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APC adopts direct primary for picking Kogi governorship candidate
Lokoja, April 12, 2023 – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted direct primary method for picking its governorship candidate in Kogi State. The indirect primary method initially adopted was jettisoned following protests by some aspirants and stakeholders that the delegates list forwarded to the party’s national headquarters was questionable. The party has informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the 17 aspirants of its decision to adopt the direct mode. The party’s decision was conveyed to INEC by the Acting National Chairman, Senator Abubakar Kyari on April 6. …
FG approves N6.28bn for maintenance work on Third Mainland Bridge
Abuja, April 12, 2023 – The Federal Government has approved additional N6.28 billion for maintenance work on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, told correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday that the fresh contract was for maintenance of the pavement of the bridge. He said the contract, which would cover 11 kilometers stretch of the bridge, would include interchanges, ramps, and critical links. Fashola said the 24-month contract was approved for the sum of N6.28 billion. He …
Arik Air founder barred from airline’s premises in spite court order
Lagos, April 12, 2023 – The Chairman and Founder of Arik Airline, Chief Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, has cried foul over his inability to access the company’s premises on the directive of the receiver/manager in spite of a court order. The company has been under receivership since 2017 when AMCON appointed Kamilu Omokhide as the receiver manager after taking over the airline. Arumemi said he had obtained a recent court order to permit the directors and shareholders of Arik Air to freely access their offices, premises, facilities, and staff necessary for executing …
Final year student of OAU mobbed to death for stealing phone
Ile-Ife, April 12, 2023-A final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was reportedly beaten to death over theft of a mobile phone. The student, whose identity has not been ascertained, was said to have stolen a mobile phone at Awo Hall of the institution on Monday and was brutalized before he was rushed to the University OAU Teaching Hospital where he was confirmed dead on Tuesday when he was brought to the hospital. Abiodun Olarewaju, the Univeristy Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident, saying: “A student died and …
“I will never drop out” of the 2024 Presidential race – Trump (re-issued)
New York, April 12, 2023 – Donald Trump, a former President of the U.S facing criminal charges in New York, has pledged “never to drop out’ of the 2024 Presidential race, insisting Joe Bidden is not fit to run again. The Republican real estate magnate, facing 34 felony counts in New York over alleged hush money paid to an adult film actress, told Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson that nothing would prevent him from running even a conviction. “I’d never drop out,” he said. “It’s not my thing. I wouldn’t …
Peter Obi detained in London
London, April 12, 2023 – Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi was last Friday, allegedly detained in London by UK immigration officials. Obi was said to have been detained for hours, and interrogated by the officials, after his British Airways plane landed in Heathrow Airport on Friday morning. Prof Chinyere Okunna, a famous Mass Communications scholar, and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Paul University Awka, who is also a confidant of Obi, revealed this on Wednesday morning. Okunna, who worked with Obi as commissioner for information, commissioner for …
12 persons died in auto crash on Enugu/Abakaliki expressway
Abakaliki, April 11, 2023 – Twelve persons, mostly women, died in a motor accident along the Ezillo axis of the Enugu/Abakaliki expressway on Tuesday in Ebonyi. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed the accident. According to its Sector Commander in Ebonyi, Uche Chukwurah, the accident involved a shuttle bus and truck. She said 12 of the 14 passengers in the bus died, while two injured persons were rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTHA) for treatment. “Fourteen passengers were involved. Twelve died consisting of 10 females …
IMF approves Nigeria’s tight monetary stance
Washington D.C, April 11, 2023 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved of Nigeria’s recent monetary tightening stance and advised the Central Bank of Nigeria to check against the global rising inflationary pressures. The IMF gave the approval in the Global Financial Stability Report released on Tuesday at the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings holding in Washington DC. It said the global financial system was being tested by higher inflation and rising interest rates at a time when inflation in many jurisdictions remained uncomfortably above central banks’ …
152 stranded Nigerians in Libya arrive in Lagos
Lagos, April 11, 2023 – A total of 152 stranded Nigerians in Libya were received by officials of National Emergency management Agency (NEMA) at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos Ibrahim Farinloye, the NEMA Zonal Coordinator for South-West, said the returnees departed Libya aboard a chartered Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG Buraq Aircraft. The returnees, who arrived at the Cargo Wing of the Lagos airport, consist of 54 adult females, 73 adult males and children. Mustapha Habib Ahmed, the NEMA Director General, was on ground to …
Dino can’t win elections, Wike warns Kogi PDP
Port Harcourt, April 11, 2023 – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State against fielding Sen. Dino Melaye as its candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. He said that the party would lose the Kogi State gubernatorial election if it ever presented Melaye as its flagbearer. Wike bared his minds while talking to some journalists in Port Harcourt on ranging issues within the PDP. He alleged of a plot to change the delegates list ahead of the …