Prince Kassim Afegbua, former Commissioner for Information in Edo state on Friday accused Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa of betraying his colleagues in the Southern Governors Forum by working for the presidency to remain in the North.Speaking in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Afegbua a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said despite the resolution…
Ukraine’s ministry of defence has shared a horrific image of one of its soldiers recently liberated from Russian captivity. In the photograph shared on Friday, Mykhailo Dianov, a Ukrainian soldier, looks emaciated. “Ukrainian soldier Mykhailo Dianov is among the fortunate ones: in contrast with some of his fellow POWs, he survived Russian captivity. This is how…
A chieftain of opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, Reno Omokri has punctured some claims and allegations Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State made against the embattled National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. The Nigerian author also debunked other allegations made against the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar. Omokri raised 10…
The federal government, in 2021, engaged the services of a US firm to recover illicit funds allegedly traced to the account of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The firm was also contracted to retrieve such funds from the accounts of Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti governor, and Musiliu Obanikoro, a former…
The Appeal Court in Abuja has rejected Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s request to relocate the sitting of the tribunal to Abuja. The Chief Registrar Court of Appeal, Bangari Umar, in a letter titled: RE: PETITION NO, EPT/OS/GOV/01/2022, ADEGBOYEGA ISIAKA OYETOLA & ANOR V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION & 2 ORS, on Friday rejected the proposal of…
Daniel Bwala, the spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of frustrating efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to micro-zone its presidential ticket to the southeast. Bwala made the comment on Friday, only hours after the Rivers Governor briefed the press on the PDP’s crisis since its presidential primary election…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has advised Nigerians to elect candidates capable of taking the country to greater heights. Sanwo-Olu told them to shun those who give bogus statistics, but consider flagbearers with clear-cut plans. He spoke in Ikeja on Friday at a Special Prayer Session/Jumat Service to commemorate the 62nd Independence Day celebration. Represented…
If Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, becomes president next year, it is not only his exclusionist Muslim-Muslin presidency that would unsettle Nigeria, but also his would-be deputy, Alhaji Kashim Shettima. With Shettima’s inherent tetchiness and truculence, he would be gratuitously provocative. And with his uncouthness and indiscretion, he…
Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, has accused Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, of playing the role of God in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Bwala spoke on Friday during an interview with Channels Television. Over the past weeks, the PDP has been enmeshed in internal wrangling as the Wike and his…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it deducted N525.71 billion as a shortfall for the importation of petrol (subsidy) in August 2022.Subsidy or under-recovery is the underpriced sales of premium motor spirit (PMS), better known as petrol. The national oil company said this in its monthly presentation to the Federation Account Allocation Committee…