Amina Mohammed: Okonjo-Iweala Got Nigeria Out Of Debt, But We Are Now Back There*
Amina Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, two-time minister of finance, spent years to get Nigeria out of debt, but the country is now back to worrying levels of debt. Speaking at the International Monetary (IMF) and the UN working together conversation on Tuesday, the former minister of environment […]
2019: Speaker Dogara picks PDP nomination form
Speaker Yakubu Dogara has picked the nomination form to return to the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, multiple sources familiar with the development have told PREMIUM TIMES. The speaker picked the form on Wednesday, a day after dozens of his constituents travelled to Abuja from his home state of […]
Direct Your Tirade to Buhari, Not Gov Ishaku, PDP Tells Oshiomhole
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, misfired in his attempt to lampoon Taraba state Governor, Darius Ishaku, as his claim of absentee leader best suits President Muhammadu Buhari. The party said unlike Governor Ishaku and other PDP governors, who are busy developing their states, […]
Alleged Fraud: Arrest Tinubu Now, PDP Charges EFCC
…Says Buhari Presidency, a Citadel of Iniquity. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prove the strength of its integrity by investigating and prosecuting the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over allegations of tax fraud. The party said failure of the EFCC to invite […]
Kaduna 2019: Sidi concludes LGA tour in Birnin Gwari amid insecurity
Inspite of high security risks on the Birnin Gwari route, a Gubernatorial hopeful and former Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mohammed Sani Sidi, OFR, wednesday visited Birnin Gwari Local Government area to consult with Party leaders, key stakeholders and delegates. While addressing a cheering party and campaign supporters during the consultation […]
Kwara youth group pledge support for Saraki’s presidential bid
In an effort to prove the popularity of Senator Bukola Saraki in his home-state , a Kwara – based group is mobilising youths to a Mass Rally in solidarity with the presidential ambition of the Senate President on Saturday, September 15 , 2018. Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin, the Convener of the forum […]
VP Osinbajo under fire over comments on IBB
By Jibrin Miachi Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been severely tackled by a diehard a Kaduna based supporter of former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, Muhammed Hassan Jalo, for allegedly disparaging the administration of the former MilitaryMilitary leader. Osinbajo had at a town hall meeting with Nigerians in Minnesota, United States told his audience that former […]
Kaduna APC Aspirants, Stakeholders Insist On Direct Primaries …say it will encourage vote buying
Kaduna All Progressives Congress (APC) Aspirants and stakeholders ,who kicked against adopted Direct Primaries take case to the National Party Chairman ,Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The aspirants in a letter dated …. demanded that the direct primary mechanism ,which the party in Kaduna resolve to use a mode of electing candidates is unacceptable . The aggrieved […]
Sokoto: PDP adopts ex-Commissioner, Dan Iya as consensus guber candidate in 2019
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE wide range speculation within the Sokoto state PDP ranks over who succeeds Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was yesterday evening laid to rest with the opposition party’s adoption of Alhaji Mannir Dan Iya, the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government as a consensus candidate for the state governorship election in 2019. […]
2019 RE-ELECTION BID: WHY WE PURCHASED NOMINATION FORM FOR GOV SANI-BELLO- TRADERS’ ASSOCIATION
Niger State Amalgamated Market Traders’ Association ( NSAMTA) has said that said the giant strides recorded by Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello’s administration in developing the state in the last three years prompted the association to purchase the 2019 governorship nomination form for his re-election. A leader of the union and business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Achida who […]