Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Walid Jibrin, yesterday alleged threats to his life over the party’s refusal to endorse an automatic ticket for former Vice President Abubaker Atiku in the 2023 general election. Jibrin, who ...
Read More »How our people’s resilience helped us to stay in office, by Wike, Tambuwal
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, have attributed their reelection to the resilience of their people against every attempt to rig the 2019 governorship polls. They stated this at the 2020 Rivers State New ...
Read More »Outsiders caused Southern Kaduna crises, Lekwot insists
An elder statesman, Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd.), has declared that outsiders rather than indigenes caused the security challenges in Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State. Lewkot said this in an interview in Kafanchan, while reacting to a media report that quoted ...
Read More »Experts urge all levels of government to provide infrastructure, jobs for economic growth
An economist, Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan yesterday underscored the need for all tiers of government to improve on infrastructure and jobs creation to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. Olaniyan, a Director at the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of ...
Read More »FG borrowed N16tr in four years with no projects to show for the funds, Galadima alleges
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, Galadima, ...
Read More »FG borrowed N16tr in four years with no projects to show for the funds, Galadima alleges
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, ...
Read More »Delta first lady charges corporate organisations on CSR, lauds Fidelity Bank on medical outreach
Wife of Delta State Governor, Edith Okowa has enjoined corporate bodies and wealthy individuals to give back to their communities through humanitarian services. She gave the charge as Fidelity Bank Plc donated over 500 medicated eyeglasses and conducted 33 successful ...
Read More »End cult violence in Edo, group tells security agencies
The Assembly of Patriots International (API) has expressed concerns over the rising spate of cult related killings in Edo State, charged the security agencies to rise up to the occasion. National Coordinator of the group, Abdulkareem Ikharo, who spoke in ...
Read More »UNIBEN ASUU rejects IPPIS enrolment, tasks FG on 2009 agreement
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) wing of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the weekend insisted on its rejection of enrolling in Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for its members. It stressed that no ...
Read More »NAPTIP plans to move anti-trafficking activities to borders
Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has vowed to sustain anti-human trafficking activities in the nation’s land, air and sea borders She disclosed that the agency plans to have NAPTIP’s personnel ...
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