Kogi Guber: Dino Melaye not  strong enough to win gubernatorial election – Wike 

….Warns PDP against changing delegates list The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that former Senator Dino Melaye is not a strong material that can win the governorship election for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State. He expressed his fears about the possibility of PDP losing the Kogi State governorship election if Dino takes the ticket and advised the national leadership of the party not to consider the former lawmaker. Wike disclosed that the...

Atiku, Yahaya Bello mourn ex-Anambra Gov. Mbadinuju

Atiku expresses shock, sadness over his passing Bello describes his death as great loss to Nigeria The former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State have expressed shock and sadness over the passing of Dr. Chinwoke Mbadiniju, who governed Anambra State from 1999 to 2003. Atiku, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, described the...

Former Anambra State Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Passes on

Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju has passed on in the early hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2023. He died at 78 years old. The announcement of his demise was made by his son Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Late Mbadinuju hailed from Uli in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State and was governor of Anambra State from 1999 to 2003. When his party then, the PDP, failed to give him a return ticket,...

#TinubuTheDrugDealer trends on Twitter as UberFacts reports Tinubu’s drug trafficking case

The Nigerian Twitter space is agog as #TinubuTheDrugDealer trends following the publication of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu’s drug trafficking case by UberFacts. UberFacts, an online outlet that publishes random facts, on Monday, informed its 13.5 million followers on Twitter about Tinubu’s legal woes with the United States government in 1993 which made him forfeit $460,000 ill-gotten gains from heroin trafficking. In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court...

2023 Elections:  Group berates Soyinka over Comment

…Tells Nigerians to boycott his  literary works A group, under the aegis of Free Nigeria Movement (FNM) has berated the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka over his comment on the 2023 general elections and has accused him of pursuing a selective witch-hunt instead of focusing on the real issues surrounding the elections. Recall that the group has been protesting for the past 21 days at the Unity Fountain, Abuja over alleged irregularities and manipulation of the...

N20bn Payment Probe: northern youths tell NNPCL boss to step aside

…Warns of mass protest TheGroup Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Kolo Mele Kyari, has been told to  to step aside by The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to allow for an unfettered probe by the House of Representatives into the payment of N20 billion to a ghost consultant. The group alleged that  the NNPC manipulated the fuel subsidy regime which according to it was seen during the acute fuel scarcity that...

Top performing senators, reps members to be honored by stakeholders

Twenty lawmakers in the ninth National Assembly said to be Most Valuable Parliamentarians (MVPs) are set to be honoured by stakeholders ahead of the resumption of the tenth Assembly. According to a report, the lawmakers were gleaned from “an independent, thorough and unprecedented data-driven annual performance appraisals of the 469-member ninth National Assembly since its first anniversary in 2020,” are said to have made the semi-finalists based on their contributions to legislative strengthening and promotion...

CAN President Urges Nigerians Not To Despair

The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Daniel Okoh, has urged Nigerians not to despair but to unite and keep hopes alive for a new beginning for Nigeria. In his Easter message, Okoh noted that Nigeria had faced many challenges ranging from insecurity and economic instability to social and political unrest in recent years, and urged Nigerians to extend a hand of love and kindness to the less privileged in the society.  “However,...

Armed invaders within five days in separate attacks on villages in Otukpo, Apa and Guma local government areas of Benue state have killed at least 134 people. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said the death toll of Wednesday’s attack on Umogidi village in Otukpo LGA rose to 52 from the initial 46 recorded on the spot, adding that three people had been killed in the same village a day before the massacre. Ortom, who...

FULL TEXT: Chimamanda Adichie writes US President on outcome of presidential election

Dear President Biden, Something remarkable happened on the morning of February 25, the day of the Nigerian presidential election. Many Nigerians went out to vote holding in their hearts a new sense of trust. Cautious trust, but still trust. Since the end of military rule in 1999, Nigerians have had little confidence in elections. To vote in a presidential election was to brace yourself for the inevitable aftermath: fraud. Elections would be rigged because elections...

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