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An APC chieftain in Lagos State, Hon. Moshood Salvador has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot win in the state in 2023. Hon. Moshood who is an ex-state PDP Chairman revealed this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. According to him, the recent words from Mr. Adedeji Doherty, ...

APC chieftain in Ebonyi State, Chief Egwu Chima, has come out to say that the negative words directed at the Supreme Court over its recent Imo State judgment are unnecessary. Egwu, an ex-Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state revealed this during an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, in ...

Ex-Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has backed community, state and zonal policing to assist the effort of FG in ending insecurity in Nigeria. He had his say via a recent statement issued by his media adviser, Paul Ibe. According to him, the main role of government, at all levels, is ...

Reno Omokri has written on how feels about the inauguration of new security outfit in the SouthWest region of Nigeria, Amotekun. According to him, the eventual impact of Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn will be to equate the Southwest with the Southeast in the eye of the average Northerner. Reno believes Amotekun is a ...

The Imo General Assembly has said that the Supreme Court judgment that chased Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha out of office and named Senator Hope Uzodinma the governor of Imo State will only cause problems in Imo State and the South East. In a recent statement by the President of the ...

2nd Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed has blasted the people behind new security outfit, Amotekun, saying it is just the South West’s way of transforming into another country via the backdoor. Junaid feels the people responsible for its formation are against the country’s interest and should be prosecuted. According to ...

Ex Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has begged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to not contemplate on outlawing the newly launched South-West security outfit, Amotekun because it was established to protect the lives and property of the people. He revealed this in his Abuja residence at a media parley with ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the reason why APC governors are backing last week’s Supreme Court judgment for Imo State election is because so many of them are products of big electoral manipulations. According to PDP, the cheap blackmail by APC governors will not prevent them and several ...

The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) under APC has urged Nigerians and democracy lovers to come all out and defend the judiciary more. PSG revealed this in a statement issued by its Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, in Abuja recently. According to him, the recent statement by the National Chairman ...

Ex-Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi, has reacted to the death of a foremost agronomist, businessman, philanthropist, and Chairman of University Press Plc, Dr. Lekan Are. Dr. Lekan died in the early hours of Saturday, at the University College Hospital (UCH), in Ibadan, after a brief illness. According to Ajimobi, ...

Kogi State government has said it plans to strengthen its own borders to prevent invasion from external forces. After the launch of Amotekun, Special Adviser to the state Governor on Security, Commandant Jerry Omodara (Rtd) believes Kogi must be prepared to protect its area from runaway criminals from the South ...

The Executive Director of Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan has urged Nigerians to stop referring to its members as “NEPA.” if they want electricity. ANED is the umbrella body of electricity distribution companies in Nigeria (DisCos). According to Mr. Sunday, calling their people NEPA ...

PDP chairman, Uche Secondus has come out to say that APC has taken electoral manipulation to the next level. This is coming after the opposition party raised an alarm over the alleged plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to pressurize the Supreme Court to reclaim ...

Nasarawa State Government wants a stronger synergy with the state’s chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) towards improving and promoting opportunities in the sports sector. Commissioner of Youth and Sports Development, Othman Bala-Adam revealed this on Friday, during a courtesy visit to the ministry by members of ...

Ex-Finance Minister, Chief Olu Falae has come out to talk about the new minimum wage. According to him, he believes it would only be effective for some years before we all go back to the way things used to be. Falae thinks if we can reduce the minimum wage and ...

The Nigeria military has promised to not allow any individual or group to jeopardize the sovereignty and stability of the country’s territorial integrity. The military urged important stakeholders to unite with the armed forces and intelligence agencies to make sure Nigeria is protected, begging them to search for other ways ...

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South has warned against an imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and other democratic agencies in the country. According to him, if the Supreme Court keeps ruling out election results, a democratic agency like INEC will ...

Ex Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has said Amotekun should not be used as an agenda to push Nigeria to war, even if it has to be supported. According to him, Amotekun has to be accepted and not blasted by some Northern groups. ...

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja, has sacked Ifeanyi Ubah as the senator representing Anambra South. With this latest ruling, Justice Bello Kawu turned down Ifeanyi’s request to wave the order issued in a judgment delivered by the court on April 11, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave Abuja for London tomorrow to partake in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Monday, January 20, 2020. The summit, hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will unite African leaders, international business chief executives, and heads of international organisations. A recent ...