INEC: Senate Reduces Verification of Buhari’s aide, Asks New nominee The room has reached out into the presidency to substitute Onochie, whose nomination has split senators. The Presidency is now weighing its options onto her but it can nevertheless re-present the nominee based on a political position. Onochie’s destiny is delaying the confirmation of others on the record submitted to …
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday headed a lengthy queue of notable Nigerians in paying tributes into the Declaration of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, who died late Friday. Buhari expressed shock and despair at Nda-Isaiah’s departure. Even the President commiserated with the press sector, the Nda-Isaiah loved ones, associates and friends of the deceased, stating”the nation has lost a man of …
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President Muhammadu Buhari, says Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is eminently qualified to contest for president in the 2023 elections. Adesina, in a piece titled “Dave Umahi’s Heart of Lion” posted on his Facebook series, “From the Inside” and …
Secondus, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, said that the party could take the decision after reviewing its operation in the 2019 general elections. He explained PDP has a strategy for carrying out its actions, adding that the exact same principle would be applied for its 2023 elections. The chairman stated: “Following the general election, we put up a …
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu. Dr Argungu was relieved of his post in a memo issued last week Friday, December 4, 2020, taking effect from Monday, December 7. According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President …
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday Nigeria’s boundaries with other neighbouring states in West Africa would be declared soon. The president, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this during a safety meeting with the 36 state governors held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He explained closed of Nigeria’s land …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has granted a waiver to all new members of the party and others planning to join its fold from various political platforms. This formed part of the resolutions adopted on Tuesday at a virtual emergency National Executive Council meeting of the APC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja. It …
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Monday admitted that he supported President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general election. Umahi, who stated this at the foundation laying ceremony of a housing project in his home town- Uburu, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not waste time in accusing him of giving the president 25 percent votes during the election. …
He Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has stated the telephone by its House of Representatives caucus asking Nigerians to direct their representatives, across party lines, to start an impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari is democratic and constitutional. This is as celebration stated that the phone is an immediate manifestation of the mood and needs of the Nigerian people,” granted President …
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he is not tribalistic, thus encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari instead of the predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan at 2015. Buhari emerged President, beating incumbent, Jonathan. Amaechi, speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday clarified that whatever he says in Rivers State could happen, adding that he would soon return to announce prayers in the state. “You know, …
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has declared an entire amount of N120,717,387,596 for a number of jobs that cut across countries of the federation. Of this figure, roughly N117.5 billion has been for both construction and rehabilitation of bridges and roads. He clarified that two have been in regard to different streets and bridges functions, although the third was to …
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has stated that market arrangements in the state could be used to boost the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state. The governor spoke through the commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Simon Ebegbulem, in Owerri, while inaugurating a 16 members caretaker committee of the Imo state Amalgamated Market and Allied Traders Association, ISAMATA, with …
The ruling party in the nation held its own mega rally on Monday from Sagbama and Yenagoa to hand over party flags to its candidates, Hon Seriake Dickson to its west senatorial district and Moses Cleopas to the fundamental senatorial district. ALSO READ: Sack support chiefs today, Senate informs Buhari Secondus stated”the demand for alternative on the dilemma of the …
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim on Monday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged plot to kill him for not defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He alleged that Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi was behind the plot. Anyim said Umahi …
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has condemned the destructions that followed the peaceful End SARS protest in October. The official said the perpetrators must face the law. “If we don’t punish those that caused these damages, others may roll in the hay again,” he said on Sunday. Amaechi spoke during an assessment of the damages at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) headquarters in Lagos, …
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has sacked four of his technical assistants for alleged dereliction of duty. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Kenneth Ugbala, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the affected officers were sacked because they were not living up to the governor’s expectations. He added that the decision takes immediate effect. Read …
A former Governor of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose, has urged the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Agboola Ajayi, to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Fayose made the decision during a statement made available to the press agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ado Ekiti by his Spokesperson, Lere Olayinka. Read also: Ondo: Party stalwarts bury differences with 2023 in mind The statement quoted …
Chuks Okocha in Abuja As an aftermath of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee of elders to work towards ensuring effective and efficient electoral reforms before the next general election. To that extent, the party said it would partner civil society groups to work with it and its members at …
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid his dues. Fayose, a key member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), described Tinubu as one of the greatest builders of men in Nigeria. The ex-governor stated this during an interactive session with journalists as part of the events …
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has said his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike has an overbearing influence on the affairs of the People’s Democratic Party. Umahi noted that Wine’s dictatorial actions are “destroying’ the PDP. Umahi spoke on an Arise TV interview programme on Wednesday. Umahi was reacting to a statement credited to Wike who said he (Umahi) left the …
