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LG election in Cross River was monumental fraud

NewsDeskNgNov 4, 2024November 4, 20240

The leading opposition party in Cross River State has stated in Calabar that last weekend’s local government council elections were a “monumental fraud never before witnessed in the state.” State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Venatius Ikem, who signed the statement, said, “We state boldly that never in...

Anti-party: Badaru becoming liability to our party, APC group tells President Tinubu

NewsDeskNgNov 4, 2024November 4, 20240

One of the leading support groups of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections, the APC Solidarity Vanguard, has called on President Bola Tinubu, to reign on his Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru, to stop sabotaging the party. The Vanguard said the ex-Governor of Jigawa...

Aiyedatiwa panicky ahead of election

NewsDeskNgNov 1, 2024November 1, 20240

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter, has accused Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of exploring various means to win the forthcoming November 16 governorship election at all costs. PDP emphasised that the governor had been in a panic mood, hence the deployment of tactics ahead of the poll. While describing...

PDP Lauds Judiciary Over Landmark Ruling On Rivers Allocation

NewsDeskNgOct 31, 2024October 31, 20240

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Frontiers has commended the Federal High Court’s landmark ruling, stopping the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from releasing monthly allocations to the Rivers State Government. This decision comes after Governor Siminalayi Fubara presented the 2024 budget to a four-member Rivers House of Assembly, violating...

Zamfara Rep dumps PDP for APC

NewsDeskNgOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

Suleiman Abubakar Gummi, who represents Gummi/Bukkuyum federal constituency of Zamfara State in the House of Representatives, has joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. Gummi was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He cited the unresolved internal crisis in the PDP as reason for his detection. Gummi’s...

Makinde qualified to run for President – PDP chieftain, Okai

NewsDeskNgOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

Comrade Usman Okai Austin, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal House of Representatives and national coordinator of the National Youths Frontier, has said Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is “overwhelmingly qualified” to pursue the Nigerian presidency. Okai said Makinde’s two-term leadership in Oyo State and...

Tax reform bill: We made him President – Gov Sule on North moving against Tinubu

NewsDeskNgOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said that governors of the Northern States cannot move against Bola Tinubu, a President, according to him, they brought to office. Earlier reported that Northern governors rejected the recent tax reform bill sent to the National Assembly by the Tinubu government. The governors made...

Nigeria Finally Gets it Right with Yilwatda as Humanitarian Affairs Minister – Group

NewsDeskNgOct 29, 2024October 29, 20240

Professor Nentawe Yilwatda’s appointment as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has been hailed as a significant step towards addressing Nigeria’s humanitarian challenges. The Coalition of Lawyers for Truth and Justice (CLTJ) hailed President Bola Tinubu for Yilwatda’s nomination as strategic to uplift Nigeria’s most vulnerable citizens. In a...

APC suspends ex-Osun governor, Aregbesola

NewsDeskNgOct 29, 2024October 29, 20240

The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, over alleged anti-party activities. In a resolution submitted to the APC National Secretariat and addressed to National Chairman Dr. Umar Ganduje, the Osun APC accused Aregbesola of creating divisions within the...

Timi Frank – Tinubu govt prioritize lavish spending over meaningful reforms

NewsDeskNgOct 29, 2024October 29, 20240

A former National Deputy Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of prioritizing lavish spending over meaningful reforms. Frank highlighted the purchase of a new presidential jet, approval of a 300 per cent as salary increment for judicial officers, planned building...