Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, on Saturday reacted to the criticisms from Nigerians over the photographs he took in Paris, France. Okonjo-Oweala had posted a photograph of him in which President Bola Tinubu was cropped out. The WTO DG had taken the photograph during the summit for ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron. The summit afforded Tinubu the opportunity of projecting, on a global stage, his advocacy for widening the fiscal space, economic justice for Africa as the world accelerates the pace of energy transition, and the urgency…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has restated that the staff audit exercise across the state public service is not a witch-hunt. Adeleke also assured the state workforce that the audit will strengthen the capacity of the state government to satisfy the needs of the workers, the members of the public and the state leadership. According to a statement by the governor’s, spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Saturday, the governor made this known at the flagging off of the exercise in Osogbo. The exercise it was also revealed is meant as a plan to fill up existing vacancies within the education, health…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said the turmoil caused by the unprecedented challenge to the authority of President Vladimir Putin by Wagner fighters may not be over yet and could take weeks or months to play out. Blinken in a series of television interviews said tensions that led to the aborted mutiny by forces led by Yevgeny Prigozhin had been rising for months and that the turmoil could affect Moscow’s capabilities in Ukraine. “Our focus is resolutely and relentlessly on Ukraine, making sure that it has what it needs to defend itself and to take back territory…
Aloy Ejimakor, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday urged President Bola Tinubu to undo the injustice of his predecessor, ex-President Muhammadu Buhari. Ejimakor said Tinubu should undo Buhari’s injustice by releasing Kanu. He pointed out that the constitution has empowered the president to stop any criminal trial. Tweeting, Ejimakor said Tinubu does not have to wait for the Supreme Court to release the IPOB leader. According to Ejimakor: “Under the Constitution, the AGF (in practice: the President) has the power to stop any criminal trial. “So, President Tinubu doesn’t have…
The former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Collins Opurozor on Sunday said over ninety percent of PDP members in the state are getting set to sabotage their party at the polls in November. He alleged that there is no leadership in the party and that Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the Governorship candidate of the party has no capacity to provide one. The former Publicity Secretary, now the Spokesman of the 7 defected Executive Members of the PDP made the claims in a statement made available to the media in Owerri. Reacting to claims that he’s…
A former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has insisted there is no political relationship between him and the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha stated this while speaking with journalists at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri, the state capital. He explained that his relationship with Ihedioha was not political. According to Okorocha, he visited Ihedioha to commiserate with him over the death of his mother. “I have no political romance with Ihedioha. I don’t have one and I don’t intend to have any. “I visited Ihedioha’s house because of the death of his Mother. “I know…
The chairman of All Progressives Congress in Utugwang, Utugwang North Ward, in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Paul Akpanke, has been suspended. The suspension was endorsed by the Utugwang ward chairman and his exco. They accused Akpanke of financial impropriety, misconduct and disregard for party rules and directives. The suspension was contained in a notice signed by ninety ward executives and addressed to the chapter chairman of the party. According to the notice of suspension, it takes effect from Friday, June 23, 2023. The exco members who passed a vote of no confidence on the ward chairman,…
A star witness of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Mike Enahoro-Eba, on Friday evening at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), faulted the judgement of the United States of America’s court in which President Bola Tinubu reportedly forfeited $460, 000 dollars for alleged drug offences. The witness, who is a lawyer of 17 years, admitted that the judgement copy was not registered in Nigeria as required by law when delivered to make it effective in the country. He admitted that there was no evidence in the judgement that…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has denied that it invited the immediate past governor of the state, Nyesom Wike to join the party. APC described those making the claims and the calls for Wike to join their party as imposters. The party in a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, said Wike is ashamed of joining the same party he had described as cancer. Nwauju said the terror unleashed on APC members during Wike’s administration is enough evidence to confirm that Wike has no business with Rivers State APC. The Spokesman of APC, therefore, disassociated…
A stakeholder of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, from the southeast, Obiora Ugwu, has written to President Bola Tinubu, on the lingering intra-party crisis ravaging the national leadership of the party. It comes on the heels of a court judgement, which purportedly sacked Barrister Sly Ezeokenwa, and affirmed Edozie Njoku as the authentic APGA national chairman by the court of the land. In an open letter, signed and addressed to Tinubu and made available to newsmen on Saturday, Ugwu berated an alleged abuse of the judiciary arm of the Nigerian government by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in…
