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THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party deepens on Monday as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the party to apologise to Nigerians over an alleged divisive comment by the party’s Presidential standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar. Wike spoke at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa in Ikwerre …

The Spokesperson, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Dino Melaye, has advanced reasons why Nigerian must severe ties with ruling All Progressive Congress during next year’s election. He said APC had allegedly plunged Nigerians into mess and caused division across the country without any achievements that were of benefits …

The Federal Government has earmarked N248.5bn for the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of ongoing road projects nationwide. This was revealed after an analysis of the 2023 appropriation bill presented by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), to the National Assembly in Abuja last Friday. The President during his speech noted …

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River kicked off the first dry run for the 2022 Carnival Calabar, on Sunday, with the theme ‘Agro-Industrialisation’. The event marked the return of the Carnival since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. Speaking about the theme, Ayade said it was carefully chosen to send …

Elder statesman and First Republic Federal Information Commissioner, Chief Edwin, has raised concern over the misfortunes that have gripped victims of flooding in the Niger Delta with a call on the Federal Government to act fast because of looming disasters and humanitarian crises. He queried why the Ministry of Humanitarian …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has come under fire following his advice to Northerners that they should vote for him in the 2023 election because he hails from the northern region. Atiku, who stated this during an interactive session with the Arewa Joint Committee …

THE National Chairman of the Labour Party (AP) Comrade Barrister Julius Abure has directed Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi to secure the release of its Senatorial Candidate who was kidnapped on Saturday night by the South East Vigilante outfit called Ebubeagu. Calling out the security agencies and the State Governor …

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has distanced himself from the Arewa Joint Committee interactive session with presidential candidates. The presidential interactive session is organized by a number of organizations, including the Arewa Consultative Forum, Arewa House, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Northern Elders …

Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has fired back at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, describing the latter as belonging to a dying breed of politicians who resort to base ethnic and regional sentiments in the …

Omobumhe Umoru, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the party to suspend its campaign in Edo for the 2023 presidential election. In a statement addressed to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP; Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the party; and Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto …