The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming election in Anambra State, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has called for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Ozigbo made the call when he spoke at the 2021 Anambra gubernatorial debate hosted by Anambra Broadcasting Service, (ABS)…
The Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, has continued to lead a campaign against Igbo presidency come 2023 following a statement he released on Monday. According to him, agitations for Biafra led by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will undermine the southeast push for Igbo presidency in 2023. In a statement on…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a serving lawmaker has tipped Bola Tinubu to emerge as the party’s candidate for the 2023 election. According to Gbolahan Yishawu, certain stakeholders within the party want the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to emerge as the 2023 presidential candidate. Yishawu who represents Eti-Osa II in the Lagos…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has been accused of stealing. Mohammed has been accused of stealing hundreds of millions of naira donated to the governorship campaign of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, according to a report by ThisDay Newspaper. “The Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State Governor called and said Lai gave us an account but…
Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said no group of people, no matter their religious affiliation or tribe have the monopoly of leadership of Nigeria to themselves. Tambuwal stated this while receiving the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev, Ayokunle Samson Olasupo at the Council Chamber of Government House, Sokoto…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s campaign posters have surfaced at some strategic areas of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The posters, which bear the portrait of the Vice President, have ‘Osinbajo for All 2023’ boldly written on them. Our correspondent observed that the posters were pasted at Dugbe, Mokola and University of Ibadan/Bodija Junction and Iwo…
A member of the house of representatives, Fakeye Olufemi, believes that owners of small and medium-sized enterprises including carpenters and taxi drivers should be made to pay tax. Fakeye who is a member of the ruling APC and represents Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila federal constituency of Osun state in the house, said this while making his contributions to…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, met with the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseko, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. However, Governor Obaseki, while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, called for the full implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP) to address the problem of clashes between farmers and…
Prominent Islamic cleric and tutor, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated that the senate’s decision to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission to transmit election results electronically is what is best for the country. Gumi in a Facebook post he shared, averred that e-transmission of election result will stop money politics, mediocrity, and political blackmailing. He…
After months of bashings from the public over resolution on electronic transmission of election results, the Senate on Tuesday rescinded its decision. The Senate had in July passed the Electoral Act Amendment bill with provisions which allowed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transmit election results electronically after getting a green light on network…