…As APC National Vice Chairman meets with state stakeholders. National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Victor Giadom and other top national executives met with the leadership and stakeholders of the Bayelsa APC in Yenagoa on Saturday. In statement by Julius Bokoru, Sylva’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Chief Dennis…
The PDP governorship candidate in Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah has urged the Peter Mbah Support Group (PMSG) to intensify grassroots mobilisation toward his success at the 2023 polls. Mbah gave the advice when he hosted the leaders of the group, led by the Director-General of the PMSG, Mr Emeka Ogbu-Nwobodo, in his residence in…
By Ere Robinson Erebi The Executive Chairman of the National Population Commission Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra has stated that the federal government is committed to make the 2023 Census a resounding success through rigorous planning and use of International best practices at every stage of the process. Hon. Kwarra made the statement while presenting a…
Over 2,000 traders from Ajasa Street market on Saturday protested alleged forceful merger with Oseokwodu market in Onitsha, Anambra State. The protesters, mostly widows, also raised the alarm over heavy shootings by local vigilante group attached to a neighboring market in the process. Led by their woman leader, Mrs Ngozi Ezediniru, the traders said they…
Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, has said the state House of Assembly acted extra-judicially when they recognized Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state. He said the state lawmakers had no power to confer such recognition. The Governor made the comments on Friday when he signed the bill that derecognized Omehia as former…
The Federal Government has threatened to sue the striking lecturers, who are members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities if they fail to resume as ruled by the National Industrial Court. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who issued this threat on Friday during an interview monitored on Channel TV, disclosed…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, no fewer than 16 All Progressive Congress ward executives defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (APC) in Sokoto State on Friday. Speaking while receiving the new members at his residence in Sokoto, the state PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, assured them of equal treatment with all other members of…
Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja. Friday, 7TH October , 2022 PROTOCOLS: I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly….
The Abuja-Lokoja highway on Friday got blocked for motorists as two articulated vehicles broke down adjacent to each other. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed motorists to avoid the road for alternative routes not to get into the built up gridlock around Koton-Karfe, Kogi Local Government Area. Kogi Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, announced…
The Federal Government says Ethiopiaโs suspension of its โvisa on arrivalโ to non-resident foreigners at all entry points is due to insecurity, especially regarding its current political situation. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Francisca Omayuli, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The government, however, urged Nigerians intending to…
