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A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic, Katch Ononuju, has said that the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, wants the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign so that he can have a peaceful party that will win the 2023 presidential election. Ononuju was speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, where he was addressing the crisis rocking …

Between January and July, Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, lost an average of 437,000 barrels of oil a day to criminals. Last week, the Group Managing Director of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, headlined the State House media briefing, expressing concern about the menace of oil theft undermining Nigeria’s production and consequently fiscal capacity. Mr Kyari blamed various sections of the Nigerian …

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali has called for more synergy among security agencies to address insecurity in the country. Ali made the call during the 2022 Enduring Peace Exercise: Very Important Personality (VIP) walk around in the early hours of Thursday in Bauchi. He said such working collaboration was imperative towards improving the …

…declares total war against oil theft …holds nationwide rallies today Nigerians may soon experienced another fuel crisis as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) yesterday threatened to withdraw its members from oil and gas installations across the country over menace of increasing oil theft and pipeline vandalism. The union equally vowed to chase out cartels …

• Southern NWC members insist on Ayu’s resignation, stage walkout • BoT chairman may resign to placate Wike’s camp• Wike, Fayose, Anyim, Udom, others absent as Atiku meets ex-presidential aspirants • Atiku, Wike faceoff to end soon, PDP gubercandidates assure • Why party must respect governors called ‘children’ – Wike • Ignore Wike at your peril, party chief warns All eyes …

When Edo State Government in 2018 launched the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation, EdoBEST 1.0, nobody envisaged the resounding success it eventually recorded and is recording. It has changed the face of basic education in the state, winning accolades from far and near and also being copied by others. The development led to stepping up the programme with the launch …

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, says he won’t stop talking about the injustice in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because it’s negates the zoning arrangement of the party. Wike said this at the inauguration of the satellite campus of the Rivers State University in Emohua Local Government Area of the state.He said that the perpetrators of the injustice in the …

Some civil society organisations recently alleged that four of the RECs nominated for INEC by President Muhammadu Buhari were either corrupt or partisan. Despite the clamour for their withdrawal, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari will not withdraw some nominees for the position of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners recently accused of corruption …

An All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, Tunde Bank-Anthony has said the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu, cannot claim glory for the successful record of achievements by the administrations of former governors Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode. Bank-Anthony made this assertion on Wednesday while speaking in an interview with Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily.  He said, “The people that …

Edo State Security Vigilante Network has arrested members of a syndicate specialized in theft of armored cables in the Benin metropolis. An official of the Edo State Security Vigilante Network, who led the operation, Osasere Ekhator, said the three suspected members of the syndicate were arrested during a stop and search exercise along Sapele Road in Benin City, Edo State. …