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Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, says the construction of the Second Niger Bridge is complete. Fashola said this at the unveiling of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series (2015-2023) on Wednesday in Abuja. “Second Niger Bridge is completed. What is remaining is a 4km interchange road at the Asaba end and 2km out of a 7km link road at the Onitsha end,” Fashola said. “The first thing we did when we came into power was we expanded our budget on road infrastructure, sought alternative sources of funding through SUKUK, Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme.” Listing the achievements of his…

A group of bipartisan Abians under the aegis of Abia—17, yesterday, applauded the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu for performing excellently well within three years at the Nigerian Senate. In a statement by its President General, Chief Rowland Chukwu, the group hailed Senator Kalu's outstanding representation as "pure definition of dividends of democracy". "Abia G—17 commends Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for all his developmental strides in Abia North and beyond in just about (3)years in the Senate. "This is a pure definition of dividends of democracy. As an organization that is strictly for good governance, we…

The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia has adjourned to October 21 the suit seeking to nullify the May 25 Abia State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary. A former aspirant, Dr Sampson Orji, had approached the court, asking it to nullify the exercise. He alleged that the delegate list used in the primary was generated in favour of the party’s flag bearer, Professor Uche Ikonne. Orji also alleged there was no three-man ad-hoc congress held in any part of the state contrary to claims by the party. When the matter came for hearing, counsel to the first and second…

Former Coordinator of Defence Media, Maj-Gen John Enenche (rtd) says Labour Party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi has what it takes to end Nigeria’s disturbing security challenges. He spoke on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme aired on Tuesday. Enenche said he first met Obi in 2006 when he came in as governor of Anambra State and took over from Chris Ngige. “As it were then, there was no Operation MESA in Onitsha in Anambra State. Criminals and agitators were doing whatever they liked. He made presentations and they approved Operation MESA for him and I was operations commander. “As it were…

The people of Uratta Amaugwu in Isialangwa North Local Government Area of Abia State have commended Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for attracting the construction of the road in their community. The community hailed Kalu's magnanimity and astuteness in facilitating a project outside his Constituency. Our correspondent reports that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, while Isialangwa North is in Abia Central Senatorial District. Chief Emmanuel Afone, the President General, Urratta Progressive Union in a statement signed by him on behalf of the community appreciated Kalu for the gesture and promised to always support him…

The people of Alayi in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State have commended the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for the ongoing rural transformation of the community through the opening of access roads. The community commended Kalu during his ward-to-ward tour to the area. Amongst the roads mentioned include the already completed Amankalu road which has been fully completed and Amaoku Amakpu road which has reached 90 percent completion. Thanking Senator Kalu on behalf of the community, Mr. Onuoha Chukwueke Nnanna also appealed to the Senator to pay attention to Umuenyere -Amakwu-Amaeke Agbakoli road.…

Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has jokingly threatened to arrest and detain the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over an incident that took place in Anambra while the latter was governor of the state. In a now viral video on social media, El-Rufai told a group of northerners during an interactive session with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday that Obi allegedly got him arrested and detained when he visited Anambra to monitor the state’s governorship election in 2013. Obi, who is the Labour Party presidential candidate, is currently in Kaduna to meet with the Arewa Joint Committee which…

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, paid a courtesy visit to Ahmad Gumi, the Islamic cleric. Obi and Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, visited the cleric in his official residence in Kaduna state. The LP standard bearer announced the meeting on his Twitter handle, sharing photos from the visit. See photos below.

Suspected political thugs have attacked supporters of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar at the ongoing campaign rally in Kaduna State. The former vice president confirmed this in a post on his verified social media handles on Monday. This is coming a few days after thugs attacked supporters of the party in Zamfara State leading to the death of at least one person, while several others were injured. Atiku in the post, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call supporters of all political parties to order in a bid to tackle reoccurrence of such incident.…

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has called on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to apologise to Nigerians following a divisive and controversial remarks. Atiku had said: “I know the whole of this country. I have built bridges across this country. I think what the average northerner needs is somebody who is from the north, who also understands the other parts of Nigeria, and who has been able to build bridges across the rest of the country. “This is what the northerner needs. He (the northerner) doesn’t need a Yoruba candidate or an Igbo candidate.…