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PDP debunks APC’s claim on Atiku’s Cameroonian citizenship

April 14, 2019 11:19 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “reckless and groundless” claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its presidential candidate in the just concluded general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is a Cameroonian.

The main opposition party said the allegation is a calculated attempt by the ruling party to trivialise and divert attention from alleged rigging of the presidential election.

It was, however, good news for the PDP yesterday as it won the four state assembly seats in the supplementary election organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State last Saturday.

With these results, PDP has …

Enugu government did not abandon me, says Chukwu

April 14, 2019 12:42 am

Former Super Eagles Chief Coach, Christian Chukwu, yesterday, said Enugu State government has not abandoned him, as the government has continued to pick his hospital bills.

Speaking from his ‘Mary room’ sick bed at Nikea Hospital, Enugu, Chukwu said his health has continued to improve by the day, disclosing that initial reports of his abandonment may be due to “communication gap”.

Chukwu’s revelation came as former old Anambra State governor, Chief Jim Nwobodo, said the former Green Eagles captain requires being flown overseas for further treatment. Popularly called ‘chairman’,Chukwu told reporters who accompanied Nwobodo on the visit to him that …

APC cannot redefine who qualifies as a Nigerian – Atiku

April 14, 2019 12:21 am

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said he has been vindicated in his submission that he has verifiable and incontrovertible evidence to show that the last presidential elections were fraudulent, not credible and did not reflect the will of the Nigerian people.

He said the response of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) President Buhari, as well as the party is a vindication of the petition he filed at the Electoral Tribunal hearing the petition.

In a release signed by his spokesperson Mazi Paul Ibe, the former Vice …

Trump tax issue: US Democrats set April 23 deadline for IRS

April 13, 2019 11:59 pm

U.S. congressional Democrats on Saturday headed for a showdown with the Internal Revenue Service over President Donald Trump’s tax returns, setting a new hard deadline of April 23 for the federal tax agency to hand the documents over to lawmakers.

In an April 13 letter that appeared to move Democrats closer to a federal court battle against the Trump administration, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal warned the IRS that failure to comply with his request for six years of Trump’s individual and business returns by April 23 would be interpreted as a denial.

The Trump administration has …

NLC cautions FG against IMF’s petroleum subsidy removal

April 13, 2019 11:27 pm

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned the Federal Government against implementing the recommendation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the removal of subsidy on petroleum products in the country.

Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, gave the advice at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja.

The news conference was tagged: “Public Declaration of Nigeria’s Host of the 6th African Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, Sept. 23 to Sept. 25 and Inauguration of Local Organising Committee (LOC).

Wabba said that the continued devaluation of the Nigerian currency had created the impression of the existence of subsidy.

He said that

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Communication minister vows to appeal judgment against APC

April 13, 2019 1:31 pm

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has vowed to appeal against the high court judgment which struck out the suit he filed against the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Minister had dragged the party to court for barring him from participating in the governorship primary due to his non-participation in the mandatory one-year national service of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) after he graduated from the university.

The Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Friday, struck out the suit for filing it after the expiration of the 14 days stipulated by the law.

But shittu, who phoned into Southwest Political …

Don’t chase erring motorists, FRSC cautions personnel

April 13, 2019 12:58 pm

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday cautioned its personnel against chasing erring motorists no matter the traffic offence committed.

The FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, gave the warning in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

He was reacting to media reports of an accident on Friday in Ibadan following a chase by FRSC officers.

Kazeem told NAN that the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, frowned at the incident.

“The Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, condemned the act as it is our rule that officers should not …

Ex-minister, Kema Chikwe, hubby celebrate marital bliss

April 13, 2019 12:19 am
Chief Kema Chikwe, the former minister of Transport, and then Aviation, during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration, is over the moon at moment.

The ex-envoy to the Republic of Ireland and her hubby, Eze Herbert, were thankful to God on Monday, April 8, as they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. To celebrate the day, the couple had a thanksgiving service before hosting a dinner to mark the golden jubilee of their union.

The 72-year-old mother of Nigerian rapper, Naeto C, is a career woman who has been involved in quite a number of non-governmental organisations, whose foray into politics in

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Nigeria losing billions in maritime, says NIMASA

April 12, 2019 11:36 pm

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have rued the high level of capital flight occasioned by inadequate participation of indigenous firms in the cargo affreightment value chain.

Director-General NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside disclosed this on yesterday at the agency’s day at the on-going 30th Enugu International Trade Fair, organized by the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA).

Speaking on “Cargo Support Initiative and Transport Logistics for Non-Oil Export Trade”, the DG said over the years, Nigeria is known for exporting raw materials with little or no value addition at all. He maintained that the situation has …

PDP is looting Imo, not me, says Okorocha

April 12, 2019 11:26 pm

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has fired back at the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing the party of embarking on “systematic and violent looting” of the state.

The PDP and some concerned Imo citizens had accused Okorocha and some members of his family of embarking on looting spree of some state government-owned property.But responding through a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, yesterday, the governor said the PDP had adopted various unconventional tactics to plunder the state’s assets.

The statement said: “We want to inform the general public and Imo people in particular that …

APC to tribunal: Atiku not Nigerian by birth

April 12, 2019 11:02 pm

The All Progressives Congress (APC) told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja yesterday that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had no candidate in the last presidential election. Responding to the petition filed by Atiku and the PDP challenging the victory of the APC candidate Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari) in the election, the ruling party contended that by fielding Atiku, “a non-Nigerian by birth”, the PDP cannot claim to have had a candidate in the last presidential election.

The party argued that by virtue of not being a Nigerian by birth, Atiku, a former Vice President, was not qualified to …

Boy drowns in stagnant pool in Kano

April 12, 2019 8:55 am

A 14- year-old boy, Huzaifa Abdulrashid, has drowned while bathing in a stagnant pool called “Promise” at Gwarzo Road in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State.

The spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Mr Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident happened on Friday morning when the deceased went to take his bath.

“We received a distress call today from one Malam Habibu Ibrahim at about 07:35 a.m. that Abdulrashid’s body was found floating in the water.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 07:43a.m.…

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