The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has accused governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of preparing the ground for anarchy in the country through their utterances over the naira redesign. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications Mr. Phrank Shaibu, the PDP candidate, sympathised with Nigerians over the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers has accused Rotimi Amaechi, an All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain and former minister of transportation, of “secretly working” with Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s presidential candidate. In a statement on Monday by Ogbonna Nwuke, Rivers PDP communications director, the party accused Amaechi of working with Abubakar to win the…
The faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dissociated itself from the decision by the party to endorse the presidential candidate of the labour party (LP) Mr Peter Obi. The ADC in a statement by Senator Patricia Akwashiki the Board of Trustees Chairman of the group described the endorsement as fraudulent, void and of…
Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from engaging the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, or any of its commercial bus drivers in the distribution of election materials for the February 25 and March 11 polls. The Lagos State Parks Management Committee is headed…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it has 1.805 billion litres of petrol in stock. NNPCL spokesman, Garbadeen Muhammad, stated in Abuja on Monday that the volume of petrol in stock would last for 30 days. He explained that 805.35 million litres of the product were in depots nationwide, while one billion litres were…
The monarchs also cautioned politicians in the state against violent activities, warning that no political position is worth the blood of anyone in the state.Five days to the highly anticipated presidential election, the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers have expressed their support for the preferred candidates of Governor Nyesom Wike. The monarchs also cautioned politicians…
The crisis in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken a new dimension as different factions have now endorsed three different presidential candidates while its own standard-bearer, Dumebi Kachikwu, continues to express displeasure over the moves by the party.Meanwhile, elements in the party have on different occasions announced their endorsements for the presidential candidates of the…
A recent report by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN has predicted imminent mass job losses in the first quarter of 2023 amid the currency crisis.The Confidence Index Report by MAN indicated that the employment rate would dip below benchmark points to 48.8 points in the first quarter of 2023. The new figures also represent…
Yoruba actress, Yetunde Akilapa has been arrested for burglary the seventh time. Ms Akilapa came into the film industry in 2013 and acted in a Yoruba film, “Ileri-Oluwa’’, which shot her to the limelight. She has been featured in other Yoruba movies. The actress was earlier reported to be in the news for stealing and…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has again said that he has no intention or plan to decamp to the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is despite his stance on zoning the presidency to the South, describing the insinuations that he is dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the APC as speculative. The Ikwere-born politician,…