The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has announced the cancellation of the rally of its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Port Harcourt. The presidential campaign planned early this week would no longer hold, the PDP PCC Chairman in Rivers State, Senator Lee Maeba disclosed, citing insecurity. PDP, LP members defection signposts Tinubu’s victory – APC chieftain Senator Maeba stated,” The expected victory of Atiku Abubakar does not worth the blood of any Rivers man or woman.” Details later…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the forthcoming general election hold in 240 polling units across 28 states, for not having registered voters. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this on Monday, February 13, at a meeting with leaders of political parties, said there are no registered voters in the 240 polling units as a result of insecurity. “There are 240 polling units without registered voters spread across 28 states and the FCT. They range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in the states as FCT except for Taraba and Imo states, with 34 and 38…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has explained the controversy surrounding his National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate. Mbah, who spoke while featuring in a radio programme at Solid FM on Saturday, monitored by our correspondent, said he served and was honourably discharged and a certificate issued to him. Mbah was reacting to a report that claimed that he slumped at the NYSC headquarters in Abuja after he was told that his discharge certificate, presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission was fake. The NYSC was said to have confirmed to a pressure…
China said on Monday that U.S. high-altitude balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, widening a diplomatic row after the U.S. military shot down what it says was a Chinese spy balloon. “Since last year, the U.S.’s high-altitude balloons have undergone more than 10 illegal flights into Chinese airspace without the approval of the relevant Chinese departments,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular briefing in Beijing in response to a question. Wang did not specifically describe the balloons as military or for espionage purposes and did…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited a spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu/ Shettima Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode over claims that the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar met with some Service Chiefs and was planning a ‘Coup’. Confirming his invitation on Social media on Monday morning, FFK wrote; “3 days ago, on the day that I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals,I got a text message from someone who claimed to be DSS asking me to report to them on a matter of national security. “I dismissed…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has charged the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Police to probe Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) over the allegation of coup plotted against him. Atiku requested the DSS and police to get the details of the alleged coup from Fani-Kayode who is the director of Special Projects and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. Also Read: Atiku campaign Council slam Wike for working for Tinubu A statement by Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu said that the insinuations…
Authority at the Nigeria’s aviation industry said total number of passengers that passed through Nigeria’s airports in 2022, increased to 16, 172, 433, higher than the 15 million passenger movement in 2021, according to statistics released by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Also, the determination of many Nigerians to leave the country in the now well-known japa syndrome boosted the number of outbound international passengers in 2022 to 1, 855,467, recording over 700, 000 increase compared to 2021, which was 1,109,525. In the same period, inbound international passenger traffic was 1, 648, 225, a significant increase when compared to…
Nigeria has seen its global fertiliser imports decline by at least 40 per cent on the back of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) instituted in 2016 and increasing private investments in the sector. The industry has also attracted lot of investments from fertiliser heavyweights such as Indorama, Dangote, Notore and OCP Africa.The investments into the industry are estimated to be above $8 billion. Before now, companies imported blended fertiliser. Since 2021, lot of fertiliser companies now procure the four constituent raw materials for NPK fertiliser – urea, limestone granules (LSG) which are sourced locally, while Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) imported from…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch investigation into Nigeria’s pre-election violence. According to the body, if the situation is not addressed, it might lead to post-election aggression. The petition, dated February 11, was sent to the Prosecutor, Karim Khan (QC). The group urged the ICC official to urgently send a legal team to Nigeria to promote free and fair elections and collate potential proofs of election-related violence before, during and after the general elections. Also Read: SERAP sues Lawan, Gbajabiamila over ‘unlawful’ N228.1bn NASS Budget The request followed reports of hostilities…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has suggested steps the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could take to bring “immediate relief” to Nigerians suffering ongoing naira scarcity. In a personally signed statement, yesterday, Tinubu maintained that he and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, “do not have anything against the CBN naira redesign and cashless policy in principle.” Also Read: Naira Scarcity: Tinubu Calls for Calm, Tackles CBN over February 10 Deadline He said: “We are, however, only concerned about its disruptive implementation and the hardship it has brought on the generality of our people…
The Lagos State Government has ordered the temporary closure of Chrisland and School Over Student’s Death Whitney Adeniran, a student of Chrisland’s Opebi Ikeja branch, died during a sports event on February 9. Blessing, the deceased’s mother, accused Chrisland of negligence as her family continued questioning the school. She said the school made no provision for emergency response at the event, hence didn’t administer first aid. Also Read: BBTitans: Sandra, Theo Traw become First Evicted Housemates The mother said the girl had no pre-existing heart condition despite the doctor’s allusion to a cardiac arrest. But Folasade Adefisayo, Lagos education commissioner,…
Even before Nigeria’s charismatic former Vice President and presidential flagbearer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP) won the ticket as the party’s candidate for the February 25, 2023, I had always been an established Atiku aficionado. In April, last year, I was contacted by a non-governmental organisation, (NGO), to function as Senior Resource Person, for a six-week assignment, in a “Situation Room,” *SR* for short. Our brief was to commit about five hours everyday, building scenarios about the outcomes of the presidential primaries of the two major political parties, the PDP and the All Progressives Congress, (APC). From the inaugural…