I Will Quit Politics In 2023, Senator T. A. Orji Insists
Former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Senator T.A. Orji, has disowned misleading campaign posters adorning the streets of Aba and Umuahia in Abia State indicating that he nurses a presidential ambition come 2023. In a statement signed by his chief liaison officer, Mr. Ifeanyi Umere, and released to newsmen on Monday, Senator T.A. Orji, reemphasized his...
BREAKING: Buhari Grants Pardon To Jailed Ex-Governor, Colonel And Other Inmates
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted a presidential pardon to a former governor of the old Bendel State, Professor Ambros Alli, and retired Lt. Colonel Moses Effiong, who were Jailed for various offenses, on Thursday. Buhari announced the pardon in a series of tweets on his official Twitter account (NGRPresident) on Thursday. https://twitter.com/NGRPresident/status/1248233465100808192?s=20 https://twitter.com/NGRPresident/status/1248235343113072640?s=20 https://twitter.com/NGRPresident/status/1248236187774586883?s=20
Enugu APC Stakeholders Condemn Undue Affronts On Onyeama By Factional Chairman
Amidst the ongoing crisis within the All Progressive Congress in Enugu state, media personality and APC, Enugu Deputy Governorship Candidate, Amb. Ginika Tor Williams has expressed complete dissatisfaction in the continuous attack by the factional Chairman of APC in Enugu state Mr. Ben Nwoye against the honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Geoffrey Onyeama. She expressed displeasure via a press...
Buhari Approves Withdrawal Of $150m From NSIA Account
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that $150 million be withdrawn from the National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed this while speaking with journalists in Abuja. According to her, the withdrawal would be made from the NSIA stabilization fund, to augment disbursements to the three tiers of government by the Federation Accounts...
Stimulus Package: Ohanaeze Youths Blast Sadiya Farouk Over Comment On Ndigbo
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth (OYC) Worldwide has berated the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development Sadiya Farouk, over a comment credited to her in which she allegedly said that Igbo should not expect anything in the ongoing stimulus package organised by the federal government to cushion the effect of lockdown due to coronavirus across the country. OYC in...
BREAKING: Gov. Uzodinma Sacks Imo Accountant General
Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma has approved the immediate sack of Mr. Donald Igbo as the accountant general of the state. The governor also appointed Mr. Obieze Valentine Chukwukama as Igbo’s replacement as the new Accountant-General of the state. Chukwukama’s appointment was contained in a letter from the Office of the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Irene Chima. The letter...
109 Nigerian Senators Donate 50% Of Salaries To Fight COVID-19
The Senate has announced the decision by 109 senators to contribute 50 percent of their salaries to support the current efforts of the Federal Government towards curbing the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Acting spokesman of the Senate, Sen Godiya Akwashiki, announced the decision in a press statement in Abuja on Monday. According to him, after due consultations following a...
COVID-19: Obasanjo Offers Former Residence For Isolation Centre
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday said he had donated his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State for use as an Isolation Centre for victims of the new coronavirus disease. Obasanjo, in a statement by his spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the 32-room facility has been handed over to the Ogun state government for immediate takeover. According to Akinyemi’s...
VIDEO: Buhari Weak, Without Influence, Supporting Boko Haram – Islamic Cleric Alleges
A Muslim influencer and reformist Imam, Mohammad Tawhidi has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his supporters, particularly his aides of being supporters of the deadly terrorist group in Nigeria, Boko Haram. This accusation and may other weighty allegation against Nigeria’s President released in a video by the cleric otherwise known as Imam of Peace has got the popular social media...
Nigerian Senators Sneak Into Private Hospitals For Coronavirus Tests
The last executive session of the Senate before sitting was suspended for two weeks was with a drama over coronavirus. About 35 Senators who recently came back from London after a seminar on Petroleum Industry Governance Bill were isolated by their colleagues at the session because they refused to subject themselves to Coronavirus test. All the remaining senators refused to...
