Ikpeazu Renames Faulks Road After Dr. Sam Mbakwe (PHOTOS)
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has commissioned the newly reconstructed Faulks Road Aba and renamed it after the former Governor of old Imo State, Dr. Sam Onunaka Mbakwe. ABN TV reports that the project is one of the seven projects the governor commissioned few hours to the end of his administration. He is expected to handover the administration of the state...
Dogara Appointed PDP Presidential Campaign Council Member
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been appointed a member of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The announcement of his appointment was contained in a statement by the Director General of the PDP PCC and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday. Mr Dogara’s appointment is to take effect immediately. His appointment, the PDP said, “is part...
APC’s Ex-Gov. Al-Makura Loses Senate Seat To PDP
Senator Tanko Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa South) has lost his re-election bid to Mohammed Onawo of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Ahmed Ashiku, announced the results. He said Onawo got 93,064 votes to defeat Al-Makura of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 76,813 votes. Ashiku declared that Onawo having satisfied the requirement of the law...
Tinubu Says He’s Not Worried By NOI Poll Which Puts Peter Obi Ahead Of Him
The All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council has said the flag bearer of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is unperturbed by NOI polls. The APC Presidential Campaign Council in a statement by its Director, Media and Publicity, Mr Bayo Onanuga described the NOI polls as dubious, unrealistic and inconsistent. Onanuga noted that the NOI Polls made wild and incredible permutations...
I Have Done Road, Water Projects Outside My Constituency In Isialangwa To Assist My Staff, Others — Sen. Kalu
Senator representing Abia North Senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu said he has embarked on cross-constituency projects in Isialangwa North and South local governments, Abia Central to support his staff who are from there and constituents of the Senatorial District. Sen. Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate said the staff find it difficult to access their communities due to bad...
No Going Back On Yahaya Bello’s Presidency, APC North Central Stakeholders Insist
Stakeholders in the North Central Zone under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said that the presidential ambition of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is non-negotiable even if the zone produces the party’s national chairman in the forthcoming convention. According to them, even if the party’s chairmanship is zoned to Okene Local Council, Yahaya Bello will contest. The APC stakeholders in...
Ahead Of Buni’s Return, Allies Retake APC National Secretariat
Aftermath of what appeared a failed coup against the National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the All Progressives Congress APC, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, his allies on Tuesday took over the Buhari House national secretariat of the party. Our correspondent gathered that the move is preparatory to the return of Gov. Buni back into the country. Specifically, National...
2023: Yarima Declares Interest To Contest For Presidency
A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima has declared interest to contest for the presidency come 2023. Yarima, an All Progressives Party (APC) member disclosed this yesterday in Bauchi while speaking with newsmen shortly after he paid a condolence visit to a famous Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi over the death of his wife. He said that...
Some Judges Retire After Selling Electoral Judgments In Order To Escape NJC Sanction — Jega
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said some corrupt judges are usually made part of election petition tribunals in order to corruptly enrich themselves by selling judgments to the highest bidders. Jega said some of these corrupt judges sold judgments to the highest bidders and quickly retired to avoid being sanctioned by the...
Northern Governors Planning To Break-up Nigeria – Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Pro-Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has stated that Northern governors are planning to break-up Nigeria. The group’s comment is coming a day after the Northern Governors’ Forum rejected the idea of rotating Nigeria’s presidency to the Southern part in 2023. In a statement sent to ABN TVon Tuesday signed by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Osiguzoro, the group described the move by...
