Peter Obi reveals condition that’ll make him contest 2023 presidential election
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on Tuesday disclosed the condition that would make him run for the 2023 presidential election. He wrote on his Twitter handle he would contest for the position if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), zoned the ticket to the South. He said, “Yes, I will step into the […]
COVID-19 exposed the underbelly of Nigeria’s health institutions —Gbajabiamila
House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the underbelly of Nigeria’s health institutions. He said that the development necessitated the House of Reps to make some intervention in the health sector. He assured that the National Assembly would keep approving funds to strengthen the Nigerian health […]
I’ll handover revamped security forces, prosperous Nigeria to next govt —Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that he remains committed to handing over a strong repositioned agriculture-led, diversified home-grown economy, stable democracy and revamped armed and security forces to the next government. According to a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, Buhari stated this on Monday at a dinner in honor of the 2022 Committee of […]
Political thugs burn down Gombe PDP secretariat, Atiku house
Suspected political thugs have set fire on the Gombe state secretariat of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday night. According to Sun, the PDP office which is along Bachi road in the state as well as the Atiku House were both set on fire alongside documents, chairs and other valuables in the buildings. A […]
2023: EFCC now tool of politics – Ohanaeze
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndiggo said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is now a tool of politics as it is used to harass South-East people out of the 2023 presidential race. The group spoke in a statement issued on Tuesday by the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike. Okwu, who […]
Undergraduate bags four months jail term for impersonation
Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Oshogbo, Osun State, on Monday, January 31, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Olasupo Temitayo Ayomide to four months imprisonment for fraudulent impersonation. The 21-year-old defendant, who claims to be an undergraduate studying accounting, was arraigned on one count charge by the Ibadan Zonal Command of […]
Police kill 23 bandits, arrest kingpin, Bello Turji’s ally, in Sokoto
Operatives of the Sokoto State Police Command have killed no fewer than 23 suspected armed bandits in three local government areas of the state. The command also nabbed nothing less than 57 others for various criminal activities involving banditry, cattle rustling rampant in the North West region. The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge […]
2023 Presidency: Fresh EFCC Charges Against Me Politically Motivated – Senator Okorocha
Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has called the fresh fraud allegations against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as the handiwork of his political opponents. Okorocha, an All Progressives Congress chieftain, and presidential aspirant also said that the anti-graft agency has floured orders of the court, which forbids it to […]
EFCC returns recovered properties to Chief Arthur Eze
The Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Friday, January 28, 2022, returned eleven houses recovered in different parts of Enugu to Chief Arthur Eze. The properties were recovered by the EFCC from the duo of Olisaebuka Okechukwu Eze and Onyeka Nnadozie Eze, administration and finance manager respectively in Arthur Eze’s firm, accused of criminal […]
2023: Defiance to Zoning will earn you problems, Clark warns northern aspirants
Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has sent a stern warning to the northern aspirants for the presidential position in 2023. According to him, any attempt to be defiant to the zoning arrangement would lead them to problems. Clark’s warning was going to some aspirants from the north such as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; former […]