Author: David Great

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has appointed Dino Melaye and Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for 2023 presidential campaign. Abubakar in a statement issued by his special adviser on media, Paul Ibe in Abuja on Thursday, said that the appointment took immediate effect. Malaye was a member of the 8th Senate representing Kogi West at the National Assembly. He hails from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi. Tajudeen defeats Dino Melaye in PDP runoff election While Bwala, hails from Abubakar’s own state, Adamawa. He is a legal practitioner and public affairs analyst, who…

Captain Cesar Azpilicueta has signed a new Chelsea contract that will keep him at the London club until 2024. The Spain right-back, 32, had a year left on his existing deal and had been in talks with Barcelona over a possible transfer this summer. He joined Chelsea from Marseille in 2012 and has now made 476 appearances for the club, scoring 17 goals. “I really feel the love and I am really excited for the new project we have in our hands,” said Azpilicueta. To you, from Azpi! ???? pic.twitter.com/GrBaP2EuMo — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 4, 2022 “I am really…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has told Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that if the All Progressives Congress (APC) had picked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its presidential candidate he would have declared support for the Vice President after he lost out in the PDP primaries. A source close to the meeting which held at Namadi Sambo’s residence in Abuja told Chronicle NG that Wike gave Atiku some conditions, if they must work together and he made it clear that if Atiku doesn’t meet the conditions, he might be forced to work with Peter Obi. The Rivers…

*VP receives report of National Defence College Course 30 participants Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s current security challenges and emerging threats require the country’s military and other relevant stakeholders to be several steps ahead of perpetrators while also stepping up local production of armaments. This was one of the highlights of the response of Prof. Osinbajo after receiving a presentation on “Defence Transformation and National Security: Strategic Options for Nigeria of the Future”, by the National Defence College Course 30 participants, late Wednesday during a virtual interaction. According to Prof. Osinbajo, “if you look at the challenges that we…

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday, August 4, 2022, set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which discharged and acquitted a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar of money laundering charge to the tune of N66 million. The former Air Chief was prosecuted on one count of money laundering involving N66 million allegedly stolen from the account of the Nigerian Air Force during his tenure between 2010 and 2012. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had in the judgment ruled that the prosecution failed to provide any evidence that Umar gave the…

The All Progressives Congress on Thursday named Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state as the Director General of Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council. The ruling party also named the Minister of State, Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo (SAN) as campaign spokesperson. The announcement of the duo and others were made by the national chairman of APC, Abdullahi Adamu after the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima briefed President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu also disclosed that Hannatu Musawa, a lawyer will serve as deputy campaign spokesperson. Yahoo Boys behind increased ritual killings – Lalong “We are to…

Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira says “it is important to keep taking the knee” to tackle discrimination. The pre-match anti-racism gesture will be scaled back this season to certain rounds of Premier League games plus the FA and League Cup finals. Premier League captains took the decision to limit taking the knee after consulting with players. “We can’t stop straight away because there are statements to make,” said Vieira. “It is important to keep taking the knee because we are all against discrimination. There will be a few occasions where we will keep doing it. “It will be a long…

On August 29th 2022, Globacom, the proudly Nigerian telecommunications which took the industry by storm in 2003, will turn 19. As the countdown begins, we go down memory lane to relive some of the moments and milestones that have defined Globacom’s disruptive entrance, meteoric rise and dominance in an industry that did not exist 25 years ago and all in spite of the fact that Globacom came in two years after the other GSM companies. 1. Glo was the first company to launch operations on Per Second Billing. It pioneered the billing system in Nigeria in 2003, even when older…

Pelosi tells President Tsai “we will not abandon Taiwan” China steps up military activity around Taiwan Taiwan’s military increases alertness level China summon US ambassador in Beijing US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after pledging solidarity and hailing its democracy, leaving a trail of Chinese anger over her brief visit to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. China demonstrated its outrage over the highest-level US visit to the island in 25 years with a burst of military activity in surrounding waters, summoning the US ambassador in Beijing and halting several agricultural imports…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has urged the media to adopt the German Press Code in reporting insecurity in Nigeria. Irabor on Wednesday in Abuja while delivering a Graduation Lecture for Course 30 of the National Defence College (NDC) on “National Security and Development: Strategic Options for Nigeria” said there was a need for the media to adopt a new strategy. On the press code for the media, Irabor said the strategy required the development of guidelines for reporting difficult stories including stories of conflict and terrorism. According to him, the German Press Code for example,…