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A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, at the weekend resolved to do anything possible to stimulate employment generation and enhance economic development of the state. Obasanjo and Daniel, who are promoters of the Green Legacy Resort Hotel and Conference Hotel respectively, …

God won’t give power to the wicked, gov tells Okowa A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has described as lies allegations by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that he failed to execute or complete contracts awarded to him. Secondus said he had never been …

AHMED Mahmoud Gumel, a former Jigawa State Deputy Governor and one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial aspirants in 2023, has resigned from the APC. This was revealed in a letter of resignation. The former Deputy Governor signed the letter, which was addressed to the APC chairman of Galangamawa …

GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar will win the 2023 election. Tambuwal announced that Atiku would reopen Nigeria’s borders shut by the Buhari administration. The Sokoto helmsman is the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). He spoke on Saturday at the …

THE All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, says reports linking him with a meeting with the five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party popularly known as G-5 were unsubstantiated and ‘evil intentioned.’ There had been media reports of Tinubu’s purported marathon meeting with the PDP governors in London, United …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in his New Year message urged Nigerians to seize the opportunities provided to take active part in the ongoing electoral process. Lawan said the Electoral Act 2022 had ignited hope in the system and heightened expectation about the forthcoming general elections. He said, …

AMID the security crises confronting the country, the high command of the Nigerian Army has directed over 120 major-generals, brigadiers, colonels, lieutenants, captains and others to proceed on compulsory retirement. The affected officers, who include those who failed their Senior Staff Course Examinations, were ordered to submit their letters of …

Labour Party (LP) has lashed out at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over his comments at a rally in Anambra State. The former vice president while in Awka, had pleaded with Igbo to vote for him as he was the stepping stone for the …

Ademola Adegbite, Ibadan   The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Oyo State Council, on Friday, condemned the gruesome killing of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mudasiru Baraka, who was murdered by gunmen early Wednesday in Oyo town.   NEWSEXTRA24 reports that Baraka was macheted to death at his family …

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has dared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel him and face the consequences.   Wike threw down the gauntlet while he was flagging off a new road in Rivers State.   He said: “In 2003 when President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to run for a …