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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has been slammed for saying the supporters of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will run out of steam in trying to ensure he emerges President in 2023. The supporters, popularly known as Obidients, took to Twitter after Obaseki stated that they will soon run out of steam, the Punch reports. The governor …

• Igbo monarchs attend session as Appeal Court reserves ruling to stay judgment• HURIWA asks Ohanaeze to stop begging Buhari over his release• Continued detention, affront to Ndigbo, say Igbo elders• Don’t miss last opportunity of winning Igbo affection, Buhari told The Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday, rejected Federal Government’s application for adjournment of a hearing relating to the …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he will use the award bestowed on him by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to campaign in the 2023 elections. Wike said this during a dinner/reception in his honour to celebrate the ‘Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery’ held in Port Harcourt on Monday night. While dedicating the award to God, he …

• Akiyode-Afolabi: We don’t know presidential candidates’ plans for women• Advocacy group tasks Tinubu, Atiku, others on gender balance• Nigeria will break up if APC wins, says Obaseki• Wike: Atiku disrespected, sidelined me to assemble his campaign list• Group faults Wike on exclusion of his group from Atiku Amid resounding debate on the single faith ticket and resort to ethnicity …

The Obi-Datti Media Campaign office has urged Nigerians to be weary of persons who were seeking to rule over the affairs of the nation using proxies.  The campaign office said this in response to a challenge thrown to the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi,  by the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo SAN, asking Obi’s son to …

Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The two properties are located at Plot 1854 Mohammed Mahashir Street and No. 6, Aso Drive in Abuja’s highbrow Asokoro and …

The Nigerian Medical Association says Nigeria is now battling with its worst situation of brain drain in history, as no fewer than 10,296 Nigeria-trained doctors are currently practising in the United Kingdom. The association’s National President, Dr Uche Ojinmah, raised the concern on Monday at a press briefing to mark the 2022 Physicians’ Week in Ibadan. Ojinmah, represented by the …

Director of Media, Tinubu Presidential Campaign council, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will give Nigerians hell if the party wins the 2023 general election. Fani-Kayode noted that errors and positive change are part of governance and the APC-led government has made errors ut has been able to settle them like family, with the next …

…Assures reconstruction of Ugo-Egbokor-Ogan Road Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, inspected the Duport Energy Park promoted by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Duport Midstream Company Limited in Orhionmwon Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Energy Park has 10,000 barrel-per-day refining capacity, a 50 megawatts plant capacity, a 60 million scf gas …

*AFDB, IsDB, IFAD partner with FG *Kano, Imo, Kaduna, Cross River, Kwara, Oyo, Ogun & FCT benefit in first phase *VP receives Islamic Development Bank President at Presidential Villa With the launch of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme, Nigeria can, in less than a decade, banish food insecurity, while radically improving export earnings from agriculture, creating millions of …