Senator Dino Melaye has lost the Peoples Democratic Party ticket for Kogi West Senatorial District to his contender, Hon Teejay Yusuf. Melaye represented Kogi West on the platform of the All Progressives Congress during the 8th Assembly. In a rerun of the PDP primary yesterday, Yusuf polled 163 votes to beat Melaye who scored 99 votes. Speaking shortly after the exercise, Yusuf, a member representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency, described his victory as the will of God. Also, Senator Istifanus Gyang, who represents Plateau North in the Senate, lost his bid for the party’s ticket to a House of Representatives member,…
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Ahead of the Presidential Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has today welcomed notable Presidential aspirants from the Southeast, Northwest and Southwest. The Governor today, received the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; the Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, and the Governor of Ebonyi State, Gov. David N. Umahi for their respective consultations with Imo APC Delegates at the Party Secretariat. The Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan was with the company of the Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) and his entourage of Abia State Delegates. In their respective addresses,…
A plane was seen on a busy Lagos road after suffering an apparent mishap Tuesday night, according to videos shared on social media. The airline, which did not appear marked, was seen on Agege Motor Road near the busy Ikeja Along Bus Stop, witnesses said. Details later….
There was confusion at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday when the National Working Committee released yet another revised timetable and schedule of activities for the Governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate, and House of Representatives Primary Elections. The new schedule, which comes a day after the party adjusted the old timetable, had a slight alteration in the dates. Unlike in the previous schedule of activities, the primary for the 340 senatorial aspirants that was slated for Friday, May 27 would now hold on Saturday, May 28. On the other hand, the primary for the House…
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) on Tuesday, inaugurated the institution’s first female Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adenike Oladiji. Oladiji of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin was on May 12 ratified as the eighth substantive vice-chancellor by the university’s Governing Council. Speaking at the inauguration, Dr Godknows Igali, the Pro-Chancellor of the institution, said that Oladiji was a studious researcher that had a convincing academic prowess meant for the position. Igali said that Oladiji’s emergence was democratic and transparent. He added that Oladiji emerged among the three best applicants for the position before she was…
After close to one hour of sporadic shooting, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have finally whisked former Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha away. They broke into his Maitama, Abuja residence after laying siege to it for nine hours. The operatives gained entrance into Okorocha’s sitting room after dispersing his supporters, who were chanting solidarity songs to protest the siege. The Senator’s second son, Amen, was wounded in the melee and was being attended to as of the time of filling this report. BREAKING: EFCC arrests Okorocha after nine-hour siege By Okodili Ndidi, Abuja On May 24, 2022 Share After…
Former Imo Governor has alleged he is under siege after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday barricaded his Maitama, Abuja residence. He described the situation as an ugly development that does not portray those those involved in good light. He alleged the Commission’s invasion is to stop him from attending the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential screening, which he said was ongoing. The Imo West Senator also explained that no formal invitation was extended to him prior to the EFCC raid. According to him: “Frankly speaking, the situation I find myself is a situation of…
Nigerian acts Wizkid, Davido, Tems, Burna Boy, Portable, Ayra Starr, have been nominated for the 2022 Headies awards. The organisers of the prestigious award on Tuesday released the list of nominees for the 2022 Headies award which is Nigeria’s biggest music award to date. This is the 15th Headies awards and it holds on September 4, 2022, in Atlanta Georgia. This edition includes new categories like; Music Executive of the Year; Best Afrobeat Pop Single (Nigeria); Best Afrobeat Pop Album (Nigeria); Best African Collaboration; Best International Collaboration; African Artiste of the Year; and International Artiste of the Year. Below is…
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would spend N999 million daily to feed approximately 10 million pupils in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme across the country. The Team Lead of NHGSFP, Aishatu Digil, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on disbursement modalities for the review of cost of feeding in the programme in Abuja. She said the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, got the approval of spending N100 per person daily on the feeding in the programme. She said 9,990,862 pupils from primary one to three in the programme would now…
Award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido has congratulated popular music star Banky W, for winning the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for the House of Representatives, Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat in the 2023 elections. It was reported that Banky W on Monday, won a landslide victory as he polled 28 to 3 votes in the just concluded PDP state Assembly and House of Representatives primary elections. Reacting, Davido in a tweet on Tuesday morning, pledged support for Banky W’s ambition, saying the singer and movie star has done his part. Davido urged other…