A pressure group, Tinubu Support Group (TSM), said it has uncovered plans by some politicians within the ruling party and the opposition to smear the name of the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu before President Muhammad Buhari ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has called on Ekiti State former governor Ayo Fayose to stop leadership tussle with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, “because it is needless.”
•Promises to address South-east concerns
•Clarifies Umahi’s decision to leave party not irrevocable
Despite the agitation by the South-east for it to allot the presidential ticket of the party to the zone in 2023, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said it would not be stampeded into doing so.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday assured that Nigerians will get used to the deregulation of the pump price of petroleum product just as they have become in the case of kerosene and diesel.
- Ogbeni Babatunde Iyanda Oluyole, Yoruba Welfare Group National President
Like him or hate him, if they succeeded in breaking him, Yoruba nation's political pillar has completely been broken.
Rowland Odegbo
It is fairly right to say that the EndSARS protest achieved a lot even though it groaned at some point when it was abused to purpose. Apart from forcing the replacement of the accursed Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), it also subserved other purposes chief among which was exposure of the frosty relationship between the government and the youth.
By John Ndu
The beneficiaries of the Federal Government's Conditional Cash Transfer programmes (CCT) in Anambra state have been commended for their hug investment and establishment of various enterprises through the scheme.
This was disclosed when the Livelihood Officer, Anambra State Cash Transfer Unit, (ANSCTU) Mr Christan Obiajulu visited some pilots wards in different local government in the state.
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Refinery Road, Warri in Delta State,
Obodo, 36, was abducted by the gunmen when he stopped by to buy bananas on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, Onome Onovawakpoyeya, told Ashiwaju Media.
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections, some prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from South East geopolitical zone have threatened to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if the presidential ticket was not ceded to the zone.
The PDP leaders also vowed not to take vice presidential position from the party, saying that anyone from the zone that accepts vice presidential ticket will be tagged as an enemy of the zone.
Patrick Obalim-Udoba, lawmaker representing Anambra west in the state house of assembly, has distributed bundles of “high-yield” cassava stems to the people of his constituency.
Obalim-Udoba, said cassava stem will help the communities to mitigate the negative effect of the flood and allow them to kick-start farming in earnest.
