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Femi Adesina, the special adviser on media and publicity for President Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that Nigerians blame his boss for their problems. Adesina bemoaned the fact that some Nigerians hold Buhari accountable for all of the problems, including subpar sexual performance. He said Nigerians blame Buhari because “resentment is their …

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), met with Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of his nationwide consultation. Obi claimed that during the visit, he spent valuable time conversing with Moghalu about governmental matters. The former governor …

Yobe’s governor, Mai Mala Buni, claimed on Friday that despite the state’s limited financial resources, the government has been timely in paying its employees’ salaries. In a statement issued in Damaturu by his Director-General for Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, Buni claimed that a recent survey by civic tech organisation …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the rumoured defection of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from the opposition party. The party has been engulfed by internal crisis occasioned by the outcome of its presidential election primary. Wike has been seething since the PDP’s presidential primary that produced Atiku …

The Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Senibo Chris Finebone, has resigned his membership of the party. Subsequently, Finebone on Friday decamped to the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Pictures of Governor Nyesom Wike, posing with the former Chairman of APC in Rivers, Davies Ikanya, the …

Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has suspended the transition committee chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Hon Mbazulike Iloka. Iloka, who is popularly known as Mba Mba, was suspended over the circumstances surrounding his wife’s death last Sunday morning. Iloka’s wife, Chidiebere, was said to have slumped and …

The Kano State Consumer Protection Council has disclosed that it has confiscated fake, adulterated and substandard products worth over N100 million in the last three months. This was made known on Thursday by the acting managing director of the council, Baffa Babba Dan’agundi. According to the acting managing director, the …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he will not be part of any reconciliation meeting if Senator Iyorchia Ayu remains the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike, who made this known when Adamawa State governor, Umaru Fintiri, visited him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, said …

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has explained why he turned down an offer by Tesla Inc to get raw lithium from Nigeria. According to Financial Times, there has been more than eightfold surge in the price of lithium, one of the components used in electric car …

A renowned Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has announced Mr Charles Odigbo as the leader of the communication team for the Labour Party campaign team. Utomi made the announcement at a special announcement session of the Media Team for the Peter Obi Campaign team held in Lagos on Thursday. According to …