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Kingsley Moghalu Declares To Run For President In 2023
Kingsley Moghalu, a Nigerian political economist, lawyer, former United Nations official, and politician has declared his intention to run for president in 2023. Mr Moghalu who served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, appointed by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, from 2009 to 2014 made his intention known on Twitter. He said he will be contesting because people live...
APC Convention: Chris Akomas, B.B Apugo, Ben Kalu, Sam Onuigbo, Others Enlisted Abia Statutory Delegates As Sen. Kalu Warns Against Adulterated List
Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia, and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has submitted to the national leadership of the party an authentic list of statutory delegates from Abia State ahead of the party's national convention slated for 26th March, 2022. This he said is to forestall a situation where there will be infiltration...
Court Orders AGF Malami To ‘Delete’ Section 84 (12) From Electoral Act
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has declared Section 84 (12) of the recently signed Electoral Act 2022 a nullity. Justice Evelyn Anyadike, who delivered the judgment, also directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to expunge that section from the Act. The section which requires political appointees seeking elective offices...
“Kyiv Faces Dawn Fury as Air Defences Light Up the Sky”
Kyiv came under a major pre-dawn assault on Friday, according to Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, as AFP journalists reported a series of explosions shaking the Ukrainian capital. Klitschko confirmed on Telegram that air defence units were actively repelling a “massive enemy attack,” with at least two people injured in the eastern Dniprovsky district. Reporters described tracer rounds streaking through the night...
Abia Speaker, Chinedum Orji Receives Sun Newspaper Public Service Award [PHOTOS]
Speaker of Abia State, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji has been honoured with The Sun Public Service Award 2020, by The Sun Publishing Ltd, publishers of The Daily Sun, Saturday Sun, Sunday Sun, Sporting Sun, www.sunnewsonline.com and www.sportingsun.com. The Speaker who received the Award personally in a well attended and colourful event held at the Expo Centre of the prestigious...
Hoodlums Attack Bullion Van, Kill Policeman, 2 Others
The hoodlums according to the police blocked the van at Ubulu-Okiti and started shooting and the police escorts returned fire. The Police Command in Delta on Wednesday confirmed an attack on a bullion van by suspected armed robbers. The police said that the attack occurred at Ubulu-Okiti axis of Asaba-Benin express road, killing a police officer and two others. READ ALSO: Suspected...
No Condition Regarding Lifting Of Twitter Ban Was Given – FG Makes U-Turn
The Federal Government has stated that no condition was given for the lifting of suspension placed on Twitter’s operations in Nigeria, ABN TV reports. On Monday, Minister of Foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama met with envoys from the UK, US, Ireland, Canada and the European Union to explain the government’s decision on Twitter. It was widely reported that the minister stated...
APC NEC In Close-door Meeting At Aso Rock
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently holding an emergency virtual meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. It would be recalled that the party had in late November scheduled the meeting to review its position and deliberate on its next line of action as it concerns its national leadership. The National Chairman...
COVID-19: Aso Rock Suspends Media Houses (See List)
The presidential villa on Tuesday barred AIT, Arise TV, STV, Ben TV and other TV and Radio Stations from covering activities at the Presidential villa. Also barred were reporters from Punch, Thisday, Tribune, The Guardian, Vanguard, Daily Trust and other major newspapers (Few of them are allowed to send in their photographers). According to a press release from the office of...
Finally, Buhari Reacts To APC Crisis, Reveals When Convention Will Hold
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally issued a statement on the recent crisis rocking his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Below is the full statement from the President, signed by his media chief, Garba Shehu; “President Muhammadu Buhari warns the leaders (and membership) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to desist from name-calling and backstabbing ahead of the oncoming March 26...
