Government

As the rift between party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State persist,  former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu, has proffered a solution to it. According to Momodu a close-door dialogue between Atiku and Wike would end the disagreement between the …

Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili has rated Gov. Nyesom Wike’s performance as the best during his tenure as a council chairman under him. It can be recalled that Governor Wike was the Obio Akpor council chairman from 1999 to 2003. Dr. Odili who made this known in …

Some major bill have finally received the assents of President Muhammadu Buhari. The bills that received assents are as follows: Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022; Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, repealing the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended; Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2022, which repeals the …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, has said Biafra sovereignty and independence can’t be negotiated.   This is part of the resolution reached at the meeting with the government and people of Corsica, during the just concluded e-Ghjurnate Internazonale Conference. The group said the meeting and conference was a success …

Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of Kano State, reportedly decided to leave the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) just two months after he joined the party. According to sources who spoke to Daily Nigerian, Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate, made him some “irresistible …

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has again visited the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in his private residence as the 2023 elections draw closer. In the recent visit, the former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State …

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has reacted to outrage over termites’ destruction of proof of N17.158billion expenditure. Reacting, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Ijeoma Okoronkwo said the 2018 report by the Auditor-General of the Federation has nothing to do with the current management. Earlier a Senate committee chaired …

Governor Bello Mattawale of Zamfara State, Monday, has banned the riding of motorcycles from 8 pm to 6 am in Gusau town. He directed the security personnel to shoot at sight anyone found violating the new order. The measure, according to the governor, was taken by the security council following …

Ogun State Government has threatened to sanction fake pharmaceutical operators in the state, saying it would no longer tolerate the activities of illegal operators. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Kayode Oladehinde, said this during the 8th Mandatory Orientation Programme for Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors in the state, …

The 36 governors of states of the federation have scheduled a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the parlous state of affairs of the country. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 17th August, 2022, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The development is contained in a statement …