Convener of the North Central Coalition for Good Governance, Hon. Abraham Dauda, on Saturday, disclosed that the group has nominated the lawmaker representing Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke Federal constituency of Plateau State, Hon Yusuf Gagdi, as the preferred candidate from the North Central for the position of Speaker in the 10th Assembly. Addressing newsmen...
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant and governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has enjoined members of the National Working Committee (NWC) to avoid the mistakes of conducting the forth coming election to favour any particular person or groups. He also charged them to expect litigations and never undermine...
The Government of the State of Osun has confirmed the recovery and discharge of four Covid-19 patients from its treatment and Isolation centres in Osogbo and Ile-Ife respectively. Similarly, it confirmed the discovery of one new case of the disease in the state. These were contained in a statement released by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asks the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to restore police security attached to the Rivers State Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic. The party stresses that the withdrawal of the police from the Rivers Task Force amounted to politicizing the efforts to check the spread...
Vows to hunt down others involved in the killer trade Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested members of a syndicate involved in the illicit importation and trafficking of lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, a drug which is 100 times stronger than Tramadol and capable of...
Says Fund Should Be Channeled to Research, Drugs, Equipment The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asks the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to immediately account for the N5 billion released by President Muhammadu Buhari, as special intervention fund to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). The PDP’s demand is...
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State in company of Rt. Hon. Tonye Isenah, today received Nigerian music star, Davido in Yenagoa. Davido is in Yenagoa for a show tonight at the Ox-Bow Lake Pavilion. The Governor, who was on an official trip outside the state received the musician...
In response to recent allegations by Senator Abdul Ningi regarding discrepancies in the 2024 budget, the presidency, through Special Adviser Bayo Onanuga, has debunked claims of operating multiple budget versions and reassured Nigerians of the accuracy and integrity of the budgetary process. Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central and acting...
Marwa lists fresh drug use survey, NDCMP, test kits, training, others as areas of needs The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, of further support and renewed partnership in its ongoing effort to rid the country of substance...
Senator Ike Ekweremadu will no longer be taking part in the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) holding in Enugu State today. This is according to a statement by the Director General of Ekweremadu’s Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Ogbo Asogwa. “We wish to inform our supporters and Nigerians that...