Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has said that his administration will provide the support necessary for the success of the 2023 Population and Housing Census in the state. Ikpeazu made the promise in Umuahia on Thursday during the Abia stakeholders’ summit on the upcoming exercise. He said that the outcome …
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PDP NWC Members Write Ayu, Reject Housing Allowance
THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party may have worsened with some members of the National Working Committee writing the national chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, and informing him of their decision to return the housing allowance paid into their accounts from the party’s coffers. The development came …
Read More »RTEAN Clash: Governor Sanwo-Olu Suspends Union, As Two feared Dead
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, ordered the suspension of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspension became imperative following pockets of violence recorded in the …
Read More »My Government Will reflect Nigerians’ Agitations — Atiku
THE Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his administration would reinvent the principle of national unity that will reflect the peculiar agitations of Nigerians, if elected in the 2023 general elections. Atiku also stated that he has set out five thematic areas that would …
Read More »Balami Dumps APC, Sells Off Stakes In 7-Star Hangar, Airline, Joins ‘Obi-dient’ Movement
Foremost Nigerian youth leader and aviation expert, Comrade Isaac Balami, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP). Balami, who played a prominent role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 when he mobilised northern youths across the region, disclosed this in a statement …
Read More »Buhari To Address Conference Of African Governors Tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow, deliver the keynote address when governors of the 36 states of the federation and their counterparts on the African continent meet to discuss pertinent subnational alliances. According to a statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Abdulraque Bello Barkindo, preparatory to that the …
Read More »Obaseki Denies Endorsing Peter Obi For Presidency
Governor Godwin Obaseki has denied his purported endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, saying it is absolutely false and malicious. Special adviser to the Edo State governor on media projects, Crusoe Osagie made the remarks in a statement yesterday. Mr Osagie said the story about …
Read More »We Have Been Winning Elections In Plateau Before Wike – PDP
Former secretary to the government of Plateau State, Prof Shedrack Best has said the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been on ground in the state since 1999 and had been winning elections when there was no Governor Nyesom Wike. Best assured the presidential candidate of the Peoples …
Read More »Comply With Procurement Procedure, TETfund Tells Institutions
Executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Mr Sonny Echono has called on beneficiary institutions to adhere to the public procurement process in order to eliminate corruption tendencies. Echono spoke at the opening ceremony of a three-day capacity-building workshop on the public procurement process for TETFund beneficiary institutions …
Read More »Campaign: Adamu Accuses Tinubu Of Running One-man Show
Barely one week after releasing his presidential campaign council list, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has come under heavy fire from the leadership and national working committee of the party. In a strongly worded letter written and signed by the National Chairman of APC, Senator …
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