South-West APC leaders warn against intra-ethnic gang-up against Tinubu

Youths hold one million-man solidarity march in Ibadan Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South-West have cautioned the people of the region against intra-ethnic gang-up against its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on 2023 polls. The chieftains of the party, led by its National Vice President, South-West, Isaac Kekemeke and  its governorship candidate […]

Continue Reading

Tambuwal is DG, PDP Presidential Campaign Council

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has been appointed the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. His appointment was made on Thursday evening when the party constituted its presidential campaign organisation, which will be chaired by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel. The deputies chairmen are the Bauchi […]

Continue Reading

Bode George: Why I support calls for Ayu’s resignation

A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, on Friday, opened up on why he is supporting calls for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. He said his support for the call became imperative to ensure balance in the party, adding that such will help the main opposition […]

Continue Reading

Why I support calls for Ayu’s resignation – George

A former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, on Friday, opened up on why he is supporting calls for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. He said his support for the call became imperative to ensure balance in the party, adding that such will help the main opposition […]

Continue Reading

PDP names Udom Emmanuel chairman presidential campaign council, Tambuwal DG

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP constituted its presidential campaign Organisation on Thursday evening. The organisation will be chaired by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel. His deputies are the Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, for the North; and Oyo State Governor, Engnr Seyi Makinde, South. The National Organising Secretary of the party, Capt. […]

Continue Reading

We’re ready to call off strike, ASUU declares

President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union is wiling to end its seven-month old strike. He, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements are reached with the Federal Government. He gave the assurance in Abuja, yesterday, at a National Town Hall Meeting on Tertiary Education […]

Continue Reading

Iji commiserates with Akeredolu on mother’s death

The South West Zonal Coordinator of the Asiwaju Tinubu/Shettima Coalition for Good Governance (ATSCGG.), Ambassador Sola Iji, has commiserated with Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on the passage of his mother, Lady Evangelist Grace Bosede Akeredolu, JP, who died in the early hours of Thursday in her Ibadan, the Oyo State capital’s residence. Iji, in […]

Continue Reading

Foreign airlines’ stranded fund may hit $500m as fare hike worsens

Govt has refused to engage operators, build confidence, say travel agencies About three weeks after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a fraction of the foreign airlines’ stuck funds in the country, there has been no reprieve in the crisis rocking the international travel segment. Affordable travel tickets that were earlier withdrawn by the […]

Continue Reading

Rising costs, supply chain disruptions worsen inflation

May spiral out of control if triggers are not addressed, experts warn Higher interest rates heighten loan defaults, put banks at risk, says Moody’s ‘Worst yet to come unless govt contains importation’ At 20.52 per cent, representing the highest rate since September 2005 and still rising, Nigeria’s inflation rate may spiral above 50 per cent […]

Continue Reading

Youths rally for Tinubu in Ibadan

Youths across communities in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Thursday held a rally for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The rally, which attracted thousands of youths from all nooks and crannies of the city, was an initiative of Hon. Dapo Lam-Adesina, who represented Ibadan Southeast/Northeast Federal Constituency […]

Continue Reading