Ekpoudom Vows To Retrieve Senatorial Ticket From Sen. Akpabio
Udom Ekpoudom, a former deputy Inspector General of Police and senatorial aspirant for the Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) district have declared that he will appeal the two judgments which declared Senator Godswill Akpabio the All Progressives Congress candidate for the senatorial seat. Recall that the former DIG had earlier been declared the winner of the party’s primary conducted on...
Police Vow To Get Rid Of Unrepentant Criminals In Enugu
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, on Sunday vowed to rid the state of unrepentant criminals disturbing its peace. Ammani said this after he embarked on a visibility patrol of some major highways and locations in the state, which included: Ugwuogo-Nike-Opi-Nsukka and Enugu-Onitsha Highways, as well as Oji-River and Inyi communities in Oji River Local Government...
Retired Soldiers Storm Ministry Of Defence, Protest Unpaid Allowances
Military veterans under the aegis of the Retired Members of Nigerian Armed Forces and the Coalition of Concerned Military Veterans, staged the third phase of their protests over the non-payment of their Security Debarment Allowance, among others, at the Ministry of Defence, in Abuja on Monday. The protesters pitched a tent and blocked access to the Ministry of Defence located...
25 Million Nigerians Are Suffering From Hunger – Nutritionist
Prof Kola Matthew Anigo, national coordinator of the Academic and Research Network for Scaling up nutrition in Nigeria (ARN-SUNN) has disclosed that no fewer than 25 million Nigerians are suffering from hunger. This was disclosed by Prof Kola Matthew in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital while delivering his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 52nd annual general meeting and...
NNPC Debunks Claims Of Operating Secret Account
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has stated that it does not operate a secret account. This was contained in a statement released on Saturday by the spokesperson of the company, Garba Deen Muhammad. The company referred to reports credited to the House of Representatives ad hoc Committee set up to investigate “The structure, accountability and production sharing contracts of the NNPC from...
Why Afenifere Won’t Support Tinubu, Atiku – Chief Adebanjo
The leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has clarified his position on the group’s support for the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, stating why the group will not support the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar. In a statement signed by Adebanjo on...
2023 Election: We Stand For Peter Obi – Afenifere
The leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has reiterated why the group will continue to support the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, among other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 General Election. The Afenifere chieftain had earlier declared support of the group for the LP presidential candidate in an online radio programme, ‘Yoruba Gbode’, where...
Alleged Corruption: Olisa Metuh Still Has Case A Case To Answer — EFCC
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to some reports in the media, alleging that, the Federal High Court, FHC, sitting in Abuja, on Monday, September 26, 2022, “ struck out a suit filed by the Commission against former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, for retrial. The EFCC says...
Why We Pledge Our Support For Tinubu – Osun NNPP NASS Candidates
Four aggrieved national Assembly candidates contesting 2023 elections on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Osun State, on Monday, said their decision to back the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, was an indication of NNPP’s collapsed structure in the state. This was contained in a press release signed by the leader of the...
Ortom Opposes Wike Says ‘I Want Ayu As PDP Chairman’
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has seemingly pitched his tent with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the controversy on Iyorchia Ayu’s stay as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ortom, a member of the Governor Nyesom Wike camp, has declared that he wants Ayu to remain as the party chairman. The governor has been siding with his Rivers counterpart...
