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The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for Asiwaju-Shettima has clarified that the inclusion of the name of former Governor of Enugu State and a People Democratic Party (PDP) Senator representing Enugu South in the Senate, Chimaroke Nnamani, on its campaign was not a mistake. In a statement issued on Monday by the Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said he was on the list in his own right as a supporter and long time friend of the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. “The PCC will also want to clarify that the appearance of the name of HE…
Few days after the National Industrial Court ordered the the Academic Staff Union of Universities to return to the class and end its seven month old strike the Federal Government has directed the vice chancellors of the institutions to reopen the universities and allow academic activities to resume. According to a letter reportedly sighted by PUNCH newspapers which was signed by Sam Onazi, Director of Finance and Account of the National Universities Commission, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, the government has directed vice chancellors to open the institutions without further delay. The order to the vice…
Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said the interference of pastors into political issues is becoming more worrisome in the country. He added that they are meant to preach to people in the society. While appearing on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Sunday, Keyamo warned the religious body to concentrate on selling the gospel of salvation to Nigerians instead of deciding which political candidates should be elected into the seat of power. The minister was reacting to a disclaimer issued by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria which disowned the delegation of ‘Pentecostal…
Massive flooding on Sunday over ran Ajaokuta-Ganaja-Lokoja road in Kogi which links the metropolis to the eastern part of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja reports that the flooding covered the portion of the road at Ganaja village such that only by canoes that the commuters could cross the flooding. Residents note that the road is strategic to socio-economic activities, linking Kogi to the eastern part of the country which has been made inaccessible now to motorists and commuters by flooding. According to them, canoe operators have cashed in on the development, charging passengers between N50…
President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week reassured Nigerians that with the renewed efforts of the Nigerian military, insecurity in the country would soon be a thing of the past. The Nigerian leader, currently engaged with official activities at the ongoing 77th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA77) in New York, United States, gave the assurance at bilateral talks with Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheal Martin, on Saturday. Buhari had earlier addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday for the last time as Nigeria’s leader. In the farewell speech, he told the global body that his administration…
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has dismissed a story doing the rounds that the Federal Government was putting the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) up for sale. “The news is completely false in all its ramifications.’’ Head of Public Communications at the bureau, Mr Chidi Ibeh, stated in Abuja on Sunday. “The story is a mere fabrication by mischief makers aimed at creating room for another needless strike by electricity workers. “The actions of the Federal Government in the power sector are guided by well-articulated policy documents and extant legislations,’’ he stated. The Federal Government approved the Nigerian Electric…
The All Progressives Congress has shifted the inauguration of its 422- member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), earlier scheduled for Monday, Sept. 26, to Wednesday, September 28. Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC PC, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday night in Abuja. “The APC Presidential Campaign Council wishes to inform all members nominated to serve in the various directorates to report at the campaign headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 28, 2022 at 8 a.m. “Nominated members are expected to participate in the special prayer sessions marking the commencement of the 2023 presidential election campaigns,” Onanuga said. He said that there would…
The National Assembly has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to appear before it on Thursday on the state of the award of scanners that had been adjudged not functional. The Comptroller- General of Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), retired Col. Hameed Ali is to also appear before the Joint Committee on Customs and Excise. The Chairman of the joint committee, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, gave the directive during an investigative hearing on Sunday in Abuja. Alimikhena said that the contract was given to Webb Fontaine by the…
The Head of New Media campaign of the All Progressive Congress Campaign Council Femi Fani-Kayode has admitted what he described as the fast pace at which the campaign of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi is rising. Fani-Kayode, a one time Aviation Minister said at the rate which Obi is moving, he may end overtaking the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. “Obi is moving fast and strong,” he tweeted on Sunday adding that “There is a spiritual dimension to his rise.” He stated further, “At this rate he and his Obidients…
Pro-Kremlin authorities have accused Ukrainian forces of killing two people, including a former MP, in a missile strike on a hotel in occupied Kherson. A regional official said Oleksiy Zhuravko, a pro-Russian former Ukrainian lawmaker, died in the strike. Kirill Stremousov said in a statement that Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile on the Play Hotel by Ribas at 05:30 (03:30 BST) on Sunday. Kyiv has not responded to the claims. The Russian-installed administration said in a post on Telegram that this “was a planned terrorist act”, adding that the building of the hotel was not used for military purposes.…