P resident Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, declared that he had the right to hold political meetings anywhere in the Presidential Villa, as there was no law that barred him from exercising such freedom in Nigeria. The President, who was responding to criticisms trailing his decision to hold the virtual National Executive Council (NEC) meeting […]
•Calls for decisive action The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has expressed concern over the upsurge in rape cases across the country and called for drastic action against the perpetuators. He described rape as appalling, and reprehensible, adding that it is an intrinsic evil that infringes on the dignity […]
T he much awaited bailout for the aviation industry is set to be announced any time from now according to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika. There are indications that the Federal Government had concluded the decision to assist the sector with $57.8 million (about N26,125,600,000). Sirika, at a press briefing Saturday after a test […]
T he Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, still maintain a cordial relationship despite the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) by its National Executive Council (NEC) last week. Analysts have continued to argue that the dissolution of the […]
•Say Bello’s claim diversionary Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said there is nothing attractive in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to warrant any of them defecting to the party. The governors were reacting to an allegation by the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello that about 10 PDP […]
BENIN Former Vice President and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has directed that the over 150 independent members of his support groups in Edo state be activated for the reelection of the state governor and candidate of the party Mr. Godwin Obaseki ahead of the […]
Says he’ll run with Shaibu again Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has expressed gratitude to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for reviving his political career. Obaseki, who was at the PDP National Secretariat on Saturday for the collection of certificate of return as the party’s governorship candidate for the September 19 Edo governorship […]
The embattled former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and other members of the dissolved National Working Committee ( NWC ) of the party, may stage a comeback at the proposed extraordinary national convention of the ruling party. Following the dissolution of the NWC last Thursday, a […]
Wale Elegbede A crisis of trust is brewing among governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the direction which the composition of the next National Working Committee (NWC) of the party should assume, Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Last Thursday, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the APC, dissolved the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led NWC […]
T he Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Saturday, held dry run simulation exercises at domestic terminals of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, respectively. The exercise, which was aimed at assessing the readiness of the airports for reopening post COVID-19, was witnessed by the Ministers of Aviation, Senator […]