All Progressives Congress (APC) governors loyal to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a frontline presidential aspirants of the ruling party have rejected the idea of a northern consensus candidate ahead of the Presidential primary slated for next week Monday. The governors are sharply divided over the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari asking that he should be allowed…
“With the completion of the transaction, TGI Group, parent of TTB, now becomes the majority shareholder and core investor in Union Bank.” Titan Trust Bank Limited has brought to closure the deal enabling it to purchase a controlling stake in Nigeria’s second-oldest lender, Union Bank of Nigeria, the latter said Thursday in a regulatory filing, almost…
The just concluded People’s Democratic Party primaries in Abuja has been applauded by observers as peaceful and democratic. Indeed it renewed a lot of hope on observers and neutrals that the PDP is ready to take back political power from the APC and set the country on a course of revival. However, the event did…
“TIME TO UNITE Ndi Enugu, In the last two years, we set out to run for the governorship of Enugu State. Our mission was to change the narrative in the governance of our state and possibly inspire other states in the delivery of impressive governance. Our hope was that this would lead to a total…
A Notorious Criminal accused of terrorizing Ibusa community and its environs, has been arrested by anti-crime patrol team in Ibusa Police Divisional headquarters, in conjunction with Ibusa Anti-Cult Volunteers. One locally made cut-to-size short gun and seven live cartridges from the suspect identified as Ekene Okonji a.k.a. “galaxy”. The Delta State Police Command, led by…
A police sergeant, Ukeme Asuquo, on Monday, appeared before Justice O.H. Oshodi of the Ikeja High Court over alleged murder of a police inspector, Francis Adekunle. PUNCH Metro gathered that detectives from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, arrested the sergeant for allegedly inflicting machete cuts on the inspector. Asuquo, who was…
A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the eligibility of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest the 2023 presidential election. The plaintiff, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/751/2022, maintained that Atiku, who is the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not constitutionally qualified…
President Muhammadu Buhari has told governors of his party, APC, that he would want to pick his successor and needs the governors to support him to do so. Mr Buhari said this Tuesday at a meeting with governors elected on the APC platform at the State House, Abuja. “In keeping with the established internal policies…
Following Tuesday’s meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Abdulahi and 22 governors elected under the party, the coast seems clear for it to adopt the consensus option to select its presidential candidate in the forthcoming national convention. During the meeting, which took place in his office…
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, TO THE PROGRESSIVE GOVERNORS’ FORUM AT THE CONSULTATIVE MEETING HELD AT THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON TUESDAY, 31ST MAY, 2022 PROTOCOLS I am delighted to address this gathering of the Progressive Governors’ Forum as part of the consultative processes that have always strengthened the…