The Apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Saturday lambasted the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for saying the South East can’t produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Chuks Ibegbu in an interview with DAILY POST said. Amaechi had asserted that the South East can’t demand for the presidency in 2023 because the …

  Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the people of south-east not to demand the presidency in 2023. The All Progressives Congress (APC) got less votes in the region during the 2019 presidential election and the minister described this as voting against the party. In an interview with The Sun , Amaechi said the Igbo has nothing to bring in …

  The plot to weaken opposition to the emergence of Senator Ahmed Lawan , the preferred choice of the All Progressives Congress for the position of Senate President , has reached an advanced stage , Saturday PUNCH has learnt . Saturday PUNCH gathered in Abuja on Friday that the ruling party was leaving nothing to chance as it was prepared …

  The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate , Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Friday told the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja that Aliyu Haidar Abubakar, son of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the February 23 presidential poll . They alleged that Abubakar was not only a …

FG to Shut Enugu Airport For ‘Security Reasons’ Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, says the Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu will be shut down due to security reasons. Speaking on Friday at the stakeholders’ forum in Lagos, the minister listed the security challenges at the airport to include bad runway, proximity to a market and the wrong location …

  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele says CBN in the next five years, will aggressively pursue policies that will further diversify the Nigerian economy. Emefiele said this in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Nsukka, Enugu State, after a Special Convocation of the University of Nigeria (UNN), where he was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate …

  The Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has appealed to the federal government to restrategise and come up with measures that could permanently address the security situation in the north. In an address at a meeting of the forum on Friday at the Government House, Kaduna, Shettima said the northern …

  Osinbajo has described Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state as a great achiever and a pride to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the commissioning of Imo International Exhibition in Owerri on Friday, Okorocha, Osinbajo said,that he “could testify of the great things the governor has done in the State”. He said that the number of projects …

  President Buhari attends Juma’at prayer at the Masjid Al-Nabawi (The Prophet’s (SAW) Mosque), in Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Friday, May 17, 2019

Miyetti Allah Admits, Clarifies N100bn Demand From FG The National Secretary , Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore , Mr Saleh Alhassan , has said his group indeed demanded from the Federal Government the payment of N 100 bn to herders but for the construction of ranches and not for amnesty as reported on social media . Alhassan made the clarification in …