By Elizabeth Vincent, Yenegoa As Nigeria is warming up of who becomes her next president in 2023, so many person’s are canversing and soliciting for support from Nigerians. The presidential Aspirant under the People Democracy Party ( PDP), Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has expressed his interest for the plum job. Visiting delegates at the PDP seceteriat Yenegoa, he said optimization in the transformation of Nigeria to a batter society is the key. Senator Bala who is the incumbent Governor of Bauchi State revealed that in less than three years as…
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AA will win many elected positions again in Imo -State Chairman
The Imo State Chairman of Action Alliance, Chief Hon. Anthony Uchendu Ahaneku has stated without equivocation that nothing will make his party not to win many elected positions again in the state. He stated this while having an exclusive meeting with some party executives and members in Owerri yesterday. Ahaneku disclosed that as far as he is concerned, AA as a party is divinely connected, noting that, that magic that happened in the 2019 general election will repeat itself again in Imo in this election that is on the door…
Read MoreNwangele South Must Produce House Of Assembly Member -Group
A group known as Nwangele South for Equity has insisted that the next House of Assembly member for Nwangele State Constituency must surely be from Nwangele South block. Speaking during their meeting that was held in the country home of Action Alliance (AA) State chairman, Hon. Anthony Uchendu Ahaneku, the leader of the group, Barrister Jude Uzoukwu said that time has gone when they would be staying as strengers in Nwangele Local Government Area, adding that many elected positions have been taking by Amaigbo block for many decades. He insisted…
Read MoreRitualists exhume newly-buried corpse, harvest organs
The people of Idi-Arere community in Ibadan, Oyo State, were in shock on Saturday when they discovered the corpse of a resident, Alhaji Kolawole Waheed, with vital organs of his body missing. Waheed died last Thursday and was buried on Friday according to Islamic rites. The deceased’s brother, Taofeek Adebayo, said the 68-year-old was hit by a car while inside a tricycle, adding that he was later taken to a hospital where he died three days after. “On Saturday morning, an older brother called my wife’s phone. He told me…
Read MoreNANS Wades Into Lingering ASUU Strike, Proposes Peaceful Protest
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has proposed a nationwide peaceful protest in support of the lingering strike action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the refusal of the federal government to implement the agreement it reached with the union, two years ago. The agreement borders on payment of staff salaries and emoluments as well as adequate funding of the universities. In a statement issued in Owerri on Wednesday May 25 signed by the deputy zonal co-coordinator of NANS South East zone, Comrade Ejike…
Read MorePDP Primaries: Gov. Ugwuanyi Wins Enugu North Senatorial District Ticket Amid Jubilation
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has won the Enugu North Senatorial District Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gov. Ugwuanyi was declared winner of the peaceful and transparent senatorial primary election amid jubilation by the Chairman of the five-man Electoral Panel from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, Prince Vin Yandev Amabei. Prince Amabei disclosed that Gov. Ugwuanyi scored 299 valid votes cast to defeat three other aspirants in the ballot paper, namely Mr. Okanya Celestine, Chief Eze Godwin…
Read MoreMariupol Fighters Finally Surrender
By Alex Nwahiri The Ukrainian forces holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks, today surrendered to the Russian authorities to allow the wounded soldiers and civilians, receive urgent medical attention. A statement from the garrison commander of the troops in the Azovstal steelworks explained, that the garrison was obeying orders to save the lives of troops and get the wounded to the hospital. Journalists who covered the evacuation, reported seeing dozens of buses carrying both the fighters and the wounded, to a medical facility in the Russian controlled town of Novoazovsk…
Read MorePDP NEC Throws 2023 Presidential Contest Open
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) has finally thrown open the contest for the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. PDP’s position was made known during the party’s NEC meeting, Wednesday, in Abuja. Also, ahead of the party’s National Convention to elect the party’s presidential candidate, the NEC appointed former President of the Senate, David Mark to Chair the Convention Committee.
Read MorePetrol marketers warns of looming fuel scarcity
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis. To avoid this, the petrol marketers association asked the Federal Government to prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to pay its members their outstanding bridging claims amounting to over N500 billion. The IPMAN chairman in Kano State, Bashir Danmalam, made the remarks while addressing a news conference in Kano State on Monday. He said the failure of the NMDPRA to pay the the bridging claims, otherwise known as transportation…
Read MoreN1.79bn fraud: Court arraigns Stella Oduah
A former Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Adaeze Oduah has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja to take her plea in the alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges brought against her by the Federal Government. She is to be arraigned before Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, alongside two other women and four companies. Among the companies is the construction giant, China Civil Engineering Corporation CCECC. Already, the Federal Government’s lawyer, Dr Hassan Liman, SAN, has also arrived in court. About five Senior Advocates of Nigeria are also in court to defend…
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