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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has told its leaders in the Abia State that it will not be satisfied with 25 percent votes from the region. Its National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu gave the charge on Wednesday night at the national secretariat of the party while inaugurating an eight-man Abia Reconciliation Committee led by Senator Chris Adighije. Using the Abia State crisis as a point of reference, the chairman charged all the leaders in the South East geo-political zone to rise above differences and work for the victory of the party in the region in 2023. According to The…

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has invited his Lagos counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to inaugurate the newly completed Orochiri-Worukwo (Waterline Junction) flyover in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Wike spoke on Wednesday when he inspected some ongoing projects in Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt local government areas of the state. He said the next round of project inauguration would commence on August 8 and last for two weeks, adding a former Sokoto Governor Aliyu Wamako, would also inaugurate the Ogbum-Nu-Abali Eastern Bypass road. Wike urged the people of the state all to join the government in thanking God Almighty for the accomplishments of…

The Federal Government has explained that it approved the purchase of ten vehicles at N1,145,000,000 for the Niger Republic to enhance its security as it relates to Nigeria. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents after the week’s hybrid Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A popular social media influencer, David Hundeyin, had in one of his posts ‘exposed’ the approval, which was given by President Buhari on February 28, 2022, drawing reactions from Nigerians. Reacting to a question on…

The General Overseer of the Omega Power Ministry (OPM) Port-Harcourt, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi as the biblical Moses, who will rescue Nigeria. The cleric, who drummed support for Obi's candidacy, said he will be giving a further explanation on why Obi is the Moses sent to Nigeria by God. He said: “I Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere OPM thank you all for your nomination and massive votes currently going on. “I am stepping down from the award of MAN OF THE YEAR and let all those that have voted…

Calls for the resignation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, on Wednesday took another dimension, as “Ayu must go” protesters stormed the party national secretariat. The protesters, which stormed the party national secretariat in their numbers, decried the high-handedness of the National Chairman over the court ruling in Delta state. The protesters, which said that Ayu lacks the capacity to lead PDP to victory in 2023, added that the party’s National Chairman is a mole in PDP. Recall that on July 7, 2022, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had disqualified the party’s governorship…

The Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 12 with headquarters in Bauchi, Audu Madaki, has sustained bullet wounds as suspected terrorists attacked their vehicle near Kwoi in Kaduna State. The attack occurred on Tuesday when the AIG was traveling from Bauchi to Abuja in his staff without escort vehicles. According to security sources who spoke to Daily Nigerian on the condition of anonymity, the attackers came in a Volkswagen Sharon and opened fire on the vehicle. The sources said Mr Madaki sustained two bullet wounds on his leg, while his orderly was shot dead by the…

Veteran journalist, Sam Omatseye, has alleged that supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, are issuing death threats against him over his recent article. He said this in a tweet on Tuesday, urging Obi to caution his supporters. He added that the LP presidential candidate would be held responsible if anything happened to him. He said, "Mr. Peter Obi, call you supporters to order. They are calling and issuing death threats. If anything happens to me, you will be held responsible!!!!" Omatseye in his opinion piece, titled ‘Obi-tuary', published on Monday at The Nation, said Obi has no…

The Northwest is top on the table with 22,672,373 prospective voters. It is made up of seven states: Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna and Jigawa. The region is being trailed by the Southwest, which has 18,332,191 voters. The zone is made of the six states of Lagos, Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti. Prospective voters from the two regions account for 41.7 per cent of the total number of registered voters as gleaned from the INEC website by The Nation yesterday. The electoral body had registered 84,004,084 voters for the 2019 polls. Thus, there are new 12,298,932 registered voters. Northcentral…

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council are to be unveiled soon, it was learnt last night. The committee mandated to carry out consultations and develop a structure for the Council submitted its report to the presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima in Abuja yesterday. Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai told reporters after submitting the report that a decision on the Director-General of the Council and more consultations would be made on other members. The Governor said the report will be presented to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) before the former…

... assumes office; unfolds agenda soon   THE newly appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Office (CEO) of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura has promised to create adequate business climate to boost the volume of foreign investments to Nigeria. Kaura made the promise on assumption of work at the Authority's office in Abuja on Monday. It will be recalled that Kaura was recently appointed to replace Mr. Umana Umana who is now the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Meeting with top management staff who had accorded him a rousing welcome on arrival to the office,…