I’ll provide private jet for Ooni’s trip if elected Osun State Governor — Adeleke
Osun state’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a candidate in the 2018 governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke has pledged to provide a private jet to ease movement of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi’s local and international trips if elected Governor in 2022. A statement issued by the spokesperson of Ooni, Moses Olafare stated that Senator Adeleke disclosed this when he visited the monarch at his palace in Ile-Ife on Wednesday. “I have always cherished the great throne of Oduduwa here in Ife and the personality of the Ooni, I will never disrespect it and I will not allow anyone
Pandora Papers: I broke no law ― Peter Obi
Former Anambra State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to a media report that he breached Nigerian laws by engaging in secret businesses set up in tax havens, insisting that he broke no law. An online publication quoting Pandora Papers had listed Obi as one of those personalities who clandestinely set up and operated businesses overseas, including in notorious tax and secrecy havens in ways that breached Nigerian laws. The Pandora Papers is a leak of about 12 million documents that revealed hidden wealth and tax avoidance by
Kidnapper kills colleague during shootout with Amotekun in Okitipupa, Ondo State
A suspected kidnapper, Funmi Adenuoye has been shot dead by one of his gang members during a shootout with operatives of the Ondo State Security outfit codenamed Amotekun. Adenuoye was killed by his colleague identified as Kunle while trying to escape from the men of the Amotekun who pursued them after they kidnapped a 58-year-old cement dealer, Alhaji Shakirudeen from his home at waterside area Ogun State. The deceased and two of his gang members, Tayo Ibrahim and Kunle had on Wednesday kidnapped the cement dealer. Sources said that the suspects drove their victim to Okitipupa in Ondo State
PDP NEC approves zoning of chairmanship position to north
The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the recommendation of its committee to zone the position of national chairman to the North. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, briefed journalists about the decision after the NEC meeting, which was held in Abuja on Thursday. Based on the decision, all positions in the party currently occupied by people from the South will go to the North and those occupied by people from the North will go to the South. The PDP NEC also retained the scheduled date for the party’s convention. It
2023: Why North should retain PDP presidential ticket – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has canvassed the retention of the zoning of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket in the North. He spoke at the opening session of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. Arguing his point, Atiku recalled how he shunned pressure from the then PDP Governors to contest for the 2023 presidential ticket of the PDP, to frustrate the re-election bid of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election, spoke amid the raging controversy generated by the zoning of the party’s chairmanship slot to the North,
Soldiers manhandle Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu for wearing Biafra outfit
Soldiers in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday manhandled Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, for wearing an outfit with Biafra inscriptions. In the viral video, 65-year-old Agu is seen around Upper Iweka Bridge donning the Biafra outfit and walking near a green bus when two armed soldiers wrestle him to the ground and drag him. It was gathered that the actor was in Onitsha on a charity mission where he regularly gifts the less privileged with food items when he was arrested by soldiers. “He was sharing food with some less privileged persons at Upper Iweka when the soldiers approached him
BREAKING: PDP begins NEC meeting in Abuja as party members express reservations
The National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party has started in Abuja. Members of the PDP NEC, which is the second highest decision-making body of the party, are expected to take a final position on the recommendations of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Zoning Committee, which recommended that the next national chairman of the party should come from the north. Some party members have expressed reservations about the recommendation and its implications for the presidential ambition of some northerners. In a pre-event briefing, the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibrin, addressed a Press conference.
Six priorities President Buhari listed in 2022 budget proposal
Read President Buhari’s full speech on the 2022 budget proposal and check out the six priorities he listed in the budget below. Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Thursday, October 7, 2021 PROTOCOLS 1. It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2. Distinguished and Honourable leaders, and members of the National Assembly, let me start by commending you for the
Lawan says National Assembly’ll pass 2022 budget before end of 2021
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the National Assembly is committed to passing the 2022 Appropriation Bill before the end of this year. Lawan, in his opening speech at the budget laying ceremony, recalled how the 9th National Assembly promised to return Nigeria to a January-to-December budget cycle with the 2020 budget and made it possible. He added that the feat was repeated with the 2021 budget. While thanking the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), for early presentation of budget, the Senate President said the lawmakers would pass the money bill before the end of 2021 to
I am qualified to be APC chairman — Modu-Sheriff
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention, no fewer than 11 party stalwarts have shown interest in the position of national chairman. In this interview with reporters in Abuja, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff talks about his aspiration to occupy the exalted office. JIDE ORINTUNSIN reports You have been touring the nation in recent times. Who is bankrolling this tour? I have been going around the country, making consultations and discussing with leaders of the party before I will formally tell the world my intention and aspiration to the office of the national chairman. The APC, as you all know,
