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...
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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...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied zoning its national chairmanship to the North Central. Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this on Monday in Abuja when he spoke with newsmen. Akpanudoedehe was reacting to a media report that the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno have engaged in war of words over on-going resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The IDPs are being resettled from their Maiduguri camps to their respective local government area headquarters. The PDP in a statement by...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Chairman of Plateau chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Rufus Bature on Monday in Jos condemned gunmen’s attack on the Jos Correctional Centre on Sunday evening. In a statement issued by Mr Sylvanus Namang, APC State Publicity Secretary, Bature also commended security agencies...
Mr Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) has faulted claim by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of its plans to rescue Nigeria. He said that going by the antecedents of the PDP, it cannot be trusted to rescue Nigeria . “How can Nigerians trust our sister...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has lifted the ban on mobile telecommunication network in the state. Matawalle made the announcement at the state congress of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gusau on Saturday. Matawalle said the Nigerian Communication Communication (NCC) would release all the networks by Monday. He said...
The Gombe state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied report alleging mass resignation of its ward executives in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Mr Moses Kyari, the state APC publicity secretary disclosed this when he addressed newsmen on Thursday in Gombe. Kyari was reacting...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commissioned a 4.2 kilometer road constructed by the Bauchi State Government and named after him. Abubakar who commissioned the Gombe-Maiduguri road by-pass on Thursday in Bauchi, applauded Governor Bala Mohammed, for constructing the road and for embarking on...
Mr Saliu Mustapha, one of the front line aspirants for the the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship position, says history will be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari for efforts to enthrone good leadership in the country. Mustapha said this in a statement by his Media Officer, Mr Dapo Okubanjo,...
The National Chairman-Elect, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has said that for the party to reclaim power, it must demonstrate to Nigerians that it could run a better government. Ayu stated this at a two-day PDP National Retreat 2021 with the theme: “It’s time to rescue Nigeria”...
An APC governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening, a family source has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered from the deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he...