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There are more than one indications that the national convention of the All Progressives Congress earlier projected to hold in June, may no longer hold. For one, the ongoing membership registration which has been extend. Then the need to resolve the litigation in the Rivers State chapter and reconcile aggrieved party members.,even in other states too. So much reconciliation that ...
March, 2021
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23 March
Ondo gov states why Igboho can’t speak for Yoruba people
Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, says Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho cannot speak for Yoruba people. Igboho declared his support for the establishment of a Yoruba nation at an event last week which was also attended by the Chairman of socio-political group, the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for ...
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23 March
Group within APC kicks over plots to postpone convention
A pressure group under the aegis of the Concerned APC Members has called for caution. The group advised the caretaker committee against taking the patience of party members and Nigerians for granted. It also said it would reject any move to extend the tenure of the national caretaker committee. Spokesman for the group, Abdullahi Dauda, said that convention postponement was ...
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23 March
NPA seals three illegal jetties
NPA seals three illThe Nigerian Ports Authority has sealed three illegal jetties in its bid to clamp down on unseaworthy barges following increasing reports of abuse of process in the operation of barges and private jetties. A statement issued by the authority on Monday said that the decision followed the establishment of an inter-agency committee comprising of representatives of the ...
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23 March
122,410 eligible Nigerians vaccinated as of March 22, ..8 states doing nothing
Eight states have yet to start the vaccination of their citizens against COVID-19, one week after the launch of the exercise. At least, 122,410 eligible Nigerians have, however, been vaccinated as of March 22, 2021 across the country since the exercise started. These figures were contained in a document prepared by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency According to ...
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23 March
Bankole, Daniel meet Buhari, as Omisore gets appointments
Barely two weeks after former Speaker of House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole dumped the Action Democratic Party (ADP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed him to serve on its 61-man contact/strategy committee. The committee, which will be inaugurated on Tuesday by the Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has Jigawa Governor Abubakar Badru as ...
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23 March
FG gets 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca from MTN
The Federal Government on Sunday received 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from MTN Nigeria. They were part of the planned 1.4 million doses allocated to Nigeria out of the 7 million doses the telecommunication company secured to support the Africa Union’s (AU’s) vaccination programme. It however expressed concerns over alleged reports of mishandling and mismanagement of vaccines in sites. ...
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23 March
Policemen Shot Dead At Abia Checkpoint
Gunmen have attacked a Police checkpoint in Agu Eze amaogudu , Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, killing three policemen. The dead officers were identified Inspector Austin Ugwu, Inspector Longinus Ugochukwu, PC Ama Ifeanyi. The Deputy Governor of Abia State, Rt Hon Ude Oko Chukwu, who in company of security agents, visited the community, assured residents that the ...
May, 2020
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10 May
Bauchi Gov, Bala insists “It’s hypertension, not Covid -19 that kills 150 in Azare within 30 days
Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammad has revealed about 150 people died in Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area in the last thirty days from hypertension and other related diseases. They said about 301 people were feared dead in the last two weeks in the area. Some associated the strange ailment with COVID-19. But Governor Mohammad on Sunday told newsmen ...
October, 2019
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28 October
Buhari ‘ll spend 2wks in UK on private visit after lesser Haj
President Buhari is not only going for summit, thereafter,he will go to UK for undisclosed reason, said to be private. President Buhari will on Saturday 2nd November, 2019, proceed to the United Kingdom on a private visit. He is expected to return to Nigeria on 17th November, 2019.” In April, the president travelled to the UK on a 10-day private ...
