President Muhammadu Buhari warmly lauds Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who has been elected as President of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), in his capacity as Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). The election was held after a conference in Casablanca region, Morocco, at the weekend. Receiving...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asserts that the unbridled treasury looting and extortion by the cabal in the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are directly responsible for the excruciating poverty and escalated insecurity being suffered by Nigerians in the last five years. The PDP says that the...
A former governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has formally announced his defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is coming barely three months after Shekarau defected to NNPP from the All Progressives Congress. Shekarau made the declaration on Monday at his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in its self-indicting statement speaks of the "weight of corruption" bedevilling the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Nigerians can now understand that the PDP is not interested in the current moves by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to reposition the NDDC but...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed Mr. Elelu Mubashiru Bolakale, a professional estate surveyor, as Special Assistant on Infrastructure (Kwara Central). Bolakale, a native of Ilorin, holds a bachelor’s degree in Estate Management from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; and Ordinary National Diploma in Public Administration from Kwara State...
The federal government has fixed the ex-depot price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, at N138.62 litre. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) disclosed this in a memo in Abuja on Wednesday. The memo, which was signed by Mohammed Bello, manager, sales, PPMC, also disclosed that the new...
A group of Peoples Democratic Party Governors who have christened themselves the G5 arrived in Enugu on Friday for a private meeting. The Governors include Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state. The Governors were received at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again condemned “the mindless looting” of people’s businesses in the state capital on Friday, insisting there can be no justification for such criminal behaviour. He commiserated with owners of all the businesses affected and announced a N500m fund to assist them as part of...
A former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, eulogised his wife, Toyin, in commemoration of their marriage anniversary. The former Kwara State Governor on his Twitter page shared a picture of himself and his wife, adding an emotional note to her. He said, “To my beautiful wife, Toyin, you...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State has called for the prosecution of hired hoodlums who attempted to disrupt the 8th year Fidau prayer held in honour of late Dr Abubakar Olushola Saraki in Ilorin on Saturday. In a statement issued by the State Publicity of the party, Tunde...