Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has ordered immediate suspension of all permanent secretaries in various Ministries, Agencies and Departments, MDA’s. Katie Oko, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor disclosed this on Thursday. The statement noted that Head of Service has been suspended also. Oko explained that the development is coming against the backdrop of the inauguration of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Properties and Funds belonging to Abia State Government. “Consequently, the Governor has approved the appointment of Lady Joy Maduka, Director, Ministry of Education, as Acting Head of Service (HOS). “John Pedro Iroakazi…
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Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore former President Muhammadu Buhari’s plea not to be probed by his successor. He said the president should probe the past government and recover looted funds. He said Tinubu’s failure to go after looted funds could attract grave consequences. Sani stated this via his Twitter handle on Thursday. The socio-political commentator wrote, “Tinubu should ignore Buhari and go ahead and probe the past Government and recover looted funds. If President Tinubu failed to go after looted funds, looted funds will come after him sooner or later.”
Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, has declared that the party will occupy Douglas House in November. The PDP National Secretary made the statement on Thursday at his campaign office in Owerri during a reconciliatory meeting with party officials. In attendance were all 35 ward chairmen, 27 local government area chairmen, 27 LGA women leaders, and 3 Zone women leaders. Anyanwu mocked the chieftains who recently jumped ship, saying the PDP would thrash the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls. The Imo PDP accused the former executive members of running…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians not to be in a hurry in seeking solutions to the challenges facing the nation, saying he is taking baby steps as President. Tinubu said this at the palace of the Alake and the paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, during a visit to traditional rulers in the state. His words: “Let’s go through these baby steps of faith. I am taking baby steps as President. Let’s not be in a hurry. Be ready for this. Maintain an open-door policy. Let the freedom flow. Let the confidence return. This country is the…
Some followers of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, have cautioned Governor Alex Otti of Abia State against probing his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu. This was as they said probing the immediate past governor would amount to distraction as he settles down to governance. They urged Otti to focus on delivering good governance to the people of the state rather than probing Ikpeazu. The call was contained in a statement signed by Mazi Chetachi Ikpe of the Peter Obi Grassroots Movement (POGM) in Abia State and Ndubueze Obiakwata, the chairman of Obidients Across Parties Alliance (OAPA) in the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that leaders who ask followers to sacrifice for a better Nigeria must also lead by example. Doing so constitutes living by example, he said. Obi spoke on Thursday at St Faith Cathedral, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Awka, during the burial Mass of the late Dean Emeritus of the Church of Nigeria, the Most Reverend Maxwell Anikwenwa, who died at 83. Obi, who was reacting to a question on the viral video of the long convoy of President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Wednesday, said…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State, on Thursday, accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of launching an attack on its members who testified as witnesses against the APC before the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the PDP in the State, Augustine Nwazunku, alleged that the PDP witnesses who testified before the election Tribunal at Abuja were attacked on return to their respective homes by suspected APC hitmen. Nwazunku made this known in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, on Thursday. The statement alleged, “Some were…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has honoured Rajindar Singh Dhatt, one of the last surviving Sikh soldiers who fought in the Second World War with a Points of Light honour at a UK-India Week reception at 10 Downing Street. Dhatt, 101, was recognised on Wednesday for his service and his work running the “Undivided Indian Ex-Servicemen’s Association” to help bring together British Indian war veterans. Dhatt, based in Hounslow in southwest London since 1963, was born in pre-Partition India in 1921 and fought with the Allied forces during the British colonial period. It is an immense honour to receive this…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, has dismissed claims that the party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, is defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Galadima said Kwankwaso was yet to inform the NNPP that he would be joining the APC. Speaking with Channels Television, the NNPP chieftain, however, noted that Kwankwaso was ready to work with President Bola Tinubu. According to Galadima: “Kwankwaso has not told anybody he is joining the APC; people are just talking, but what we have before is winner take all. If Tinubu is calling for a…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived Ogun State for his visit to traditional rulers in the State. Tinubu’s chopper landed at the Dipo Dina International Stadium in Ijebu-Ode around 10:17am. The President arrived Ogun in company with his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; and the Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication and Strategies, Dele Alake. He was received by Governor Dapo Abiodun, former Governor Segun Osoba and other dignitaries. They immediately left for a meeting with the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, and others. Tinubu will thereafter move to Abeokuta for another meeting…
