Month: October 2018
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Oshiomhole Visits Buhari To Defend Performance As APC National Chairman
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. During the visit, he addressed issues around his performance as the party’s National Chairman. On allegations that over 15 Governors have been making arrangements for his removal as the Party’s Chairman,…
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2019: Osinbajo Falsified Financial Templates To Distort Nigeria’s Debt Profile –PDP
The oppositionn People Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of falsifying a financial template to distort Nigeria’s debt profile “in desperation to divert attention from the failures of the Buhari’s administration.” In a statement made available to press men by the publicity secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said that Nigerians…
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You Will Unleash Longer Term Pains If You Sell National Assets, Atiku Tells FG
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the plan of the federal government to sell national assets will cause long-term pains. In September, Joe Anichebe, a director at the Bureau of Public Entreprises (BPE), said the federal government may put up 10 state-owned companies for sale in the fourth quarter of 2018.…
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I Will Use Information Technology To Combat Corruption If Elected President–Mimiko
The Presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, who was the immediate past governor of Ondo State, has assured Nigerians that he would harness the power of information technology to combat endemic corruption in Nigeria if elected as President in 2019. Mimiko said this on Tuesday, in Ibadan, capital of Oyo…
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What Atiku Told Reno Omokri About Job Creation
“Reno, we must create jobs. Joblessness is a disease and the symptoms are crime and terrorism. The best way to fight the outcomes is by curing the disease. If we do not create jobs, then we have failed at doing our jobs.” Above were the words of Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the People Democratic…
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2019: SGF Describes Some Prophecies Being Carried Around Nigeria As Fake
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says Nigeria needs genuine prophets, not doomsayers. According to NAN, he said this while reacting to recent prophecies ahead of the 2019 elections. Mustapha said the primary responsibility of a prophet is to give guidance and correct the nation and the church, adding that God…
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Breaking: Over 3,000 Members of APC With 2,000 Members of ZLP Defect To PDP In Ondo
No fewer than 3,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ondo State on Tuesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. Similarly, about 2,000 members of the newly formed Zenith Labour Party in the state have also decamped to the PDP. The event took place at the PDP secretariat in Idanre town in Idanre…
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No Plan To Review Pump Price Downwards Or Upwards –NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no plan to review pump prices of petroleum products, especially Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The Corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja, on Tuesday. NNPC denies alleged existence of $3.5bn fuel subsidy fund He…
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There’ll Be Catastrophe In Imo If My Son-in-law Fails To Succeed Me – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has called on the National working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, led by Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, to submit the name of his son in-law, Mr, Uche Nwosu, to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the winner of the APC governorship primaries in the state Okorocha made the appeal…
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Buhari And I Were Able To Do So Much More With Fewer Resources – Osinbajo
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that himself and President Muhammadu Buhari can never deceive Nigerians. He said the Buhari-led administration is concerned about the plight of the ordinary Nigerians and would continue to carry out programmes that would improve their lives. In a statement by the spokesman to the Vice President, Laolu Akande,…
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APC Crisis: 36 More Reps May Dump Party In November Ahead of 2019 Election
There were strong indications on Monday that more All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives might leave the party as the raging crisis over the loss of return tickets for 2019 deepened. Findings showed that about 36 more aggrieved members could leave the party next week. Recall that up to 70 members had…
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2019: Obasanjo Makes Shocking Revelation Over Attempted Bribe
— I told him to produce his WAEC Certificate and provide… OBJ Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dropped a bomb as he revealed that he was called on phone by a presidential candidate of a particular political party who asked him to name his price in order to get his support ahead of 2019 presidential…