…Praises Buhari for sanitizing the system A senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Austin Ovuigwerie Orette has promised to attract federal presence and foreign investment to Delta South. He also promised to create better opportunities for the people. “Are the people much better now than they were eight years ago? Some of the aspirants belong to the past and bringing them back is like putting old wine in a new bottle” he said. Orette spoke about his readiness to represent the people of Delta South and what he calls poor performance. “I’m in the…
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The recent appointment of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as an Advisory Board Member of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF), as well as Sole Representative of Nigeria and Africa in the Fund has been described as a well-deserved recognition of his feats as Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation. All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, stated this while reacting to Amaechi’s appointment, which took place during the inaugural meeting of the UNRSTF Advisory Board at the UN Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, on 9th August, 2018. “This, no doubt, is recognition of Amaechi’s revolutionary strides as Nigeria’s…
Dakar, Senegal – 29th August 2018: Toyin Saraki welcomes new World Health Organization ‘State of Health in Africa’ report; calls for sustainable improvements towards universal health coverage Her Excellency Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki, Special Adviser to the Independent Advisory Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, has welcomed the launch of ‘The State of Health in Africa’ report which demonstrates that improvements in health can only be sustained and expanded if countries significantly alter the way they deliver essential health services. The report was launched today in Dakar, Senegal, by Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director…
Former Presidential Adviser and Chieftain of the Accord Party, Dr Doyin Okupe has said he remains the leader of the party in the southwest. Okupe was reacting to a statement credited to some leaders of the party in the Southwest denouncing his leadership of the party in the zone. He said: “I remain the authentic leader of Accord Party in Southwest. There’s a letter from the National secretariat of the party authenticating this.” He described, as a charade, the meeting of some chieftains of the party led by the party’s National Secretary, Dr (Mrs) Adebukola Ajaja, in Ibadan. Okupe said…
A Civil Society Organization, Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), has dragged the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of abuse of office and cases of contract deemed improperly awarded by the TETfund Chief Executive. The group led by its Executive Director, Comrade Olufemi Lawson, in a petition submitted today at the Lagos Office of the EFCC, said “It is with a deep sense of responsibility, that the Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), find it compelling to lodge a formal complaint, for investigative activities, of…
The Coalition of Civil Society Groups against Terrorism in Nigeria, has demanded for the arrest and interrogation of a Chieftain of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), Mr. Akin Oshuntokun, for allegedly claiming that there was a bomb blast in Maiduguri, Borno State on Sallah day, which he claimed killed about 88 people. The Coalition also urged the Federal Government to order an investigation into the role being played by some desperate politicians, among whom Mr. Oshuntokun plays a critical role, in the spreading of false information, and narratives while giving moral support, for the Boko Haram insurgency. It said…
The National Industrial Court has ruled that the non-payment of salaries to 255 workers of the various Demonstration Primary and Secondary Schools in Rivers State since 2016 is unlawful and null and void. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, had in February, 2016 directed immediate stoppage of salaries of workers in the Demonstration schools in the Rivers State University, Nkpolu, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni and the Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori. The Governor had stated that the Rivers state government would no longer pay salary of the workers where pupils pay some forms of fees. In the…
….As INEC corrected itself immediately Members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Osun State have been asked to put their mind at rest as Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede (rtd) is still remain the deputy governorship candidate of the party in the forthcoming September 22 governorship election in the state. This word of assurance was given by the State Chairman of the party, Hon. Adelakin Ajao in Osogbo while reacting to a recent report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not changed the former deputy governorship candidate, Mr Arowolo Oladele to that of Oloyede as legally demanded by…
A women rights activist, Mrs. Adeola Adeyemi has warned the authority of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against playing hanky-panky in their dealings with the African Democratic Party (ADC),alleging the electoral body of insincerity in their preparation of the forthcoming guber poll in the State. Mrs. Adeyemi also alleged that the electoral umpire was planning to rig out the party (ADC) and its candidates from the governorship race, threatening to use the democratic means of approaching the court of competent jurisdiction to seek redress. In a signed statement by Adeyemi and copies were made available to newsmen at the…
