The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has revealed that he got approval from leaders of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to accept President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial Appointment. Wike stated this yesterday in Abuja during his maiden press conference as the new FCT minister. Nyesom Wike who remains a member of the opposition PDP, was one of the 45 ministerial nominees screened and confirmed by the Senate. In the build up to the 2023 general elections, the newly inaugurated FCT Minister contested for the Presidential ticket of the People’s Democratic Party alongside Alhaji…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
There are credible reports of an ongoing discussion between the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his counterparts in Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi and New Nigerian People’s Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso over a possible merger of their political platforms to rival the ruling All Progressives Congress in the next presidential elections slated for 2027. As news of this merger talks between the losing candidates in the 2023 presidential election filtered into the public space, the supporters of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi popularly called Obidients…
…targets nationwide transition to CNG-fuelled vehicles In furtherance of his commitment to easing the impact of fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians by reducing energy costs, President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI). This transformative initiative is poised to revolutionize the transportation landscape in the country, targeting over 11,500 new CNG-enabled vehicles and 55,000 CNG conversion kits for existing PMS-dependent vehicles, while simultaneously bolstering in-country manufacturing, local assembly and expansive job creation in line with the presidential directive. In a state house press statement released by the Official Spokesperson of the President, Ajuri…
Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has continued his strings of bizzare actions and administrative blunders since taking over as Governor of Osun State around nine months ago. This time around it was revealed that the Governor appointed Alhaji Oyetunji Rasak Abefe as his Senior Special Assistant on Government House Pool effective from August 1, 2023. The letter from the Secretary to the State Government, Honourable Teslim Igbalaye, which was addressed to the appointee read as follows: “I am pleased to inform you that the Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has approved your…
A fanatical supporter of the Labour Party Presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has openly called for the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) to be assassinated. This supporter who made this suggestion on a Twitter Space hosted by the notorious US-based Obidient extremist Stephen Osemwegie is known to be behind the fake news blog called Parallel Facts, one of the many propaganda blogs of Mr. Peter Obi. The Obidient extremist with the twitter handle @anzecicimileko and the profile name, Anze P Obi in her contribution stated as follows:…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced the introduction of a foreign exchange (FX) Price Verification System (PVS) portal to enable importers to access forex. The CBN, in a press statement, said a price verification report from the portal is now mandatory for all Form M (a declaration of intention to import physical goods into Nigeria) requests, effective from August 31, 2023. The statement reads, “Following the successful conduct of the pilot run and various trainings held with all the banks, the Central Bank of Nigeria hereby announces the Go- Live of the Price Verification System (PVS).”…
The Dean, Faculty of Law in University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon has been suspended by the University over allegations of sexual harassment against female students mostly in the Law Faculty. This was against the backdrop of a peaceful protest by female students of the law faculty against the embattled Prof. Ndifon. The University of Calabar before suspending Prof. Cyril Ndifon, relieved him of his position as the Dean of the Law Faculty through a letter from the University Registrar, Gabriel Egbe. According to the letter, the Vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, was dissatisfied with…
Following expectations of possible intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria in the foreign exchange market to shore up liquidity and tackle unwholesome practices in the market, the Naira has continued to rally strongly against the dollar in both the official and parallel foreign exchange markets. This sentiment was further buoyed by the news of a $3 billion emergency crude oil repayment loan, which the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd secured from the Afreximbank on Wednesday. The facility from Afreximbank is to enable NNPC Ltd to support the Federal Government in its ongoing fiscal and monetary policy reforms aimed…
The presidency has reacted to speculations that there was going to be a hike in the pump price of PMS across the country soon following a marginal increase in the crude oil price. In a press briefing at State House, the Presidential Spokesperson, Chief Ajuri Ngelale officially declared that there is no increase in the pump price of PMS as earlier clarified by the NNPC Ltd and that in the near term a price increase is not envisaged. The presidential Spokesperson also revealed that the President is working hard to ensure all inefficiencies in the downstream and midstream subsectors…
As the Justices of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal get ready to deliver judgment on the three petitions filed by the PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi and the Allied People’s Mandate (APM) challenging the declaration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 Presidential election, a separate plot to destabilise Nigeria is also steadily being hatched by the supporters of one of the aggrieved losers at the poll. Mr. Peter Obi supporters popularly known as Obidients with the tacit support of Mr. Peter Obi himself, have been displaying anti-democratic…