The Attack on the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke at the Eid prayer ground on Wednesday in Osogbo has been described as an unfortunate incident which would have been avoided. This stand was given by the Asiwaju Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta, Dr Khamis Olatunde Badmus, who also apologised to Governor Adeleke over the misunderstanding that occurred at the Osogbo central Eid ground, an incident which prevented the Governor from observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayer along with the Muslim Ummah. Badmus, who tendered the apology in a statement issued from his media office in Osogbo on Wednesday, pointed out that…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has urged the election petition tribunals to declare unelected candidates with fake certificates. Amadi claimed that the nation is dying under the weight of fake certificates being paraded by politicians, including professors, lawyers and doctors. He argued that it is in the national interest to remove from office any person who forged any certificate. In a post via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, the social critic insisted that the court has a duty to protect public ethics. He wrote, “Fake Certificates and National Survival. “Nigeria is dying…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the alleged assassination attempt on Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State as executive rasacatiy. The party’s position is in reaction to the incident at the Eid prayer ground, Oke-Baale, Osogbo on Wednesday. In a statement by the party Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal and made available by the Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, he described the scenario as one orchestrated by Adeleke and his political hoodlums. Earlier on Wednesday at the Eid prayer ground, there was confusion over the sitting arrangements protocol, leading to allegations of attempted assassination on the life of the…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo explained on Wednesday why President Bola Tinubu would hearken to the cries of the Southeast. The apex Igbo social-cultural association said Tinubu would listen to the Southeast when governors from the region and Igbo leaders support him. This is according to Okechukwu Isiguzoro, a factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, who asserted that Igbo leaders pushing Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, to unseat Tinubu will fail. Isiguzoro charged them to withdraw their support from Obi and extend it to Tinubu. Speaking with DAILY POST, Isiguzoro said: “The Southeast governors should openly declare their support and work with Tinubu,…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to imbibe the virtue of sacrifice which the Eid-el-Kabir celebration exemplifies. Dele Alake, the president’s spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday, that Tinubu was speaking to reporters after observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Dodan Barracks prayer ground, Lagos. Tinubu stressed the need for unity and cooperation towards building a better Nigeria. He appealed to Nigerians to eschew ethnic and religious rivalries. ”May our sacrifices turn to prosperity. We have to make the sacrifices and that is clear, we have to. But Allah will not give you a burden that you cannot carry. He…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday appealed to Nigerians to have faith in God that the nation will experience peace, stability and prosperity. Tinubu said this while speaking to reporters after observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Lagos. The Nigerian leader said Allah wouldn’t burden Nigeria with what it cannot bear. He also called for unity and cooperation among Nigerians, urging them to eschew religious and ethnic rivalries. ”Allah will not give you a burden that you cannot carry. He’s there for us. We must have faith in the country. Have faith in ourselves, believing that…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has canvassed for maximum patience, understanding, and support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the quest to make life more meaningful under the present administration. Akpabio made the call in his Eid el-Kabir message to Nigerians, especially the Muslim Ummah. The message he personally signed reads in part: “I especially rejoice with our dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he celebrates the first Eid-el-Kabir as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “I also congratulate the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the occasion…
The controversy over who is the true leader of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has continued to generate reactions from stakeholders of the party in the state. While APC members in Rivers State refer to former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi as their leader, Tony Okocha, a former Chief-of-Staff to Amaechi, who leads a faction of the party, claims to be the leader. State youth leader of APC, Baridakara Gbarato, criticized Okocha, after his recent statement, when he featured in a programme in one of the radio stations in Port Harcourt, Today 95.1 FM, claiming that as the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lamented the astronomical increase in the cost of essential goods and services in the country, especially as Nigerians mark the 2023 Eid-el-Kabir. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the party ascribed the current economic crisis to policies of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The party expressed worries over the collapse of the purchasing power of Nigerians occasioned by the hike in prices of commodities, saying the APC has continued to “impose life discounting policies” on citizens of the country. Part of the statement reads, “It…
The governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and Enugu State will partner for the mutual economic benefits of the UK and the state, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, and the Enugu State Governor, Barr Peter Mbah, have stated. This was even as Mbah has sought the technical assistance of the UK government as well as the restoration of UK visa facilitation center to Enugu to boost trade, business, and other relationships between the UK and Enugu State. Both men made this known during a visit by the UK High Commissioner to Governor Mbah at the Government…