A letter that accompanied the visa application of an alleged homeless child showed Senator Ike Ekweremadu informed the UK authorities that he was taking the person abroad for a kidney transplant for his daughter. The document seen by Peoples Gazette showed Mr Ekweremadu applied for visa for David Ukpo on December 28, 2021. “I am writing in support of the visa application made by Mr Ukpo Nwamini David who is currently having medical investigations for a kidney donation to Ms Sonia Ekweremadu. “David and Sonia will be at the Royal Free Hospital London, and I will be providing the necessary…
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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has approved the appointment of 18 Education Secretaries across the eighteen local government areas of the state to promote educational administration at the grassroots. The appointment takes effect from June 23, 2022. The new Education Secretaries are: i. Akoko North East – Adejoro Sunday Ganiyu ii. Akoko North West – Bankole Joseph iii. Akoko South West – Chief Balogun Arogunjo iv. Akoko South East – Femi Kure v. Ose – Chief J. Makanjuola Oredola vi. Owo – Mrs Ajibike Stella Anoma vii. Akure North – Samuel Olowere viii. Akure South — Mrs Bola…
The presidential aspirant of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed that his camp is in talks with Peter Obi and members of the Labour Party over a possible alliance. There have been speculations of a “third force” to challenge the APC-PDP duopoly and Kwankwaso and Obi are reportedly exploring the possibility of creating an alliance in the 2023 elections. Speaking in an interview on BBC Hausa, the former governor of Kano state said family and well wishers were optimistic about the grand alliance. “We are really talking to Peter Obi, or at least saying that the committee…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested persons alleged to have engaged in vote buying in the Ekiti governorship election. The EFCC is part of security agencies deployed to monitor the election. Parading some of the suspects at the Oke Ori Omi Area Division of the Nigerian Police Force, the suspects were said to have been caught with monies allegedly used to induce voters, an act the EFCC officials say were carried out surreptitiously. The EFCC thereafter proceeded to burst another residence where some persons were caught with a book containing details of voters of certain voting area
The Nigerian military on Friday retired 316 senior Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) with a charge to not fall prey to subversive elements who may want to make use of their expertise. The personnel comprising 283 from the Nigerian Army (NA), 27 Nigerian Navy (NN), and six from Air Force (NAF), were discharged from service after a three-month intensive reintegration into civil life and entrepreneurship training at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi. Thanking them for their unblemished service to the country, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Lucky Irabor reminded them that the country was currently facing myriads of…
Employees of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) will not get their salaries until they obtain the Permanent Voter Card (PVC). This came on the heel of an earlier directive by IPMAN’s National President, Mr. Chinedu Okoronkwo, asking its employees nationwide to obtain their PVCs, before the expiration of INEC’s June 30 deadline. The salary payment condition is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Kano by the chapter chairman, Alhaji Bashir-Danmallam. Danmallam stated that the decision was reached at a meeting with Mr. Okoronkwo who mandated him to issue the statement. The association found It necessary…
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF) yesterday turned the heat on Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for agreeing to run as the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s election. The SMBLF said in a statement that it was appalled by the governor’s action which it said ran contrary to the May 11, 2021 joint decision of Southern state governors hosted by Okowa himself in Asaba. The camp of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike remained in shock yesterday over the decision of the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to overlook the Rivers strongman…
Incessant strikes by unions in the Nigerian tertiary institutions are causing irreparable damage to the nation’s educational system, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq has said. In a separate event, the leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) has explained why it has suspended its nationwide protests over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Oloyede described the ongoing industrial strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) as unnecessary. Oloyede said this yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara…
Lawan, Akpabio make list of senatorial candidates as INEC deadline expires By The Nation On Jun 18, 2022 Share Senate President Ahmad Lawan and former Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio are back in contention for next year’s senatorial election after their party, All Progressives Congress (APC), submitted their name yesterday to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its candidates for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West respectively. Yesterday was the deadline set by INEC for all parties to turn in the names of all their candidates in the 2023 presidential and national assembly polls. The lists were channeled through a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released official list of nine House of Representatives candidates that will be the flagbearers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State for forthcoming 2023 general election.