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Afenifere divided as Fasoranti hosts Tinubu

Oct 31, 2022 topnews

Pa Reuben Fasoranti and other Afenifere leaders yesterday endorsed the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu’s ambition has caused a wedge in the long-standing relationship between two Afenifere leaders, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and Chief Ayo Adebanjo. While Fasoranti is fully in support of Tinubu’s aspiration and prayed for his success yesterday, Adebanjo is backing presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. In March 2021, 96-year-old Fasoranti stepped down as National Leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political…

PDP to Police: Arrest attackers of Jandor, Akindele campaign train

Oct 25, 2022 topnews

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, yesterday, urged the police to fish out miscreants that disrupted the campaign tour of the governorship candidate of its party, Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, and his Deputy, Funke Akindele, in Badagry. Jandor and Akindele campaign train was on Sunday night attacked by suspected miscreants at the Ikoga Junction area of Badagry Council of the state. The incident, which had some journalists sustaining injuries, happened while returning from a visitation to members of the PDP. Chairman of the…

2023: Obasanjo denies endorsing Tinubu

Oct 10, 2022 topnews

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President, has dismissed as fake news, a viral message where he was quoted as endorsing the political prowess of All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and disparaging the military. Obasanjo in a viral WhatsApp message was quoted to have said: “I am not a politician; I am a decorated soldier, an army general. If you are looking for thorough bred politician of masters class, visit Lagos Bourdillon, there you’ll find one…” Reacting to the claim through his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi,…

Wike approves instrument de-recognising Omehia as Rivers’ ex-governor

Oct 8, 2022 topnews

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has signed a legislative instrument into law to de-recognise Sir Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state following the resolution of the State House of Assembly. With his assent, the recognition that accorded Omehia the status of a former governor of the state with accruable rights and benefits has been cancelled. However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has asked the state governor and leadership of the State Assembly to tender unreserved apologies to Rivers people for disregarding the Supreme Court…

Wike to Amaechi: You did not attract any meaningful project to Rivers as minister

Sep 13, 2022 topnews

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, on Monday said his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, did not attract any meaningful project to the state as Minister of Transportation; describing his tenure as a total failure. Wike said this while reacting to Amaechi’s comments that the Rivers State Government refused to give state burial to the late Chief Alabo Graham-Douglas that was laid to rest last weekend. He used the occasion of the formal inauguration of the reconstructed former Rivbank Insurance building in Port Harcourt on Monday to lampoon the former transportation minister. He…

Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy attacked by gunmen, policemen killed

Sep 12, 2022 topnews

Suspected assailants opened fire on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah on Sunday at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State leaving unspecified number of police operatives killed. Sources in the community, who do not want their names in print for security purposes, said when the gunmen opened fire on the convoy, police operatives in the convoy responded and some of the policemen were gunned down in the shoot-out. A source said, “Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was attacked today by some hoodlums in Enugwu-Ukwu. It was a calculated…

Nigeria is in it’s darkest hour -Catholic Bishop

Sep 12, 2022 topnews

President of the body, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji, stated this, weekend, at the opening session of the 2022 Second Plenary of the CBCN at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, Imo State. He lamented that Nigerians had been subjected to high level insecurity, high rate of unemployment and soaring prices of good and services, now priced beyond the reach of a larger portion of the population. Ugorji said: “The level of insecurity in the country is very worrisome. We are passing through what might be deemed as the darkest chapter…

Ayu retains PDP Chairmanship seat, Wike blows hot

Sep 9, 2022 topnews

Senator Iyiochia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, yesterday got a confidence vote after weeks of speculations about whether or not he should retain his seat. But the decision did not go down well with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who insisted that Ayu must step down. The party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Wike have been at loggerheads over the agitation for Ayu’s removal as the party’s chairman. The Rivers governor and those sympathetic to his cause are aggrieved, following their perceived marginalization…

Ogun House of Assembly Speaker granted bail over Money laundering charges

Sep 7, 2022Sep 7, 2022 topnews

Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, was yesterday, granted bail of N300m by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State. Justice Daniel Osiagor granted bail, following no objections from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The speaker was arraigned over alleged N2.5 billion money laundering charges by the anti-graft agency. Counsel for EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, had told the court that he would leave the issue of bail solely within the discretion of the court. But counsel to the speaker, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, urged…

Tinubu’s money causing crisis in Enugu APC -Nnaji

Sep 5, 2022 topnews

Uchenna Nnaji, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, on Sunday, said that the current crisis rocking the party was predicated on the campaign money for the state. Nnaji, who spoke at an emergency stakeholders meeting held at the South-East zonal office of the party, said if the anticipated campaign fund from the APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would be a source of destabilisation for the party, the fund should instead be withheld until after the election. “The current crisis in Enugu APC is all about…