Tag: Politics

<strong>We Will Shun Any Forum With PDP ‘Agents of Violence’ – Sanwo-Olu</strong>
Elections, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

We Will Shun Any Forum With PDP ‘Agents of Violence’ – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu, has said that he won’t attend any forum where he would share a stage with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members. There was an alleged attack in the Surulere area of Lagos State on Friday. While the opposition PDP has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of deploying thugs to attack supporters of its governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, the APC has maintained that it was Adediran’s thugs that carried out violence on residents of the area. Reacting to the development, Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos State commissioner for information, in a statement on Saturday said the state would not tolerate being portrayed in a bad light. Omotoso said, “The Lagos state government has noted the flood of comments sp...
<strong>How Obi Was attacked After Katsina Rally – Campaign Team</strong>
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How Obi Was attacked After Katsina Rally – Campaign Team

The Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council has said that Peter Obi was attacked in Katsina. This was contained in a statement issued by its head of media, Diran Onifade, saying that Obi’s car was attacked by hoodlums when he was on his way to the airport after a rally in the state. The statement reads, “Our candidate had met with women in a townhall and then held a hugely successful rally at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium. “However, on his way to the airport, hoodlums attacked the car our candidate was riding in with heavy stones from his driver’s side, causing substantial damage to the vehicle. “To the glory of God, Mr Obi and other occupants of the car were unhurt. “Subsequently, another set of thugs also threw stones outside the stadium which damaged several veh...
<strong>Ebonyi Artiste Beaten To A Pulp Over APC Campaign Song</strong>
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Ebonyi Artiste Beaten To A Pulp Over APC Campaign Song

Kelvin Ibinabo, an Ebonyi State artiste has been hospitalized after he was allegedly beaten by an aide to the State Governor, David Umahi. The aide identified as Machiavelli Uzo, the Coordinator of Ohaozara Development Centre in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. According to the musician who spoke to Punch on Tuesday, Uzo alongside his supporters attacked him on Saturday and locked him up in a dark room. The musician said that he was booked by the LGA  Chairman, Mr Consider Ajah, to perform at the burial of his mother-in-law in the council. Ibinabo said that when it was nightfall, he asked his crew to pack up. The victim said, “It was at that point that the Ohaozara Development Centre Coordinator, Machiaveli Uzo, emerged from nowhere and ordered m...
<strong>Breaking: Gunmen Behead Imo LG Boss Despite Collecting N6m Ransom</strong>
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Breaking: Gunmen Behead Imo LG Boss Despite Collecting N6m Ransom

Gunmen have beheaded the sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, who was abducted. The LG boss was murdered on Sunday after his captives were allegedly paid N6 million as ransom.    Video of his beheading trended on social media on Sunday, where his abductors insisted that there won’t be election in the country. According to a source who chose to remain anonymous, the killers of the council boss posted videos of the incident with the phone of their victim on his WhatsApp status.   The source said, “The sole administrator has been beheaded. We saw videos of how he was being beheaded on Sunday. His killers posted it with his phone on his own WhatsApp status. That was how people got to know that he was beheaded. Se...
<strong>Why I Wrote The Piece Forecasting Obi’s Defeat – Soludo</strong>
Elections, News, Nigeria

Why I Wrote The Piece Forecasting Obi’s Defeat – Soludo

Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo has said that he wrote the article that predicted Peter Obi’s defeat at the presidential election for “history”. Soludo stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Thursday. The Anambra State governor in the article published on November 14, 2022, stated that Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Obi, knows that “he can’t and won’t win” the 2023 presidential election. According to Soludo, the LP candidate is merely pinching votes from the stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the advantage of the All Progressives Congress, APC.   Soludo wrote, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign because Obi is making Tinubu...
<strong>Nigeria To Spend 60% of Revenue On Debt Servicing In 2023 – Finance Minister</strong>
Finance, News, Nigeria

Nigeria To Spend 60% of Revenue On Debt Servicing In 2023 – Finance Minister

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the country intends to reduce its debt service-to-revenue ratio to 60 percent this year. Ahmed stated this during an interview with Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. Recall that Nigeria recorded a debt service-to-revenue ratio of 80.6 percent in 2022 -a figure much higher than World Bank’s suggested 22.5 percent for low-income countries such as Nigeria. The International Monetary Fund, IMF, had predicted that Nigeria may spend almost 100 percent of its revenue on debt servicing by 2026. Commenting on the development, Ahmed while agreeing that the current ratio isn’t sustainable, said that the country is making effort to reduce its revenue spendi...
<strong>Gov Soludo Suspends Taxes on Heavy-duty Loading in Anambra</strong>
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Gov Soludo Suspends Taxes on Heavy-duty Loading in Anambra

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has announced the suspension of tax payment for heavy-duty loading and off-loading in the transport sector. The governor also reduced the expected weekly payments of tricycles (Keke), shuttle buses, and other transport operators. Soludo disclosed this on Wednesday when he met transport operators and other key holders at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre in Awka, to deliberate and agree on the new modalities. Prior to the meeting, there had been a public outcry against heavy taxation by his administration, especially among transport workers. However, Soludo on Wednesday approved a 30 percent reduction in the weekly taxes payable by commercial Keke and shuttle bus operators in the state. The reviewed rate will see ...
<strong>Religion Used For Political Agenda By Some Nigerians – Buhari</strong>
News, Nigeria, Religion

Religion Used For Political Agenda By Some Nigerians – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that some Nigerians are using religion as a tool to advance their economic and political agenda. Buhari identified continuous education of a more significant population of citizens as a solution to exposing such individuals. He said this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday titled ‘The place of education in addressing religious intolerance by President Buhari.’ The statement stated that the President spoke at Nouakchott, Mauritania, while meeting with the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Rashad Hussain. Buhari said, “It’s a problem Nigeria has been struggling with for a long time, and it is completely unnecessary. Some people use relig...
<strong>Wike Lauds Buhari For Defeating Boko Haram</strong>
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Wike Lauds Buhari For Defeating Boko Haram

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s strides at “defeating insurgency in parts of the country.” Wike stated this on Sunday while speaking at a ceremony to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the Government House, Port Harcourt. The governor who described Buhari’s efforts as extraordinary said the armed forces have played a key role at eliminating Boko Haram and other insurgents in the North-East and North-West, including the “unknown gunmen” in the South-East of the country. The Peoples Democratic Party governor stated that Buhari’s actions at coordinating a successful military intervention would be a legacy for sustaining free and fair elections. He said, “I commend our President, General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for his sustained...
<strong>Why Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Construction Has Delayed – Fashola</strong>
Finance, Infrastructure, News, Nigeria

Why Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Construction Has Delayed – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing has said that the challenge of insufficient funds and the hike in the price of construction materials were behind the delay in completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.   The Minister blamed the past administration for neglecting critical infrastructure. He stated this when he featured on the Television Continental programme, Your View, where he said crash barriers returned to the site because of the volume of vehicles plying the road, as he asked for patience and cooperation with the contractors. Fashola assured that the last mile of the project would be completed in the first quarter of 2023. He said, “Let me first appreciate commuters who use that road, a major transport artery in Nigeria for their understanding. Thi...