By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – High Chief Adesina Meka Sylvanus, a Philanthropist from Ogori Magongo LGA, has called on traditional rulers, community, opinion leaders and development unions from both Ogori/ Magongo LGA to rally round support for Hon. Rosemary Maria Ohiezu, the Transition Committee Chairperson of Ogori Magongo...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Department of State Services (DSS) has been urged to publicly reveal the sponsors of the planned nationwide protests scheduled for August 1st, 2024. The former Secretary, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee of Diaspora Chairmen, Mr Ayoola Lawal, made the call in a...
Three out of the four opposition members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kebbi House of Assembly have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that defectors are: Umar Na’amore, Argungu Constituency; Hashimu Usman, Yauri Constituency and Yusuf...
A High Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, dismissed two applications filed by former governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom stopping the Benue Government from probing him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov Hyacient Alia constituted two commissions of inquiry to investigate Ortom. Irked by the decision...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Aare Hon Tolu Bankole, has urged all concerned parties to exercise restraint regarding the planned nationwide protest. He made the appeal in a statement he personally signed on Monday, noting that it is essential that...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) States Chairmen, has appealed to Nigerians to give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu more time to implement his Renewed Hope Agenda policies and programs aimed at addressing the country’s economic challenges. Speaking at a press briefing held at the APC...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to Nigerians, especially the youths, to shun the planned nationwide protest. Oyintiloye urged Nigerians to continue to keep faith in President Bola Tinubu-led administration in its ability to revamp the economy. The...
beg Nigerians to shelve planned protest The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has appealed to Nigerians to shelve the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu-led government slated for Aug. 1 to Aug. 10. The PGF is a partisan organisation for the All Progressive Congress with the mandate to drive policy...
Ahead of the planned nationwide protest in August, the Minister for Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government. The minister made the plea on Wednesday after a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday received former Senate President, Pius Anyim, who recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after his presentation to Tinubu by Gov. Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF),...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Ahead of the Kogi local government elections, slated for 19th October, 2024 Governor Ahmed Ododo, has urged the APC leadership in the state to reserve 40 percent of elective positions for women across the state as agreed by the party. Governor Ododo, who...
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, has warned against violence and anti-democratic activities ahead of the September 21 Governorship poll in the state. The News Agency of (NAN) reports that Shaibu, who was impeached on March 18, got reinstated by the Court on July 17. He...
A group under the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Justice Forum, has advised Nigerian youths to shun planned nationwide protest over current economic hardship in the country. The state Coordinator of the Forum, James Faleke, gave the advice in a statement by it’s Director of Media...
National Chairman of the Tinubu/Shetima Foundation, Mr Hammanjulde Yahaya, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the present administration and shun the proposed national protest in the country. Yahaya made the appeal at the Tinubu/Shetima Foundation General Meeting, on Saturday in Yola. Yahaya said it was important...
The Deputy Governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu on Saturday officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shaibu alongside other members of the PDP legacy coalition group announced his defection in Benin at the inauguration of the National Campaign Council of the...
A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, says he is not a member of the ruling APC but appreciates the bold reforms being implemented by President Bola Tinubu. Okupe, a former Presidential Spokesperson, disclosed this in X handle (formerly Twitter) while...
Edo State Government has called on the Federal Government to set up a panel to unravel the cause of the shooting that claimed the life of a police officer at Benin Airport gate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that a police officer attached to the governorship...
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo on Friday called on the reinstated deputy governor of Edo, Philips Shaibu to join the APC following the Thursday attack on his convoy at the Benin Airport. Mr Jarrett Tenebe made the call in Benin during a solidarity visit...
Edo governorship candidate of APC for Sept. 21 off-cycle election, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, has said he would not rest until the killers of his security aide, Insp. Onu Akon, are brought to book. The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Funsho Adegboye on Friday during a news conference confirmed...
Gunmen on Thursday in Benin attacked a convoy having APC’s Edo Governorship Candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, and the reinstated Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, killing one of the security details. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred along Airport Road, when Okpebholo and several...