As 2018 Osun State governorship election is drawing nearer, an Osun women group under the aegis of Obokun Women Forum (OWF) has pledged its support to the Deputy-Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), retired Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede, calling on the women folks across the length and breadth of the State to rally round the courageous retired jurist. The women Forum gave the charge through its Leader, Mrs. Agboola Taiwo, during an interactive session with the ADC Deputy-Governorship candidate on a familiarization tour of the Obokun local government area of the State, assuring Justice Oloyede of their support…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has hailed the Party’s National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, erstwhile Vice Chairman of APC in Rivers State, Prince Peter Odike, and several others for shunning the Opening of an illegal Rivers APC Parallel Secretariat by Senator Magnus Abe. Eze, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, recalled that Abe and his group had inundated the social media ahead of the office opening on August 16, 2018 in Port Harcourt, “claiming that these great leaders…
The drumbeat of electoral campaign is gradually dominating the airwave in Osun State. Political candidates daily propagate their usual promises. Voters expectedly will be overwhelmed if not now but in the next few days. We must insist on strict focus on issues that must drive this campaign. The water is sure to be muddled up. We will witness diversionary tactics designed to bury the real issues at stake. Exploiters of voters’ weaknesses will pump so much money into irrelevant electoral issues. They will want you to forget the unpaid salaries, the pains of pensioners,the unacceptably high public debt, the highly…
Today, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, replied Aiswaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a 12-paragraph statement titled “The Tinubu Rhetoric: My Response,” Saraki revealed that Tinubu has expressed strong reservations about the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government; and has demonstrated certain inconsistencies “when one reviews his antecedents over the years.” 1. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS NOT AN APPENDAGE OF THE EXECUTIVE “I have been consistent in my complaints to all leaders of the APC, including Tinubu, that a situation where the National Assembly is not constructively engaged or carried along in key policy decisions, particularly those that…
I have always restrained from joining issues in the media with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and this is based on my respect for him. However, I will not allow him to create a wrong, false and mischievous impression about the reasons for my decision to exit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and present his prejudice as facts for public consumption. I have been consistent in my complaints to all leaders of the APC, including Tinubu, that a situation where the National Assembly is not constructively engaged or carried along in key policy decisions, particularly those that will eventually require legislative…
… Urges those behind such spurious propaganda to look for better work to do … Describes it as False, Mischievous, ill-concvied and an Improbable Concoction from a Devious and Demented Mind … Highlighted the two major Projects before Amaechi An ally of the Minister of Transportation and former spokesman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has dismissed recent media report ascribing a statement of regret to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as ‘fake news’. Eze, who reacted through a statement he personally signed and circulated to the Media Organisations on Monday to…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) says its attention has been drawn to ongoing efforts by Governor Nyesom Wike and officials of Rivers State Government to enlist the services of a judge of the Rivers State Judiciary to sit and grant an injunction stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from proceeding to conclude and announce the result of last Saturday’s PHALGA 3 Constituency bye election. “So far, all the judges approached to execute the scheme have politely turned it down. The APC salutes the courage of these judges. We call on those yet to be contacted…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has noted with disappointment the hasty decision of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to suspend Saturday’s Port Harcourt Local Government Area [PHALGA] Constituency 3 bye-election process at the collation stage. The APC in a statement made available to journalists today by the party’s spokesman, Mr. Chris Finebone said: “It is unfortunate that what should be a mere state constituency bye-election witnessed pockets of voter intimidation, harassment, vote-buying and shooting activated by the PDP in line with their usual character of rigging elections through killing and maiming of APC members.” The statement…
Nwaorgu Faustinus, online media aide to Chief Eze, the erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New PDP (nPDP) has urged world government to continue with more resilient efforts to safeguard the lives of victims of war, insurgence, conflicts, and aid workers who occasionally put their lives on the line in their duty to provide succor to victims of crises. The online media aide made the call in a statement relayed to journalists today in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Faustinus who observed that more than half a million children are suffering from hunger which effect is malnutrition as war rages…
The Centre for Public Accountability (CPA) has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for indefinitely suspending Saturday’s House of Assembly bye-election for Port Harcourt Constituency 3. It will be recalled, that the bye-election which began on a peaceful took an ugly turn, when miscreants, accompanied by security agents stormed various polling units and disrupted the exercise. The group in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday and signed by its Executive Director, Olufemi Lawson, described what was witnessed during the election as an act of terrorism, which should not be condoned in a democracy. “We wish to applaud the…
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