Chief of Staff Position, An Insult To My Personality – Isa Funtua
The appointment of new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari since the death of former CoS, late Mallam Abba Kyari who died after days of suffering from Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been a trending headline on several media houses and on social media apps. Listed among other possible replacement for the position is a Nigerian businessman, OFR, min, Alhaji Ismail Isa Funtua, who...
Exhibit Human Feelings, Shun Politics Of 2023 For Now, Abia Speaker Cautions Detractors
The Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has urged self-appointed professional and intending blackmailers to exhibit some human feelings and suspend their antics of blackmail and politics of 2023 for now and focus on how to help manage the global health issues(Corona Virus) at hand. The Speaker stated this on Tuesday as a...
Abba Kyari Sold Buhari’s Candidacy To Me – Adams Oshiomhole
The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, as a true Nigerian patriot and said he was the first to sell President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidacy to him. “I recall he was the one that first approached me in 2002 as the National President of Nigeria...
Abba Kyari Was Nigeria’s De Facto President – Yoruba Leader, Prof Akintoye Claims
The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) on Monday rubbished the several empathies for Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The body labelled Kyari as Nigeria’s de facto President and suggested that he was the one controlling the nation’s affairs. YWC President, Prof. Banji Akintoye, in a statement issued by Adeyemi Adeleye, the Director of Communication, drew the attention of Nigerians...
Hunger Epidemic Will Kill More Nigerians Than COVID-19 – Enugu APC
The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday decried the level of hunger in the land as a result of the lockdown, a measure both Federal and state governments put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing journalists shortly after distributing food items which include rice, yam, eggs, oil to 260 wards in...
“How Oby Ezekwesili Was Used and Dumped” – Reno Omokri
Do not be fooled. Oby Ezekwesili, for all her religious pretensions, is a self-righteous hypocrite. I know this because I have incontrovertible proof that lays her hypocrisy bare. Oby is a woman that loves to criticise others, but cannot stand to be criticised. While I was one of President Jonathan’s spokesmen, I watched her criticise my boss using polite and...
Lockdown: Suspend ATM, Electricity Charges – PDP Tells FG
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to open an arrangement with commercial banks for the suspension of charges for use of ATM cards. It also called for the suspension of charges for low amount mobile fund transfers, as part of measures to ease the burden of poor Nigerians during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. In...
I’m Not Interested In Chief Of Staff Position – Funtua
Second Republic Minister and Elder Statesman, Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua, 78, has advised those linking him with the post of Chief of Staff, CoS, to President Muhammadu Buhari, to look elsewhere. Citing his reason that he is unemployable and not interested. A national newspaper yesterday tipped him as one of the favorites for the post of Chief of Staff to succeed...
Appoint Igbo Man Your Next COS, It’ll End Secessionist Movement – Ohanaeze Youths Beg Buhari
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to choose his next Chief of Staff from among the Igbo following the death of Abba Kyari, his former Chief of Staff. Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council says this will engender sense of belonging and make up for the supreme sacrifice made by late Chuba Okadigbo in ensuring...
BREAKING: Gov.Wike Releases 22 Exxon Mobil Staff
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the release of the 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil arrested for violating the State Executive Order restricting movement in the state. Their release was made known on Sunday morning by the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice of the State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor. The Rivers State Justice Commissioner revealed that the Exxon staff were released without...