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Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has donated 25 buses to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign team in Benue. Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, said this on Tuesday at the inauguration of the PDP campaign council in Makurdi, the capital of the state. According to NAN, Ortom said each LGA of the state will getContinue reading “Ortom Inaugurates PDP Campaign Council In Benue, Receives 25 Buses From Wike”

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso on Tuesday said he will increase the strength of the nation’s armed forces to one million if elected by recruiting 750,000 personnel. He made the promise during the presentation of his manifesto in Abuja. Kwankwaso argued that increasing the size and capacity ofContinue reading “2023: Kwankwaso Vows To Recruit 750,000 Petsonnel Into The Military”

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday, pledged that he would ensure that all entry examinations into tertiary institutions were free for Nigerians. According to him, his administration, if elected in 2023, would ensure that parents do not pay a dime as registration fees for the West African ExaminationContinue reading “2023: Kwankwaso Promises Free JAMB And WAEC If Elected”

By Egufe Yafugborhi AS Governor Nyesom Wike belittles different some political leaders in Rivers state as not being relevant or justified to speak for Rivers people on which platform or candidate to stake their votes in the 2023 elections, Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joe Korka-Waadah has said not even the incumbent governor isContinue reading “2023: Not even Wike can speak for Rivers people – Korka Waadah”

The faction of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State backed by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed surprise over his omission in the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Monday, the group’s publicity secretary, Abiodun Agboola, said it was surprising that Aregbesola was left out.Continue reading “Aregbesola’s omission from presidential campaign surprising – APC faction”

All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council’s Town Hall Meeting and Dialogue between the Presidential Candidate, Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Business Community/Organised Private Sector, holding at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Despite the considerable attention the presidential primary elections of the two leading political parties in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), received, some big names, who lost in the race have gone silent four months after the exercise. While the PDP conducted its presidential primary election on MayContinue reading “Amaechi, Anyim, Nwajiuba, Politicians Who Have Gone ‘Silent’ After Primaries”

The Kaduna State Government has spent N181.6 billion from January to September, representing 64 per cent budget performance of the N279.6 billion revised budget for 2022. This is contained in the Third Quarter2022 Budget Performance Report produced by the Office of Accountant-General with support of the Planning and Budget Commission. The report, obtained by theContinue reading “2022 budget: Kaduna Govt spends N181.6bn in 9 months”

A high-level meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano on Monday turned bloody as the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa attacked the deputy governorship candidate of the party, Murtala Garo. The meeting, held at the residence of the Deputy Governor Nasir Gawuna, was organised to review the successes andContinue reading “Doguwa Attacks Murtala Garo At Kano APC Meeting”

The new owner and Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk has a shade at users frequently asking him whether former US President, Donald Trump, will make a return to Twitter. Musk, in a tweet, via his verified Twitter handle on Monday said, “If I had a dollar for every time someone asks me ifContinue reading “Elon Musk shades critics over Trump’s return to Twitter”

By Dennis Naku Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at former Minister of Transport, Dr Abiye Sekibo, saying he does not fill such a leadership position to speak on behalf of the state. Dr Sekibo is the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State. The PUNCHContinue reading “Wike attacks Sekibo over Atiku, ex-minister keeps mum”

The leader of the Yoruba Nation self-determination struggle, Professor Banji Akintoye, has said he did not authorise a congress of the apex body of the Yoruba self-determination struggle, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, being rumoured to take place in Ibadan on Tuesday, November 1 (today). Akintoye accused the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, AsiwajuContinue reading “Yoruba Nation: APC Kicks As Akintoye Attacks Tinubu”

By Dennis Agbo The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the infrastructure it has put in place for the 2023 general election cannot allow rigging to take place during the elections. INEC named those infrastructure to include the INEC Voter Enrolment Device, IVED, which eliminates voting by identity theft through the use ofContinue reading “2023 Elections: Our infrastructure obstructs rigging – INEC”

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has placed a ban on the holding of political rallies in public schools in the state with effect from 1 November. Mr Umahi also banned commercial motorcyclists from operating between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. in order to check insecurity in the state. The governor announced the ban inContinue reading “Governor Umahi Bans Use Of Public Schools For Political Rallies”

Following the advisory on security threat in the country especially in the Federal Capital Territory, issued last week by the embassies of the United State of America and the United Kingdom, security personnel at the National Assembly have commenced thorough search of all vehicles coming into the complex. grin There was no exception to theContinue reading “Terror Threat: National Assembly Commences Stop And Search”

The Better Oyo Movement (BOM), a sociopolitical group committed to the all-round development of Oyo State, said it is in receipt of credible intelligence on purported moves by the Oyo State governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, lobbying for the retention of newly re-appointed Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, in Oyo State. In a release inContinue reading “Group Raises Alarm As Makinde ‘Lobbies’ For Return Of INEC REC, Agboke”

President Muhammadu Buhari declares Open Senior Police Officer’s Retreat in Imo State on 31st Oct 2022 President Buhari with L-R: Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and IG of Police Usman Alkali Baba as he declared Open Senior Police Officer’s Retreat in Imo State on 31st Oct 2022

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at Dele Momodu, the Director of Strategic Communications of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), describing him as jobless. Momodu had warned Wike and his allies, consisting of four governors, not to cross the lines . “People get angry, there is nothing wrongContinue reading “Wike: Dele Momodu Is Jobless, Wants To Use Me To Become Relevant”

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says the security situation in Nigeria does not warrant travel advisories and terror warnings from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). While the US authorised the evacuation of non-critical staff in the country, the UK had asked its citizens not to embark on “non-essential” movements inContinue reading “Security Situation Not Bad Enough To Warrant Terror Warning, NSA Replies UK, US”