Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and other passengers narrowly escaped death on a troubled Arik Air flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos, according to eyewitnesses. The incident, related by Grend Miebaka Ibimina and Oraye St. Franklyn in a written account making the rounds among Amaechi’s allies on …
Read More »Buhari assured us of free, fair 2019 polls — UN, ECOWAS
ABUJA— United Nations and Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said they have received assurances from President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the nation’s security agencies of a free, fair and credible general election next year. This was disclosed by a delegation from the Joint Mission of Economic Community …
Read More »Obaseki seeks more support from traditional rulers to tackle insecurity
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has appealed to traditional rulers in the country to support both the Federal and State Governments in the fight against insecurity, saying that collective effort was needed to tackle the menace. A statement in Benin on Tuesday, signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor …
Read More »Again, The Economist Says Buhari Will Lose in 2019, Predicts Victory for Atiku
Muhammadu Buhari Fashola: President’s win will ensure handover to S-West in 2023 Obinna Chima in Lagos, Omololu Ogunmade and Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research unit of The Economist Magazine, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, …
Read More »Danjuma to address UK Parliament in January over killings in Nigeria
The former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), will in January 2019 address the United Kingdom Parliament over the incessant killings in North-central part of Nigeria, especially between herdsmen and farmers. Danjuma was earlier scheduled to speak to select leaders of the British House of Lords on September 5, …
Read More »Aggrieved APC reps announce plan to leave party
John Alechenu and John Ameh, Abuja Aggrieved All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives have resolved to dump the party, following their inability to secure return tickets for 2019, findings indicated on Tuesday. Investigations showed that the resignation would be done in batches, beginning from Wednesday (today) on …
Read More »We won’t allow Nnamdi Kanu ruin the relationship we have with other countries – Presidency
The presidency says it will not allow Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), ruin the cordial relationship Nigeria has with other countries. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said this in reaction to the reappearance of the IPOB leader. Kanu, who had not be seen publicly in 13 …
Read More »Only Nwosu can win Imo gov —Okorocha
IMO State Governor, Rochas Okorocha yesterday said that only his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, can win Imo 2019 governorship election in the state. Okorocha spoke in Owerri, through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, while reacting to the indefinite adjournment of the Imo APC governorship tussle between Uche Nwosu and Senator …
Read More »APGA’s choice of presidential candidate puts Anambra asunder
THE decision of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to contest the 2019 presidential election after many years of not presenting a candidate appears to be creating confusion in the South East, especially with the nomination of the former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi as the vice presidential candidate …
Read More »Uduaghan named NOC patron, harps on grassroots sports dev’t
Immediate-past governor of Delta State and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Delta South Senatorial District, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has called on government and stakeholders to support the development of grassroots sports in Nigeria and also establish an active National Sports Commission, if the nation must excel in …
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