The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has said that she has no intention of contesting the Presidency against President Bola Tinubu in 2027. To this end, the Ganduje called on the general public to disregard any campaign poster, describing it as fake and malicious. Ganduje in a statement issued Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu said mischief makers were behind the campaign posters He said: “This is to inform the general public that the poster currently circulating on social media, claiming that the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is contesting…
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The Family of the late Ernest Madu Onyekwena, has slated Friday 30th to Saturday 31st August 2024, for the funeral arrangements in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The late Onyekwena, popularly called Omekannaya 1 Ufuma, lived between 1946 to 2024. He was a distinguished member of the Second Republic of the old Anambra State House of Assembly in 1983. Elected under the National Party of Nigeria (NPN). He served alongside notable figures such as the late President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (GCFR), the late Vice President Dr. Alexander Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (GCON), and the then Executive Governor…
A former Governor of Cross Rivers state, Donald Duke has said that the current economic hardship the country is grappling with is solvable. He added that since the major cause of inflation in the country is high energy, he sees no reason why the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should be the one fixing the price of fuel for local consumption. Duke stated this on Sunday in Abuja at Teens annual conference with the theme, “The Power of Music” organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), The Everlasting Arms Parish”. He said: “You see this inflation you…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said that it was untrue that the Igbos built Lagos. Omokri in a post via his verified X account argued that Lagos had been the most developed part of Nigeria for over 150 years. He stated that while reacting to a video of someone who styled himself as an Eze Igbo in Lagos and claiming that Igbos built Lagos, and he specifically mentioned Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu. Omokri stated: “Our Igbo brothers and sisters are much loved and wanted in all parts of Nigeria. The Federal Government should hunt down and arrest anyone making…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has appealed to all Aviation Union workers to remain calm and maintain industrial peace while the government works towards amicably resolving their matter. Keyamo made the appeal due to deduction of 50 per cent of the internal revenue of aviation agencies He said he has been made aware of the call to action by the workers’ unions within the aviation sector to protest the Federal Government’s deduction of 50% of all internally generated revenue of Aviation Agencies at source. While appreciating their patience and understanding, however said that they should remains…
Three kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to 302 years in prison for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis and opioids following their arrest and diligent prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the 19 convicts top the list of 414 drug traffickers and dealers convicted by the Federal High Court in Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Gombe and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja between July 1st – 31st 2024 based on charges filed against them by the anti-narcotics…
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike, has called on financial regulators and other stakeholders to integrate climate risk management in their financial reporting. Anosike stated this while speaking Thursday in Abuja at the Regulatory Roundtable on the implementation of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) sustainability reporting in Nigeria, organised by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC). He said: “Climate change has become a top priority for our leaders in financial institutions. Because climate change is a threat multiplier, it calls for a new epistemology of risk that acknowledges not…
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Pius Akutah Thursday said that the Council’s dispute resolution initiative has saved the country over N6 billion. Akutah, hinted that the Council has established a complaint handling and dispute resolution Mechanism for mitigation and other court settlement between shipping service providers and users. Speaking in Abuja while on a courtesy visit to the National Coordination office of the African Free Continental Trade Agreement (AfFCTA), he explained the component has helped in the past few years, adding: “we have been able to save this country from losing billions of naira, over N6 billion have…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the judgement of Rivers state High Court sacking Tony Okocha-led Caretaker Committee was not binding on the party. TheHintsNews reports that a Rivers state High Court on Monday sacked the caretaker committee and in its place reinstated Emeka Beke as Chairman of the party in the state. But the Deputy National Secretary of the party, Festus Fuanter, while addressing journalists after the NWC meeting on Thursday in Abuja said the claimant in the said case sued the National Chairman, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje and Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashir…
The Presidency has said it was aware of the various failed attempts by a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to fraudulently take over offshore assets of the federal government of Nigeria through subterfuge. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement issued Thursday explained that the federal government was not under any contractual obligation with the company. He said the case in which Zhongshan is trying to use every unorthodox means to strip our offshore assets is between the company and the Ogun State Government. Onanuga noted: “The Federal Government is…