other countries to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD). Orelope-Adefulire said this at the weekend in a statement she issued in commemoration of the … [Read more…]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described as false a report (Not by The PUNCH) that its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission against selling forms to persons with a file with the agency who are aspiring to contest in 2023 general elections. The EFCC said Bawa has neither … [Read more…]
Chairman of the Governing Council of University of Calabar, Senator Nkechi Nwogu, has said that anybody blaming the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the insecurity in Nigeria is an enemy of the country. While speaking at her Umuocheala Mbutuoma, Osisioma Ngwa country home in Abia State, during the revalidation of her membership of the … [Read more…]
Rotimi Akeredolu was sworn in, yesterday, as the governor of Ondo State for another term of four years. Akeredolu was re-elected on October 10, 2020 having defeated his former deputy, Agboola Ajayi, who contested on the platform of Zenith Labour Party and Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor was sworn in alongside … [Read more…]
an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Lagos State, Ibrahim Megida, has called on Nigerians, irrespective of tribe or religion, to rally support for the National Leader of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his drive towards a virile nation. Speaking during an annual prayer meeting of a non-governmental Organisation (NGO), Mainland Independent … [Read more…]