Strong indications emerged last night that pressures were beginning to mount on some of the aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2019 party’s primaries, to step down for Governor Dickson’s preferred candidate. The first to throw the shocker was the immediate past Chief of staff to theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a special envoy to President Cyril Ramaphosa, to register his displeasure over the killing of Nigerians in South Africa. In a statement just released by the Presidency in Abuja, it said the envoy was expected to land in Pretoria by Thursday. The statement, which wasContinue Reading
The Nigeria High Commission in South Africa has responded to the recent attacks on foreigners including Nigerians and their businesses by South Africans. The High Commissioner, Ambassador Kabiru Bala in a statement on Tuesday urged all Nigerian victims in South Africa to come forward to report their situation to theContinue Reading
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that if he were president of Nigeria, no South African company would feel safe at this time. Mr Fani-Kayode said this on Twitter on Tuesday in reaction to xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. He said: “Look at what Buhari hasContinue Reading
South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, has denied reports of Xenophobic attacks in his country. Monroe denied that the attacks in South Africa are xenophobic and targetted at Nigerians. The Commissioner made the comments at a media briefing with Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry headed by Geoffery Onyeama. HeContinue Reading
One of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Victor Adoji reported to have stepped down for former Governor Idris Wada has stated he is still in the race. He denied stepping down for Wada or anybody for that matter. Spokesman of his campaignContinue Reading
There appears to be uncertainty over the temporary delay suffered by the gubernatorial primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State over lingering court cases in a State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital. Dailypost, gathered that the PDPContinue Reading
Some northern youths under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Youth Groups on Tuesday said the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike never demolished any mosque at the Trans-Amadi area of Port Harcourt as being alleged in some quarters. According to the Coalition, they investigated the alleged demolition and found thatContinue Reading
The federal government has summoned Bobby Moroe, South Africa’s high commissioner to Nigeria, over the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country. The ministry of foreign affairs disclosed this in a message on Tuesday. ”I am directed to inform you that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has summoned theContinue Reading
A former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that he would pay his N537, 334,360.77 debts to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in less than 12 hours. Duke, through his counsel, Mr Edoigiawerie Omoruyi, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that heContinue Reading
