Presidency: Real Reason Why I Worked Against Atiku, Says Fayose A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, says he has no regrets working ‘one hundred per cent’ against the presidential ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the build-up to the February 25 presidential poll. Fayose, who is a member of the PDP, also said he was not afraid of being kicked out of the party, for making the disclosure. He said his supported President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress based on principle. He made the revelation when he featured on ‘Politics Today’ on…
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I Regret Campaigning For Peter Obi, Labour Party – Army Colonel, Gives Reason A 74-year-old retired military officer, Chinyere Obi, has expressed regret over her decision to join the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election. Chinyere, in a chat with journalists, alleged that the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, abandoned her after she was shot by political thugs in Imo State during the presidential election. The retired colonel said she regretted due to the fact that neither the party nor the former Anambra governor reached out to her after she was shot…
Woman Who Was Abducted During Abuja-Kaduna Train’s Attack Dies The oldest of the 63 passengers abducted by terrorists on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, has passed away aged 86. Halimatu Attah died peacefully on Wednesday, July 5 at about 6.20pm in Kaduna, according to a family member. The woman who hailed from the famous Attah family, was abducted alongside her daughter after returning from a medical check-up in Cairo last year. Confirming her death, one of her sons, Abdulmalik Attah, said she was 86 years old and passed on without any suffering. He said she would be remembered…
GWR: 72-hour M@ssage-a-thon: After Collapsing During Live Broadcast, See What Happened Next After fainting during the Instagram live streaming of her 72-hour m@ssage-a-thon challenge, Nigerian masseuse Joyce Ijeoma has suspended her Guinness World Records attempt for the longest massage on different individuals. A South African, Alastair Galpin, holds the closest similar record to Ijeoma. In 2015, Galpin set the record for GWR’s longest full-body massage in 25 hours and 4 minutes in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. On Monday, the young lady made it to 53 hours. It meant she was 19 hours away from her target before she collapsed on Tuesday…
APC Protests Wike’s Influence Within Its Ranks Information reaching Naija News House says that APC Protests Wike’s Influence Within Its Ranks The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has protested what it described as the overbearing influence of the former governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, on the party’s activities, especially at the national level. The party’s protest was contained in an Open Letter, addressed to President Tinubu, signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Comrade Darlington Nwauju, on Friday, and made available to journalists in Abuja, alleging attempts by some elements to hijack the party on…
President Tinubu sets up tax reforms committee By Gyado T. Emmanuel The President on Friday approved the establishment of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. He appointed the Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, as committee chairman. Friday’s development comes barely 24 hours after the President signed four Executive Orders, suspending the five per cent excise tax on telecommunication services and the excise duties escalation on locally-manufactured vehicles. The committee “Will comprise experts from both the private and public sectors and have responsibility for the various aspects of tax law reform,…
Gang Leader Arrested With Human Skull, Guns In Rivers The Police in Rivers State have arrested the leader of a notorious criminal gang simply identified as Ojukwu and recovered a human skull during a raid of his hideouts in the Khana Local Government Area of the state. Aside from the human skull, two AK-47 rifles and a pump action were also recovered in the operation. The Chairman of Khana LGA, Dr Thomas Bari-ere who disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the arrest followed a tip which the council authority got wind of and immediately alerted the…
Cameroon, Vietnam, Croatia On CBN Watchlist For Money Laundering The Central Bank of Nigeria has asked Deposit Money Banks and Other Financial Institutions in the country to increase monitoring of transactions with businesses and persons in and from Cameroon, Croatia and Vietnam. This was according to a circular referenced: FPR/AML/PUB/BOF/001/029, which was issued, on Thursday, by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation, Mr Chibuzo Efobi. According to CBN, Nigerian banks and other financial institutions need to watch transactions with those countries because they had been recently placed on a grey list by the Financial Action Task Force. The Financial Action…
Tinubu’s Ministerial List Almost Ready – Presidency President Bola Tinubu will reveal his ministerial nominees when ready, his Special Adviser, Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, said. “When the President is good and ready. You will be the first to know about his intentions” Alake said while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Responding to a question on the speculated list out in the media, Alake said Tinubu would make the list of nominees known when he is good and ready. He said: “About the ministerial list, the simple truth is this is an…
FCTA Moves To Close Motor Parks Information reaching Naija News House says that FCTA Moves To Close Motor Parks The Senate on Thursday asked the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to close illegal garages in the nation’s capital. This followed a motion by Senator Aliyu Ahmed Wadada (Nasarawa, SDP) and co-sponsored by Senator Ireti Heeba Kingibe (FCT, LP) during Thursday’s plenary. The Red Chamber also urged the FCT Administration, the Directorate of Road Services, otherwise known as VIO, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other relevant agencies to immediately commence a joint operation to eradicate illegal motor parks and pick-up…