EDO 2020: Buhari Defends Ize-Iyamu’s Corruption Trial, Challenges PDP to Sack Fintiri, Others

CorruptionNewsPoliticsEDO 2020: Buhari Defends Ize-Iyamu’s Corruption Trial, Challenges PDP to Sack Fintiri, Others

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

Ahead of Edo state guber polls President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday rose in defence of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the APC governorship candidate in Edo State, saying the candidate remains innocent until proven otherwise by a court of law. In a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, Mr. Buhari challenged the opposition PDP to first withdraw the nomination of its governors before asking the APC not to field Mr. Ize-Iyamu as candidate. READ FULL STATEMENT BELOW…...

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PDP Accuses Tinubu of Fueling Edo Assembly Crisis

NewsPoliticsPDP Accuses Tinubu of Fueling Edo Assembly Crisis

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressive Congress Chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is the brain behind the crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly. This was disclosed by the PDP’s National Vice Chairman, Dan Orbih. Orbih, who is also the chairman, Edo Campaign Council, said the people of the state would resist any interference from the former Lagos State governor. The former PDP Chairman in the state said this at a...

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2023 Elections: No ‘right-thinking’ Person Would Vote for APC in Katsina – Sen Tsauri

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023 Elections: No ‘right-thinking’ Person Would Vote for APC in Katsina – Sen Tsauri

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

The dismal system of administration by the APC across the country will make it easy for PDP to reclaim its lost mandate, National Secretary of the leading opposition party, Senator Umar Ibrahim Tsauri, has said according to Daily Trust. Speaking in Katsina during the inauguration of the party’s newly elected officials, Tsauri said no right-thinking person would vote for APC, not only in Katsina State, but across the country. He said, APC had openly demonstrated its...

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Governor Bala Apologies Over ‘’ Unmarried Women’’ Special Assistant

JobsNewsPoliticsGovernor Bala Apologies Over ‘’ Unmarried Women’’ Special Assistant

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has apologized to women in the state over the “unmarried women” appointment letter that went viral since Thursday. In a press release signed by the Secretary of the State Government Alhaji Sabiu Baba, the governor had approved the appointment of Balaraba Ibrahim, a special assistant on women affairs (unmarried). The letter has trended viral across on cyberspace, attracting bashing and condemnation on the State government. The state governor however in...

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Forsaken Populace ―Exploring Osun Rural Communities Where Basic Amenities Are Elusive

NewsNigeriaPoliticsForsaken Populace ―Exploring Osun Rural Communities Where Basic Amenities Are Elusive

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 7, 2020

Sometimes, in Nigeria, it is hard to distinguish between a lack of basic amenities and poverty based on a non-existent government presence. WAP took the bull by the horn.  From Owasere,  Itaosun, to Ikaromoja community in Osun State, WAP’s Beloved John went on an investigative voyage, confronting residents marine-to-marine and documenting their real-world ordeal. Ilesanmi Kehinde, tired and weary stood by the entrance of his mud house. The scorching sun radiated on his tanned skin...

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Minister Appeals to NASS for Improved Budget for Physical Planning in FCT

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMinister Appeals to NASS for Improved Budget for Physical Planning in FCT

PilotnewsAugust 7, 2020

FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, has appealed to the National Assembly for improved budgetary provisions to implement physical plans for satellite towns and urban management in the FCT. Mr. Austine Elemue, the Special Assistant on Media to the minister, in a statement on Friday said that Aliyu made the appeal when she received the management of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners in Abuja. The minister noted that recent floodings in some parts of...

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Happening in Edo threat to Constitutional Order – Atiku

NewsNigeriaPoliticsHappening in Edo threat to Constitutional Order – Atiku

PilotnewsAugust 7, 2020

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the unfolding political development in Edo is a threat to constitutional order. Abubakar, in his verified tweeter handle on Thursday, urged the forces behind the development to reign in their proxies, and abide by the rule of law to allow the people elect who they wanted to govern them. “Nigeria has been on the edge due to the brinkmanship of those charged with the constitutional leadership. “We must, as a nation, not escalate the already...

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The Things Oshiomhole Said About Ize-Iyamu in 2016 Are Correct — PDP Chieftain

NewsPoliticsThe Things Oshiomhole Said About Ize-Iyamu in 2016 Are Correct — PDP Chieftain

Beloved John (Staff Writer)August 4, 2020

The chairman of the campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state, has confimed all that Adams Oshiomhole, said about Osagie Ize-Iyamu in 2016. The chairman who spoke at Igarra, headquarters of Akoko Edo LGA, Edo state on Monday called Obaseki a courageous man. Godwin Obaseki, the current governor of the state, had defeated Ize-Iyamu in the 2016 election. The governor had contested under the APC while Ize-Iyamu was of the PDP....

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PDP Asks Oshiomhole to Produce His Primary Six Certificate if He Really attended School

NewsPoliticsPDP Asks Oshiomhole to Produce His Primary Six Certificate if He Really attended School

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 4, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adam Oshiomhole, to present his Primary School Leaving Certificate if he truly went to school. This was said by the PDP Campaign Council Chairman for the Edo governorship election, Chief Dan Orbih while he was addressing party members and supporters in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the State. Orbih also asked Oshiomhole to tell Nigerians the cause...

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No APC Member Has the Right to Oppose Tinubu’s 2023 Presidency – Babachir Lawal

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNo APC Member Has the Right to Oppose Tinubu’s 2023 Presidency – Babachir Lawal

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The former Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal, says nobody in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has the right to oppose the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, from contesting the 2023 Presidency. Lawal discloses this during an interview with the Punch on Sunday. The former SGF also canvasses that power should be shifted to the South, particularly South-West. He expresses displeasure over some notable northerners desiring Presidency to be retained in their region. He...

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