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GPMI applaud Tinubu on meeting with security chiefs

NewsDeskNgJun 3, 2023June 3, 20230

The Global Peace Movement International, UK has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for changing security chiefs to chat a new path way to fight terrorism in the country. President General of the group Dr. Mike Uyi stated this on Saturday in an interview with newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...

Stop wasting Nigerians time with petition, Apapa faction tells Obi

NewsDeskNgJun 3, 2023June 3, 20230

*Says Obi wasting Nigerians’ time By Michael Paul The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party has asked Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party to withdraw his petition against the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the recently concluded 2023 election. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Friday, Dr...

Jack-Rich congratulates Akume, Gbajabiamila over well deserved appointments

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

Tein Jack-Rich, frontline presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has congratulated Sen. George Akume and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, over their appointments as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and Chief of Staff (COS) to the President respectively. Akume and Gbajabiamila’s appointments were announced...

Adamu, Omisore running APC without approved budget, Lukman raises alarm

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

…Says he is not afraid of expulsion, suspension A member of the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Salihu Lukman, has raised the alarm over what he described as lack of financial discipline in the party, saying for over a year, the party has operated...

Tinubu confirm George Akume SGF, Gbajabiamila Chief Of Staff, Sen. Hadeja DCOS

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

Five days after inauguration, President Bola Tinubu, Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named Speaker of...

Amnesty: Niger Delta Group links latest attacks on Ndiomu to Atiku, Obi Supporters

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

The Niger Delta Integrity Group (NDIG) has ascribed the latest attacks on and blackmail of Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd), the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), to supporters of Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The group in a statement...

EFCC Nabs Fayemi over alleged N4bn Loot

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, over alleged money laundering and misappropriation of N4 billion belonging to the Ekiti state Government. A source close to the anti-graft agency confirmed to Nigerian pilot that Fayemi arrived at the EFCC facility at...

CTA knocks NNPCL over sudden fuel price hike

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to offer an explanation on how it arrived at the current price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as fuel. The NNPCL had on Tuesday announced a new price regime for fuel, a situation that...

Subsidy: We’re not going on protest today, says NLC

NewsDeskNgJun 2, 2023June 2, 20230

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it has no plans to commence industrial action on Friday to protest increase in the prices of premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol. The NLC in a statement by Benson Upah, its Head of Information and Public Affairs said it was reacting...

Ex-model Sues Bill Cosby For 1969 Sexual Assault

NewsDeskNgJun 1, 2023June 1, 20230

American comedian and actor, Bill Cosby, 85, has been sued for alleged sexual assault by former Playboy model, Victoria Valentino, 80. Valentino claimed Bill forced himself on her after giving her the two pills that made her feel helpless, but the actor denied her claim and insisted her storyline has...