Former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Diamond Bank, Dr. Alex Otti has dropped his governorship ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, saying he’ll no longer participate in the upcoming primary election of party, ABN TV reports. This is even as he said he is ready to pursue his ambition elsewhere…

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has been named the Premier League manager of the season, Newspremises has gathered. Klopp’s Liverpool missed out on the Premier League title by a point to Manchester City on Sunday but won both the FA Cup and League Cup this season. The Red will face Real Madrid on Saturday to battle…

As political parties begin primaries to elect their candidates, former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has counselled them to rise above sectional sentiments and consider competence. To him, Nigeria at this stage of nationhood should not be debating zoning but should concentrate on getting any competent Nigerian, irrespective of his state of origin…

The Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has been returned as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial primary for Bayelsa West. Senator Dickson polled 57 votes from the ad hoc delegates to defeat his challenger, Pastor Donald Daunemeghan, who scored 3 votes. While announcing the…

Information reaching ABUJAPRESS says that Buhari Bags Global Integrity, Anti-Corruption Award Of Excellence President Muhammadu Buhari, has bagged the Global Integrity and Anti-Corruption Award of Excellence. This is to recognize his lifetime outstanding commitment to the fight against corruption and selfless service with exceptional integrity. Buhari has been honoured with the Chartered Institute of Forensics…

Former Minister of Transportation and 2023 presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that if he becomes president, he will ensure that terrorists and their hideouts are bombarded daily until they disappear into thin air. Amaechi recalled how he tamed under six months the menace of militants…

Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has described the May 20 killing of a woman and her four children by yet to be identified assailants as “barbaric and unacceptable”. Soludo, in a Statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Chief Press Secretary on Tuesday vowed to fish out the perpetrators and ensured they were dealt with…

Senator Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State and a presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has said Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is distressed by his lifelong ambition to be president due to his contributions to the party. Okorocha who is the senator representing Imo West, said this in an interview on…

“People’s Right Organisation” Kaduna has asked Facebook to take down Reno Omokri’s page for vehemently condemning the mass murdering of hapless Northerners currently going on in the southeast region. According to the heartless group, Mr Omokri is, by condemning the targeted killings, “using his fame to incite violence thereby causing ethnicity tension through his page.”…

The Indigenous People of Biafra says it has cancelled the May 26 sit-at-home it earlier announced. The group said the move follows the postponement of the court case of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, earlier scheduled to come up on Thursday. In a statement on Wednesday, IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, urged the peopleto…