Author: David Great

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, to one year community service. Daniel-Nwobia who was convicted on April 7 was given the sentence over her role in the botched March 15, 2014 Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment tragedy where about 15 job seekers died in a stampede. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba who handed down the sentence also ruled that Daniel-Nwobia would forfeit 50 per cent of her contributory pension for the next five years to the Federal Government. The judge also ordered that the convict should not hold public…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has approved 11,222 polling units in Kano State ahead of the 2023 general polls. INEC Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Riskuwa Arabu, made this known at a one-day workshop on electoral reportage organised by the Kano State Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and sponsored by INEC. “Media is part of INEC, they project our work in a way that people appreciate us particularly in the area of voter education,” he said. Arabu noted that the interactive session was to help the commission fine tune processes and procedures in…

By Etim Etim The Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze has stated that Farooq Kperogi’s recent article in which he alleged that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo favours mostly RCCG members in his appointments ”is full of inaccuracies”, adding that the Atlanta-based university teacher is just out ”to paint Osinbajo in bad light”. Responding to my inquiries on Kperogi’s controversial and ill-motivated article, Akabueze stated that the VP was not even the one who nominated him as the DG of the Budget Office, contrary to the claims made by Kperogi. In 2016, then Minister of…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday began the distribution of over 33, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to newly registered voters in the state. While inaugurating the exercise at the INEC offices in Somolu and Kosofe Local Government Areas, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, told newsmen that the PVCs of those who registered between June 2021 and Dec. 2021 were available for collection. Agbaje, who urged new registrants within the period to approach INEC offices across the 20 LGAs in the state, said that the collection would be from 9am and 3pm daily with the exception…

The National Vice Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), South-South, Victor Giadom, has said that with the success of its just-concluded national convention, the party has been repositioned to take over the six states of the region in 2023. He spoke to journalists on Wednesday, after he led a delegation of APC South-South Zone on a courtesy visit to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, at the National Assembly, Abuja. Giadom said that the APC is determined and “has what it takes to take over the governance of the region after the 2023 general elections.” He noted that the party had…

The Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by saying he is energetic and that he will not rule from the hospital. Amaechi said no president can lead Nigeria from the hospital bed during a meeting with Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun and APC delegates in Abeokuta, the state capital. The former Rivers governor, while canvassing votes from the delegates ahead of the 2023 election, said that even though he had been told that being energetic was not enough to lead a…

Manchester City and Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus, 25, has begun talks with Arsenal. (Goal) Jesus has scored five goals in his last two games for City including four against Watford. Paris St-Germain are increasingly hopeful that France striker Kylian Mbappe, who has been linked with Real Madrid, will sign a new deal with them following talks with the 23-year-old’s mother last week. (Telegraph – subscription required) Liverpool have made contact with France and Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, 22. (Foot Mercato – in French) Manchester United plan to open talks over a new contract with 31-year-old Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.…

Sen. Danjuma La’ah (PDP-Kaduna South), has commended Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, a presidential aspirant, for donating N200m to people displaced by lingering violence in the north-western state. La’ah gave the commendation on Tuesday in Kaduna while reacting to the kind gestured by the governor. According to him, the gesture is the first of its kind for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. He prayed to God to bless and reward the giver and his entire household, and challenged presidential and governorship aspirants to emulate Wike by helping the vulnerable and the less privileged in society. 2023: Nyesom Wike…

The Group Managing Director, Sahara Group, Kola Adesina, on Tuesday stressed the need for continuity by the next government during a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina stated this at an Iftar dinner with members of the business community and the leadership of political parties. The Sahara Group boss who spoke on behalf of the business community told the President that the next President must carry a banner of hope and not of self. Commenting on the type of leader Nigeria needs after President Buhari, Kola Adesina said the next President of Nigeria must carry “the banner of hope for…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged all political parties in the country to keep elections and election-related differences aside and join the administration’s drive to defeat insecurity in the country. Speaking at an Iftar dinner with members of the business community and the leadership of political parties, the President Buhari described insecurity as a “common enemy” bedevilling the country. “Without mass, popular support to our hard working Armed Forces, it will take us much longer to finish off the successful war we are waging against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. Our country must be kept safe for progress and…