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BREAKING: GOV FUBARA DIRECTS 23 LGA CHAIRMEN TO CONTEST RIVERS LG ELECTION UNDER APP Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed all 23 local government chairmen in the state to contest the forthcoming local government elections under the banner of the All People’s Party (APP). The decision comes in the wake of Governor Fubara losing control of the People’s Democratic Party …

TINUBU HAS NOT ASKED CARDOSO, CBN GOVERNOR, TO RESIGN – PRESIDENCY The presidency has denied a report that claimed President Bola Tinubu asked the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, to resign.The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, issued the denial on Tuesday in a post via his account on the …

PDP TO REMOVE DAMAGUN AS ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN – GOV BALA MOHAMMED The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has resolved to remove IIiya Umar Damagum as the party’s acting National Chairman. This was announced on Tuesday by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, hinting that the next chairman of …

IT’S NOT TRUE, TINUBU SIGNED PEACE ACCORD IN 2023 – PRESIDENCY COUNTERS BISHOP KUKAH The Presidency has said President Bola Tinubu signed the Peace Accords in 2023.The Senior Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, said the accusation that President Tinubu refused to sign the Peace Accord was false. The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses and …

NO EXCUSES, YOU MUST END BANDITRY – TY DANJUMA CHARGES MILITARY Elder statesman and former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has tasked all service chiefs to end banditry and return the country to the path of peace. The retired top military officer, who decried the ongoing abduction and killings, said there are “no excuses” for the lingering …

IT’S GETTING OUT OF CONTROL – ABDULSALMI ABUBAKAR WORRIES OVER ECONOMIC HARDSHIP Former Nigerian Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has expressed concerns over the country’s economic hardship, stating that it is “getting out of control.”Abubakar stated this while receiving the leadership of the Campaign for Democracy and Human Rights, led by Abdullahi Mohammed Jabi, who visited his uphill …

PDP GOVERNORS DARE WIKE, INSIST FUBARA IS PARTY LEADER IN RIVERS Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have declared that there is no going back on their recognition of Siminalayi Fubara as leader of the party in Rivers State which he governs. Fubara and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been …

EDO GUBER: OBASEKI MAKES U TURN, SAYS PDP WILL SIGN PEACE ACCORD The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, would sign the Peace Accord.Governor Obaseki stated this in a statement on Tuesday. He explained that the decision was reached by the caucus of the party after …

.EDO PDP GUBER CANDIDATE, IGHODALO, SLAMS N20B SUIT AGAINST OSHIOMHOLE The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo has filed a N20 billion defamatory suit against Senator Adams Oshiomhole over comments on Planwell scheme.Ighodalo through his counsel, Ayo Asala (SAN) & Associates, also sought an immediate and unqualified retraction …

GANDUJE LEADS FRESH PLOT TO DETHRONE EMIR SANUSI There is a fresh plot to dethrone Muhammad Sanusi II as the emir of Kano State, According to sources within the Kofar Kudu Palace, powerful individuals in Kano, allegedly led by All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, are orchestrating the removal of the former Central Bank of Nigeria …