Anambra state governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will not win in the 2023 general election. In a statement titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1), Soludo said Obi candidature is aimed at splitting the support for the People Democratic…
A Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday granted bail to Jimi Lawal, a former aide to ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. Lawal who served as adviser to El-Rufai was arraigned alongside three others before the court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for alleged fraud and other…
The Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) has said that it will join hands with well meaning Nigerians to demand for the resignation of the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi. The group dissociated itself from a statement purportedly denying the call for the removal of Bichi. In a statement on Sunday…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned newly-elected and returning governors that failure to deliver on their campaign promises Buhari stated this on Monday in Abuja at the induction programme for elected and returning governors organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, Buhari reminded the governors of the need to…
The Gombe state government has suspended 668 of its workers for failing to present themselves for biometric capture. The state government had recently approved Integrated Payroll Payment Gateway and Human Resource Management Information System to reduce leakages in its finances. In a statement, the Commissioner for Finance, Muhammad Magaji, said the suspended workers include, 431…
A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, said he has learnt a lot from his prison experience. Speaking at a thanksgiving service which held on Thursday at the secretariat of the Taraba state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jalingo, Nyame said his four-year experience at the Kuje medium correctional facility has…
