Presidential Flag Bearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has paid a visit to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the state capital. On arrival, Obi was taken inside where he had meeting with the governor behind closed doors. Both men, however, did not speak on the purpose of the meeting, as Journalists were not granted access. Peter Obi’s visit comes four days after the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi also met with Governor Wike at about 9:00 pm behind closed doors. The meeting also comes days after Obi returned from…
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Bayern Munich chief, Oliver Kahn, has suggested why the club signed Sadio Mane from Liverpool. Bayern Munich officially confirmed the signing of Mane from Liverpool on Wednesday. Mane joined the Bundesliga champions on a three-year deal from Premier League giants Liverpool. In a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Kahn said Mane’s great successes at the international level made Bayern sign him. He tweeted: “We are happy that we could win Sadio #Mané for the @FCBayern. “Thanks to his outstanding performances and his great successes at the top international level, he has been a player for…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Senate to confirm his nominee Mohammed Shehu, as the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). Buhari’s request was contained in a letter from Buhari which was read at plenary on Wednesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Also on the floor of the Senate, Senators Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi (Imo East) and Haliru Dauda Jika (Bauchi Central) defected from their political parties. Onyewuchi decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Labour Party while Jika moved from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the New Nigeria Peoples…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise initially slated to end at the end of June, 2022. Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, disclosed this while briefing fellow lawmakers on the committee’s efforts to ensure implementation of a House resolution reached last week. “The Committee held a meeting with INEC yesterday (Tuesday) and they agreed to extend the CVR, all our resolutions were approved,” she told members of the House at plenary on Wednesday. The House of…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said the Nigeria Immigration Service received over 750, 000 applications out of which a total of 625,000 passports have been issued to Nigerians since the beginning of the year. He added that many of those yet to get their passports were a result of the failure of applicants to provide their correct data and could not be contacted because they patronised touts. The Minister stated this at the rollout of the enhanced e-Passport for Delta and Edo States, which was held at the Passport Office Headquarters, Benin, Edo State on Tuesday.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday announced that the Permanent Voter Cards of eligible voters who are just completing their registration may not be ready until January 2023. This was disclosed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Federal Capital Territory, Yahaya Bello, at a briefing in Abuja ahead of the Youth Vote Count Mega Music Concert on Saturday. The Youth Vote Count Mega Music Concert is a joint event put together by INEC in collaboration with Yiaga Africa and the European Union. Bello, who sounded a note of warning at the event on Tuesday, said “anybody…
Following weeks of complaints about hitches experienced in the online registration of voters, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday announced that the portal has been shut. The clarification was made by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Federal Capital Territory, Yahaya Bello, at a briefing in Abuja ahead of the Youth Vote Count Mega Music Concert on Saturday. Bello wondered why Nigerians are still rushing to the commission’s website, despite the commission warning last month that it would suspend the online registration on May 30. According to him, people complaining that the online registration was no longer…
Oyo State Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan yesterday explained why he obeyed Governor Seyi Makinde’s order, which relocated his office to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. Olaniyan said as a retired civil servant of over 28 years, he never got a query for disregarding constituted authority, how much more a governor. He spoke with reporters who stormed the new office to confirm his compliance with the directive. According to him, office relocation is a normal thing in civil service, noting that he has had to change offices at different times in his civil service career. The deputy governor…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief items to 120 households affected by the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. A statement by the head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, said the items include 120 bags of 10kg rice, 120 bags of 10kg beans, 120 bags of 10kg maize, 10 bags of 50kg salt, 50 cartons of detergent and 50 cartons of bath soap. Others are 300 pieces of bath towel, 400 pieces of wax prints, 300 pieces of guinea brocade and 25 kegs of vegetable oil, among others. Director-General…
GOVERNOR Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State, yesterday, urged electorates in the state not to sell their votes in the July 16 governorship poll, noting that selling votes amounted to mortgaging the future of their children. Addressing All Progressives Congress, APC, supporters in Atakumosa-West and East local government areas, Governor Oyetola said: “In the forthcoming election, please vote for APC. If you have not collected your PVC, ensure you do so from tomorrow. It is not proper for members of our party not to have PVC. Don’t let them deceive you. “The opposition parties don’t have anything to offer you.…