HURIWA Warns Buhari To Stay Off Edo Election
With few days to the September 19 governorship election in Edo state, a foremost civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has counselled President Muhammadu Buhari to play the role of a statesman by staying neutral in the course of the exercise. This is as the party reminded Buhari that as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed...
You Have No Regard To The Suffering Of Imo People, Bishop Tells Uzodinma
A cleric in Imo State, Bishop Uzoma Emmanuel has accused the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma of having no regard to the suffering of Imo people. The Bishop also flayed the procurement of vehicles for political appointees and civil servants by the governor, describing the action to have exposed the government’s insensitivity to the plight of the citizens. Bishop...
APC Leadership: Ensure Openness, Transparency In All Your Dealings, Sen. Kalu Urges Buni
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has urged the Mai Mala Buni caretaker committee of APC to ensure the promotion of transparency and openness in the management of the party’s affairs. Sen. Kalu, who is the Senator representing Abia North alongside members of the National Assembly Southeast caucus elected under the platform of the All Progressives...
Renowned Business Mogul, Barr. Ojinere Hosts Sen. Kalu Amidst Glamour (Photos)
It was an evening of Glitz and Glamour in Abuja on Sunday as a renowned businessman and construction guru, Barr Henry Ojinere ( Okeosisi Eji Mara Mbaise) played host to Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Senate Chief Whip. The philanthropist who was visibly happy used the occasion of the "August" visit of Distinguished Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, highest Igbo political office...
Granting Amnesty To Boko Haram Members Cannot Bring Peace – Senator Ali Ndume
Senator Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South in the red chamber and the Chairman of the senate committee on Army has again kicked against the amnesty granted to Boko Haram members The lawmaker who urged the federal government to change its tactics in granting amnesty to repentant insurgents after undergoing a six-month De-radicalization, Rehabilitation and Re-integration training via the Operation Safe...
Buhari Couldn’t Have Been President Without Obasanjo – Bamgbose
Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has berated Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, over the attack on former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement to DAILY POST on Monday, Bamgbose warned the Presidential Spokesman to watch his utterances when defending Buhari. Recall that Garba Shehu, in...
Send Soldiers Guarding Oshiomhole To Fight Boko Haram, Bandits – PDP Tells Buhari
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to redeploy soldiers around former All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, at a press briefing on Sunday condemned the drafting of soldiers to the Benin and Iyamho residences of the former Edo governor. He said it was shameful and sinful that the...
I’ll Promote Private Sector Investment For Job Creation – Obaseki
Governor of Edo State and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19 governorship election in the state, has promised to tackle the unemployment situation in the state by encouraging private sector investment in the state if elected for second a term. Obaseki was speaking Sunday night in the Channels Television-organised governorship debate, promising to create 157,000...
Buhari Prevented Nigeria From Becoming Failed State – Lai Mohammed
In an apparent response to criticism by a former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s information minister, Lai Mohammed, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts prevented Nigeria from becoming a failed state. PREMIUM TIMES reported Mr Obasanjo’s Friday statement that Nigeria was “fast drifting to a failed and badly divided state.The presidency in a separate statement Sunday replied Mr Obasanjo, describing him as Nigeria’s ‘Divider-In-Chief’. In his...
You Are Nigeria’s Divider-In-Chief – Presidency Replies Obasanjo
The presidency has replied former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over his recent comment against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Obasanjo had at an interactive session with some socio-cultural groups in Abuja on Friday, said that Nigeria is fast drifting to a failed and badly divided state, noting that the country is economically becoming a basket case and poverty capital of the world. According...
