Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has ordered the immediate suspension of Onyebuchi Steven, a driver working in the Government House Umuahia, who was involved in an accident with a commercial motorcycle rider in Ohafia, on Sunday, pending an investigation. A statement from the state’s government house by the Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko,…
After two weeks of speculation, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has just confirmed Wednesday, September 6, as the definite date for judgment in the three petitions challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Mohammed Bangari confirmed the date…
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, approved the appointment of a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, as the new Soun of Ogbomosoland. The new monarch replaces Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, who passed on in December 2021, at the age of 95 years after he…
Senator Lere Oyewumi, the Senate’s Deputy minority leader, has stated that Nyesom Wike, Federal Capital Territory Minister remains a leader of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Nyesom Wike had dared his party, PDP, to expel him. Speaking on the possibility of getting expelled from the PDP for anti-party activities, Wike dared those…
The Edo State Government has relocated the office of the deputy governor to a building outside the government house. The development followed the feud between the governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, It was gathered that the new office is situated at no 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, close to the government house. The…
Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has warned President Bola Tinubu to be wary of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje. Galadima stated that Ganduje is a scorpion. According to Galadima, President Bola Tinubu has taken a scorpion and put it in his pocket…
The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said that it is high time Nigerians and their leaders woke up to the reality that Nigeria is a poor country. Governor Soludo who said this on Tuesday while speaking at the 9th (7th Quadrennial) Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Anambra State wing,…
A businessman in northern Nigeria, Mahdi Shehu, has lambasted Islamic clerics including Sheikhs, Mallams and Ulamas for keeping quiet amid growing hardship, rising insecurity and killings in the country under President Bola Tinubu’s government. According to Shehu, the Islamic clerics went silent after convincing Nigerians, especially the Muslims to believe that a Muslim-Muslim…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to commend him when he is doing well and also criticize him if his government is not getting it right. Tinubu made the comment on Sunday in Abuja while declaring open the annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). “If I do well, please praise me, and…
Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked President Bola Tinubu to explain to Nigerians and the world how he got into Chicago State University “without possessing primary and secondary education”. The former Vice President said this on Sunday on his X (formerly Twitter) handle. Atiku is…