The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Saturday refused an application for interrogatory filed by the Labour Party against Governor Peter Mbah. oga filed the application seeking to interrogate Mbah, the 2nd second defendant in the petition he filed before the Tribunal. The application was when the matter last came up on Thursday, June 22, after which it was adjourned to June 24 for ruling. While delivering its ruling today, Saturday, the three-man panel, led by Justice K. M. Akano rejected Edeoga’s application. The Tribunal held that the particulars the LP is seeking could be obtained either during cross…
Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu attended and graduated from the Chicago State University. On Friday, the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, admitted in evidence a transcript in aid of admission into Chicago State University made by South West College in the name of Tinubu, who was identified as a female gender. The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party tendered the document along with other documents to prove the allegations in their joint petition challenging Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. Reacting,…
As President Bola Tinubu prepares to announce his cabinet, a former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has denied claims of revolting against the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma. It was reported that Ohakim had revolted against Uzodinma over the latter’s refusal to support his ‘bid’ for a ministerial appointment under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. However, Ohakim said the report was the figment of the writer’s imagination and his sponsors because he had never revolted against Uzodinma. Describing the incumbent governor as a bosom friend, the former governor said revolting against Uzodinma would be doing the same against himself. A statement he…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, has reinstated the former Director General DG, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Mohammed Dauda. Justice Peter Ige, in his judgment, explained that the evidence leading to the dismissal of Dauda was frivolous and lacked merit, saying that all the contentious issues against NIA are in favour of Dauda who is a respondent in the suit. He ordered that his salaries and entitlements since the day of dismissal from office be paid and ordered that the sum of N1 million be paid to him as damages. According to Justice Ige, “Dauda should be allowed to retire…
The Federal Government has called on the United Nations and development partners to strengthen support towards the implementation of the regional strategy for stabilisation, recovery and resilience of areas affected by terrorism in Lake Chad. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), retired Rear Adm. Yaminu Musa, made the call at the ongoing 3rd UN Counter-Terrorism Week in New York. The CT Week is a biennial gathering of Member States and international counter-terrorism partners with the theme, ‘‘Addressing Terrorism through Reinvigorated Multilateral and Institutional Cooperation’’. This is contained in a statement by…
The member representing Isuikwuato/ Umunneochie federal constituency of Abia State, Amobi Ogah, has accused some media houses and blogs of misquoting him on interviews he granted during his election victory church thanksgiving service, last Sunday. Ogah, in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, made it clear that he never admonished the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and the Labour Party to accept defeat as the will of God. Amobi explained that he only appealed to candidates who contested with him for the House of Reps seat to accept defeat and see his election victory as the…
The Vice President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Damian Okeke-Ogene, has urged the Federal Government to heed the call to release Mr Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Okeke-Ogene said the time is now apt for the federal government to heed calls from prominent Nigerians to release Kanu. He disclosed that Anambra Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and other stakeholders in the past have urged the federal government to release Kanu. Okeke-Ogene said restoration and promotion of the rule of law and respect for the fundamental human rights of individuals are key to stabilising the polity. He…
Ukraine wants other countries to heed its warning that Russia may be planning to attack an occupied nuclear power plant to cause a radiation disaster, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Members of his government briefed international representatives on Thursday on the possible threat to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The world has enough power to prevent any radiation incidents, let alone a radiation catastrophe. The potential for a life-threatening release of radiation has been a concern since Russian troops invaded Ukraine last year and seized the plant, which is Europe’s largest nuclear power station. The head of the UN’s atomic energy…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has not produced all the certified copies of the March 18, Kaduna State governorship election result sheets that declared Senator Uba Sani the winner. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oluwale Iyamu, one of the lead counsels to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governorship candidate, Mohammed Ashiru, stated this at the Tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Thursday. The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Victor Oviawe, therefore, adjourned the case to July 4th, 2023. The case is between Isa Ashiru of the PDP, Governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani, All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Friday, gave conditions President Bola Tinubu should be kicked out. Amadi said Tinubu should be kicked out if he didn’t win the last presidential election fairly. He made the call while faulting those arguing that presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, should drop their cases against Tinubu at the presidential election tribunal. Tweeting, the public affairs analyst said it’s foolish to ask those aggrieved to drop their cases for Tinubu’s administration to succeed. According to Amadi:…