The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has explained his reference to the Pope while defending his position as the Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organisation. It was earlier reported that the governor, while replying to a group calling for his resignation as the DG, had said that even the Pope was not against his…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reversed the approval of the acquisition of the ExxonMobil Corporation assets by Seplat Energy Plc. Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, made this known in an interview with Premium Times on Wednesday. Shehu said the president has decided to reverse the acquisition in line with the position of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has been charged to plead with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the party. A chieftain of the party in Delta State, James Onwordi Endurance made this call in a statement released on Thursday. He noted that despite the…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Plateau State Chapter has warned politicians against using Christianity and the platform to promote their political interests. In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, the CAN chairman in the state, Reverend Father Polycarp Lubo said that they never endorsed the appointment of Governor Simon Lalong as the Director General…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and the Peoples Democratic Party over the conduct of the presidential primary. In the originating summons, Wike and his co-applicant are asking the court to determine eight issues which includes whether…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, says he wouldn’t mind if Peter Obi of the Labour party wins the 2023 Presidential election as long as the Presidency comes to the South. Akeredolu who is a member of the APC stated this during an interview with Channels TV. The governor has on several occasion insisted that the…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has stated that the Presidency of Nigeria must come to the South in 2023 in honour of the unwritten power rotation arrangement in the country. Speaking on Wednesday at the one-year remembrance of Prof. Bankole Oke of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, the governor insisted that nothing must…
Former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu has been charged to focus on how to secure votes in his home state for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) first rather than giving false assurances to Atiku Abubakar about winning the 2023 presidency. The caution was handed down on Wednesday by a group identified as the Northern…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has reduced the number of trips on the Lagos-Ibadan train service due to the hike in diesel price.The train service on that route was reduced by 66.67 per cent. A further report revealed that NRC has recommended an adjustment in the transport fare to the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The Managing Director,…
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has distanced himself from a group which staged a protest demanding that he turns down the job of Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign organization. Lalong, who visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday to show his appreciation for the approval of the University of Jos as a national cancer centre, told State…
