Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has urged Nigerians to be more careful in their choice of who to entrust with the responsibility of governing Nigeria, particularly members of the All Progressives Congress in 2023. He said this was because the ruling APC Federal Government has set Nigeria 20 years backwards in just six and half years of its misrule. Wike made the assertion at the inauguration of the Rivers State Government Safe Home that was performed by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel in the Borikiri axis of Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The governor in a statement by…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo speaking at the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa event in Abuja on Tuesday. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best in tackling insecurity facing the country. Obasanjo who made the remark at an event organised by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja on Tuesday said Nigerians should be concerned about making the country a better place after Buhari’s tenure. “President Buhari has done his best, that is what he can do, if you expect anything more than what he has done or what he is doing, you…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State, has taken a swipe at Professor Adeolu Akande over his comments on Governor ‘Seyi Makinde’s approval of 8 billion naira contract for the construction of a power plant which, according to the state government, will provide uninterrupted power supply to both the Agodi Government House, the State Secretariat and environ, as well as power the Adamasingba Sports Complex, describing the Oke-ogun-born Professor as a political toddler. Accordimg to a press statement by Akande earlier on Sunday, the Professor was quoted as saying “Makinde’s administration seems to have lost sight of the primary problem…
Former Governor of Osun State and Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, has accused the General Muhammadu Buhari-led military regime of employing double standards in treatment of political detainees after the December 31, 1983 military coup. According to him, Southern and Christian political leaders got a raw deal compared to their Northern and Muslim counterparts during the regime’s onslaught against politicians in 1984 in the guise of fighting graft. Writing in “My participations,” his 557-page autobiography, which was launched last week, Chief Akande, who recalled his ordeals in various detention centres from Ibadan to…
Since his emergence as Nigeria’s number-two citizen, different accounts had been flying around on how Professor Yemi Osinbajo, actually secured the coveted vice-presidential slot, a majority of which revolved around the person of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his former boss. Indeed, the recent revelation by Chief Bisi Akande in his book, “My Participations” was equally slanted to further pin down the narrative. You may recall that in 2016, Professor John Paden, authored a biography, ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of leadership in Nigeria’, where he dismissed speculations that Tinubu, influenced the emergence of Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate, but contended that Buhari,…
The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s loan request of 5.8 billion dollars and grant of $10 million. The loans are to be sourced from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, China Exim bank, Chinese Africa Development Fund, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. In approving the loan, the House asked that the terms and conditions of the loan from the funding agencies be forwarded to the National Assembly for proper execution and commendation. The House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management, had presented its report through the Chairman, Rep. Ahmed Safana (APC-Katsina). Safana observed that out…
Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has slammed Chief Bisi Akande, over allegations levelled against him in his book, ‘My Participation’. Akande, a former Governor of Osun State and first chairman of the All Progressives Congress, had last week presented his book to the public. In one of the accounts in the book, Akande claimed that Adebanjo pestered Bola Tinubu to build a house for him. However, Adebanjo in an an interview on Arise Television Tuesday morning, denied the allegations. He claimed that Akande was lying and selling Yoruba race out in a bid to ensure…
Adams Oshiomhole, the former governor of Edo state, has been named by popular political thug, Tony Kabaka, as sponsoring and encouraging cult violence in a bid to enforce political power. “So Oshiomhole did it for me, I was nothing before,” Mr Kabaka said in the video, adding that “Cultism still exists because the government is involved.” This development follows the release of a documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), focusing on the Black Axe Confraternity, aka Aiye. The reports show the relationship between the brute cult group and its legal organisation, the Neo Black Movement of Africa. In the…
The investments of the Federal Government in road transport infrastructure has continued to impact positively on communities across the country as President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the Kano-Maiduguri Road, Section II (Shuwarin-Azare) connecting Jigawa and Bauchi States. The 142.2 kilometre dualized road brings to five the number of such roads commissioned and handed over across the country in the Season of Completion and Impact which began 18 days ago. The other roads so far commissioned by the President within the period include the Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontagora-Makera Road, the Vandeikya- Obudu Cattle Ranch Road, the Nnewe-Oduma Road, and the Kano- Maiduguri Road…
After 11 rounds of bidding that lasted eight hours, Mafab Communications Ltd and MTN Nigeria Plc, have emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology to support the delivery of ubiquitous broadband services in Nigeria. The two winners emerged in a keenly contested 3.5GHz Spectrum auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The event took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Monday, December 13, 2021. Three companies, namely MTN, Airtel and Mafab Communications Limited,…