PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Ogar has hinted that the Ayade-led administration inherited a whopping sum of 400 billion naira debt from his predecessors. Mr. Oga disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Calabar...
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu not to be distracted, saying the battle to rescue Nigeria in 2023 falls on him. Ayu, who emerged as Chairman on October 31 took over the leadership of the main opposition...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari and the people of the state over the killing of the state’s Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Rabe Nasir. Dr. Nasir was...
All Progressives Congress (APC) says the newly-inaugurated leadership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shown early signs that it is not different from its immediate past and sacked leadership. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee said this in a statement he...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians and the international community of free and fair elections in 2023 general elections, and peaceful transfer of power. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the president gave the assurance in his remark at a Virtual...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia says the party has the human and material resources to wrestle power away from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. The Chairman of the state Caretaker Committee, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, said this at a news briefing in Umuahia on Thursday. Nwankpa,...
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP Delta) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will face an inevitable and crushing fall in 2023 after which it will go into political oblivion. According to a statement by his Senior Legislative Aide, Tony Ayaegbunam,...
President Buhari, Tinubu, other dignitaries to attend launch of Bisi Akande’s autobiography in Lagos
President Buhari, Tinubu, other dignitaries to attend launch of Bisi Akande’s autobiography in Lagos
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – President Muhammadu Buhari would on Thursday lead other dignitaries to attend the public presentation of ‘My Participations,’ the autobiography of Chief Bisi Akande, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The President is the Special Guest of Honour. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Former State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ntufam Ekpo Okon has explained why he has returned back to the PDP alongside other party faithful. He explained that he was unable to resist Donald Duke and Venatious Ikem’s call when they both called him...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The cracks in the All Progressives Congress have continued to widen following a court order obtained by one of the chairmanship aspirants in the last state congress, Hassan Sheriff, restraining Babayo Misau, from parading himself as the chairman of the party in the state. This...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Chidi Onyemaizu a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on Print Media has alleged that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the fibre to talk about anarchy in Cross River State. Mr. Onyemaizu, stated this on Sunday while reacting to the party’s press release...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared Saturday’s Ekiti State Local Government Councils poll, winning all the 35 council chairmanship seats and 176 out of the 177 councilorship seats declared. Justice Jide Aladejana, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission announced the result on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti. Aladejana...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, says defection of Lagos4Lagos Movement, a splinter group within the party, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot change the main opposition’s misfortune in the state. The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in an...
A member of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Mr Karibi Bobmanuel, says Nigerian youths are more interested in following leaders than taking up leadership. Bobmanuel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday that the complacency of youths to happenings in the country was...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, appealed to the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu to return to the party. The National Secretary of the Party, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, made the appeal when he led a delegation of members of the PDP...
Zamfara state has barred officials from Ministries, Departments and Agencies from disseminating information regarding policies and programmes of the government. The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made the disclosure while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel in Gusau on Thursday. Dosara said Zamfara government centralized information management to...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has fixed Dec. 18 as the deadline for governorship aspirants who are still in the state’s civil service to resign their positions. The aspirant are those wishing to contest the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress where the party’s candidate will be picked...
A group, Zamfara State Patriotic Association, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and elders of the All progressives Congress (APC) to save the party from the hands of some dark horses. Chairman of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Nabature, made the call while addressing a press conference in Gusau, Zamfara,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday launched a mega-size empowerment package for thousands of constituents in Konduga town. The empowerment was sponsored by a member of House of Representatives representing Dikwa, Konduga and Mafa Federal Constituency, Engr. Mohammed Ibrahim Abubakar, popularly known...
It is a common knowledge that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently rejected the Federal Government proposed N5, 000 for 40 million poor Nigerians when the subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) is removed. While describing it as ‘nonsensical’ the argument that the complete surrender of the price of...