Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says he is committed to allowing God’s will to prevail on the choice of who will succeed him in 2023. Okowa stated this at the 70th birth anniversary and thanksgiving service of Chief Oritsetimeyin Adams at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke’s Anglican Church,...
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Some aspirants of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, suddenly appeared from the blues and invoked the sentiments of building a consensus political station, where, like a train terminus, they would all terminate their rides, in preference for one. Governors Tambuwal, Bala, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former...
Introduction In the last week, there was a big match between the World Bank team captained by the President, Mr. David Malpass and Nigeria captained by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed ably assisted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emiefele....
By Benjamin Orisemeke, Abuja – The Federal Government’s fiscal deficit hits a whopping N2.23 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria economic report for the last quarter of 2021. The report said the 12 per cent contraction in fiscal deficit followed a...
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, struck a deal Monday to buy Twitter for $44 billion, capping a saga complete with hostile takeover threats before delivering him personal control of one of the most influential social media platforms on the planet. Twitter famously served as a megaphone for former...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said it will be a betrayal to Nigeria if he doesn’t contest the presidency in the 2023 general elections. Speaking during a visit to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Osinbajo said aside from...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has emerged winner of an online poll conducted ahead of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. In a report released by Nextier, a multi-competency advisory firm, and Data-Tier, a data analytics and digital communications firm, the former Governor defeated other political juggernauts who...
A 10-year-old pupil of Chrisland Schools, Victoria Island, Lagos State, has appealed to Nigerians for forgiveness. This is coming amid backlashes she faced from angry Nigerians over a tape of herself getting involved in an immoral act with some fellow school mates. The pupil (name withheld) took to her...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders from 19 northern states and the FCT have denied endorsing any aspirant as the party’s preferred candidate for 2023 presidential election. The stakeholders said this in a communiqué at the end of their meeting in Abuja on Monday which was read by former...
A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former president Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Ralph Okorie, who made the call...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said the distribution of the monthly free food by the state government is aimed at banishing hunger and poverty among the vulnerable groups. Oyetola said this during the state’s monthly free food distribution programme on Monday in Osogbo. Represented by the Secretary to...
Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Women Leader, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe, said on Monday in Abuja that 250 female aspirants had bought the party’s Expression of Interest forms for the 2023 general elections. Effah-Attoe, said this at a meeting she held with some of the aspirants at the party’s Wadata...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has contributed $768 million dollars to Nigeria’s fight against malaria from 2011 to date. This is contained in a statement issued by USAID Mission Director in Nigeria, Dr Anne Patterson, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...
Every visitor to Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock, is first struck by the beautiful scenery of green and white; our national colours. From the entrance, Pilot Gate, white edifices and nature’s greenery are tuned in a welcoming symphony. The serenity of the Presidential Villa belies flurry of activities,...
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Festus Ogun on Monday filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal High Court in Lagos over the excessive pain, hardship and agony Nigerians went through as a result of the fuel scarcity experienced earlier this year. The legal practitioner said he solemnly...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Members of the Borno State Executive Council (SEC) and Special Advisers to Governor Babagana Zulum, who are contesting various elective positions in the forthcoming general election and byelection have formally tendered their resignation letters to the state governor in compliance with the new electoral...
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday said that seven of the eight herdsmen allegedly kidnapped in the state on Saturday had been found and rescued. Police spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, told NAN in Akwa that a joint police and military patrol team found the herdsmen sitting in the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged his appointees to actively participate in the forthcoming Local Government election and the PDP Ward Congresses. The council elections and the ward Congresses have been slated to take place simultaneously on Saturday, April 30th, 2022. Addressing the...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A US-based clergyman and Information Rector of Brotherhood College of Bishops, Archbishop Johnson Ikpeme has called on political parties in Nigeria to treat the issue of consensus candidates cautiously. Archbishop Ikpeme, who made the call during an interview with NATIONAL ACCORD in Calabar, said consensus...