•Negotiates to protect western interest in the country regardless of impact. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar left Nigeria Tuesday night to the United States to lobby senior government officials and Congress men and women to back his bid for Nigeria’s number one job. WesternPost gathered that Atiku had a meeting Wednesday with senior State Department officials. Our correspondent was reliably informed that Atiku’s lobbyists secured top level meetings for him with members of Congress and other Biden’s administration officials. Until 2019 when he was able to enter US under a brokered deal, Atiku was barred from entering…
Author: Wale Adedayo
Some financial experts have commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its decision to redesign the naira, saying that it would have positive effect on the economy. The experts spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. They spoke against the backdrop of announcement by the CBN that new designs of the N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations would be produced and circulated on Dec. 15. According to Prof. Umhe Uwaleke, a financial economist and professor of capital market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, the decision will be positive for the economy…
Two terror suspects have been arrested by the Department of State Services operatives who stormed the Trademore Estate in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday. The security operatives were said to have shut the entrance and exit gates of the estate while the operation lasted. Our correspondent gathered that the two suspects said to be siblings were taken into custody on an allegation of terrorism. This happened less than 24 hours after the United States and the United Kingdom warned of a possible terror attack in Abuja, especially targeted at government buildings, places of worship,…
Nigeria is not a failed state – Asiwaju Bola Tinubu “Nigeria is not and will never be a failed country, reason I am running to serve her so as not to make it a failed country. Nobody buys a failed firm, they acquire it. Nigeria cannot be acquired by anyone who tagged her ‘failed nation’, she can only be served better. We have our portion of challenges like any other countries in the world but I’m prepared to serve Nigeria better, I’m prepared to build a greater ,better and more prosperous Nigeria. I’ve prepared for this since my day one…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday set up a committee to probe the source of leakage to the media of N10 billion allegedly missing from its coffers. The money was said to be proceeds of sale of nomination forms for 2023 general elections. This was contained in a statement by the spokesman for the PDP, Debo Ologunagba. Part of the money was allegedly paid to members of the National Working Committee (NWC) as “housing allowance”. Four of the NWC members had returned their own share of the money, totaling N122.4 million, to the party’s bank account. Read Also: More controversy trails…
The National Coordinator of the Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, on Tuesday, said members of its union were teaching students despite the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Sunmonu made this known in an exclusive chat with The PUNCH on Tuesday evening. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presented certificates of registration to two new university-based unions namely the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics. Ngige, who spoke while presenting the certificates of registration to the two unions,…
Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigerians must choose reason over sentiment during the 2023 presidential election. Tinubu said this on Wednesday in his message to Nigerians as the campaigns for the 2023 general election begins. The former Lagos governor said he is ready to lead the country to greater glory through innovative ideas, and he urged Nigerians to be wise and discerning in their choice of a president. “I invite all Nigerians to join me and HE Senator Kassim Shettima on this exciting and important journey as we set our shared vision of renewed…
By Adejobi Oyinlade Information reaching me suggests that Sen. Ademola Adeleke is trying to wrap his head round the many raging troubles ahead of November 27. Information from another reliable source says he is billed to travel abroad any time soon to get his mental state examined. He is unable to come to terms with the avalanche of hurdles before him. He has certificate forgery allegation hanging on his neck. He is yet to explain how he came about a degree certificate in less than 30 days. He is being dragged to court by the APC candidate in the July…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Public Affairs, Ajuri Ngelale has questioned the morals of the PDP over its aspiration to attempt a comeback at the helms of power in the country after a thorough 16 years of misrule. The delectable aide of the president was audibly enraged throughout the 5-hour session of ABAT MEDIA SPACES, a weekly Twitter Interactive program hosted by the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre to showcase the capacity of frontrunner presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the achievements of the APC so far. Recalling the…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) against Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi, the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) respectively. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the suit was unknown to law and hence, described it as “an abuse of court process.” Okorowo, who said the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter, also held that the suit did not disclose any reasonable cause of action against the respondents. “When a court finds out that a suit is an abuse of…