•APC to publish aspirants’ credentials These are not the best of times for an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, as the camp he is relying upon to achieve his political aim, is said to have switched support away from him. However, the situation seems a blessing in disguise for another aspirant, Hon. Osaro Obazee, whom sources within the APC said is now enjoying the support of the group loyal to the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. Finding revealed that Oshiomhole and many of the party faithful were not comfortable with the idea of…
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The controversy surrounding the release of two ‘notorious kidnappers’ in Katsina State on Friday took a new dimension as the Chief Registrar of the state High Court, Mr. Kabir Shu’aibu, said all the relevant documents that resulted in the release of the suspects were falsified. He alleged that on March 9, 2020, the Registrar of High Court 7, Katsina, presided over by Justice Baraka Wali conspired with some staff and lawyers and presented false court order, bail bond and release order alleged to have been issued by Justice Wali to the state Chief Judge, Justice Musa Abubakar, for the release…
Former vice president Joe Biden on Friday claimed victory in the Democratic Party race to take on President Donald Trump in the November election. “It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded – and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party,” Biden said in a statement. Biden passed the 1,991-delegate threshold required to seize the nomination, according to data by the Associated Press. The victory is largely symbolic as Biden has been the only candidate left in the…
A mild drama ensued at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State as a seven-man gang stormed the facility, beating security agents and forcibly moved one Nwachukwu Michael Mordi, who tested positive to COVID-19 on May 23, 2020. The forced movement of Mordi, a 53-year Chief Nursing Officer and employee of the Central Hospital, Agbor, was admitted into the Treatment Centre at FMC, created some apprehension in Asaba and its environs. Consequently, the state Ministry of Health expressed displeasure at Mordi’s resistance, even after testing positive for coronavirus on May 23 and was admitted into the FMC Treatment Centre,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara has dismissed a report that 10, 000 members of the party defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC State Publicity Secretary in Kwara, Alhaji Tajudeen Aro, said in a statement on Friday in Ilorin that ” the recent garrulous and spurious rumour of 10,000 defectors from the APC to PDP is nothing but a mirage.” “This claim by the PDP is of doubtful success, laughable and a terrible absurdity as it would have been impossible to assemble 10, 000 people in any location at this period of the coronavirus pandemic without…
Babatunde Irukera,CEO, FCCPC had a robust collaborative zoom meeting with Master Bakers to address regulatory concerns like excessive pricing & coordination/price-fixing (cartel) by a trade association of competitors.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over early ‘warning signals’ ahead of the party primaries for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The Edo and Ondo state governorship elections are slated for 19th September 2020 and 10th October 2020 respectively. Edo gov’ship: Obaseki, Oshiomhole’s camps await APC primary for final battle Ondo PDP holds primary on July 22 The INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the warning on Friday at the openings of the first virtual meeting with the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), urged security agencies to act proactively…
Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha and Obinna Odogwu, Awka The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Tactical Section (STS) Team yesterday arrested the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Best Aluminum Manufacturing Company, Onitsha, Chief Pius Nweke for alleged possession of fire arms. This is coming at a time the Abba community, where Chief Nweke hails from, has alleged that he was abducted. Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Abang, who confirmed the arrest, said he was arrested by the IGP team in Onitsha on stop and search around Awada, near Onitsha, where he was allegedly found with pistol in…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Abia State governorship candidate in the 2015 and 2019 elections, Dr. Alex Otti has dumped the party he financed in the past five years for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Otti’s political associate, Chief David Ogba (Bourdex), who contested the Abia North Senatorial zone seat in 2015 and 2019 on the platform of APGA, had already joined APC, while another of his political associate, Chief Chris Nkwonta, who vied for the Abia South Senatorial District seat on the platform of APGA in the last election, is also expected to join APC alongside Otti. Otti,…
Anambra State Government wishes to inform the public that effective today, Friday 5th June 2020, COVID-19 enforcement and security teams will be restricting traffic onto the Niger Bridge by 7pm until further notice.This is as a result of operational curfew hours in place in Delta State which runs from 7pm to 6am.Curfew in other parts of Anambra state is still from 10pm to 4am.All concerned are to take note please.AnnouncerProfessor Solo ChukwulobeluSecretary to Anambra State GovernmentFriday, 5th June, 2020.
