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Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said he will continue to vie for the number one office in the land as long as he is alive and healthy. Justifying the number of times he had contested without making headway, the former vice-president said even the former President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln contested seven times before his eventual victory. Atiku said this during an interview on the Hausa service of the Voice of America, Daily Trust reports. “Of course, I will keep contesting again and again as long as…

STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU DIRECTS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF GOVERNING BOARDS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS President Bola Tinubu has directed a total and comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions in Nigeria before the inauguration and retreat being planned for the nominees. The Federal Ministry of Education recently released names of nominees for chairmen, Pro-Chancellors, and members of the boards and councils of universities, Polytechnics, and colleges of education. It also announced that the inauguration and retreat for the nominees will take place on 31 May. However, public reactions showed that the nominations did not reflect…

The lawmaker representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, on Wednesday urged the federal government to urgently intervene in the boundary crisis between Isu community in Abia State and Ukwa Community in Cross River State, which left one person dead, with at least 10 others injured. There had been acrimony between the communities of Isu in the Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State and Ukwa in the Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. Our correspondent gathered that the boundary issue had been lingering for a long time as residents of the…

A frontline movement, National Youth Alliance (NYA) has condemned an attempted arrest of one of its members, Sheriff Banki, allegedly under the orders of the Borno State Government. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna, President of NYA, Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas, decried the alleged attempted arrest. The statement signed by the SA Media and Publicity to the NYA President, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, wondered why the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum who is well respected, would think of such a thing, if really he is involved in the attempted arrest. "It is quite disheartening…

Ahead of the commemoration of President Tinubu’s One Year in office on May 29, some serving ministers of the President have been rated poor in their performance. According to a report released by a civil society group, Consortium of National Democrats (CND) , 17 Ministers scored below 50%. The group's assessment released on Tuesday through it's group's National Coordinator Prof. Shuaibu Dada urged Tinubu not to hestsistate to fire incompetent Ministers. Dada Stated that the Ministers failed to bring in the required inputs needed in their various Ministries to turn around the fortunes of the country. Leading the pack of…

Amidst the raging debate about the N10bn purportedly spent by the previous Abia State government on airport, we took a deep dive into what transpired and unearthed several documents to support our position. While it’s true that the past administration had proposed to spend the said sum in the construction of an airport, the project didn’t see the light of the day as the then State Executive Council opted to use the N10bn to complete the numerous ongoing projects in the state, because according to them, the fund won’t be enough to execute the project and the existence of Uyo…

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that his administration has recorded giant strides in infrastructure since assuming office one year ago. Fubara said his administration has done better in the execution of projects than his predecessor, Nyesom Wike’s eight years. The governor spoke in Ngo Town at the inauguration of the Andoni section of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road project, in Andoni Local Government Area on Saturday. He promised to ensure his administration carried out more infrastructural projects. According to Fubara: “Like I said the other day, we just started. We started about three or four months ago but…

The traditional ruler of Ohafia Kingdom, Abia State, Prof. E. U. L. Imaga, the Udumeze of Ohafia will be interred on July 6, 2024 at his country home, Elu Ohafia. The burial Central Working Committee, chaired by Prince Kalu Ikpemini with Chief Umeh Kalu, SAN as co-chairman, has in a press statement signed by the Secretary, Uma Ntima, noted that the funeral starts July 3 through July 6, the final rites of passage of the late monarch. The committee promised to give the late monarch a funeral befitting his status and accomplishments. “The unique Ohafia tradition, custom and culture will…

Unidentified gunmen have killed two soldiers attached to the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, Abia State. According to Vanguard, the soldiers were attacked at their outpost at the Aba main motor park along Asa road. The newspaper gathered that the incident which occurred at about 8:00pm also took the life of a man suspected to be a keke operator. The attack on the Army outpost is coming months after a military outpost at Ngwa road by No.1 Port Harcourt road, Aba, was attacked, with no life lost. Vanguard further gathered that other soldiers at the outpost repelled the gunmen. However, the gang…

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has visited the family of the late Nollywood actor, John Paul Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope, to sympathize with them following their beloved’s demise. The former Governor of Anambra State was accompanied by Kenneth Okonkwo, a Nollywood actor cum politician. During the visit, Obi also signed the condolence register. Sharing photos and video clip from the condolence visit, Okonkwo, who was the former spokesperson of the Labour Party presidential campaign council, captioned on his X handle: “HE Peter Obi arrived at the residence of John Paul…