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Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the party would not accept any proposal from any political group for the change of its slogan and symbol, the Umbrella. In a statement issued in Kaduna Monday, Senator Jibrin said the BOT of the party will stand resolutely against the persecution of its members, including former governor in the name of fighting corruption. He spoke on a day Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Babayo Gamawa, said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration has failed Nigerians by not…

Former Director-General of MKO Abiola Campaign Organisation, Hope ’93, Senator Jonathan Zwingina, has said that some associates of the late Chief Moshood Abiola, who served in the government of late General Sani Abacha, retd, had the blessings of Abiola to do so. Zwingina, who said this on Channels’ Sunrise Daily, made the revelation on the strength of claims that Ambassador Babagana Kingibe betrayed Abiola by serving in the Abacha administration as Minister of Internal Affairs. His words: ‘’Nigeria is a very free country. Anyone that feels concerned should go to court. I believe that Obasanjo had the best opportunity to…

The General Hospital, Ibiaku Ntok Okpo in Ikono local government area of Akwa Ibom State was built to cater for the health needs of the teeming rural populace of the area and Ini local government area regarded as the food basket of the state in addition to their neighbouring communities. Established in 1991, the state government-owned hospital temporarily became ‘games reserve’ where wild animals and grown trees competed for attention and space. It was alleged that attempts by the then military administrator of Akwa Ibom, Air Commodore (rtd) Idongesit Nkanga to move the hospital’s equipment to another area were defiantly…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is said to be incurring an under recovery of N3.26 billion daily and N97.8 billion on a monthly basis. This is because NNPC is currently paying N60 as under recovery for a litre of the commodity. However, the price of petrol is still fixed at a maximum of N145 per litre, meaning that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Already, documents from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, showed that the actual price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, climbed to N205 per litre. This shows that if the Federal Government…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said weekend it has approved $17 billion financing for Nigerian entities between its commencement of operations in 1994 and last December. Dr. Benedict Oramah, President of the bank, stated this when he led an Afreximbank delegation on a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Oramah said the bank’s facilities had made major impact on critical sectors of the Nigerian economy and that the bank had loans outstanding of about $3.5 billion in Nigeria as at December 31, 2017. He identified the sectors benefiting from the bank’s facilities to include financial institutions, transport, hospitality, manufacturing,…

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has declared 59 persons alleged to be ring leaders and sponsors of insecurity within Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo Local Government Areas of the state. The list which includes 57 males and two females also shows that 23 of the wanted persons are indigenes of Ukanafun, 23 from Etim Ekpo, 12 from EssienUdim and one from OrukAnam local council. Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, the state Commissioner of Police, released the names of the wanted persons in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo on Sunday. Ogunjemilusi said the suspects were needed to explain their roles…

No fewer than 179 aspirants in All Progressives Congress, APC, jostling for various positions in National Working Committee, NWC, and other national offices have been screened. Again, the party reiterated that it would stick to its zoning formula ahead of its forthcoming national convention slated for June 23. This has effectively shut out aspirants from other zones other than those where certain offices had been zoned. Aminu Bello Masari, the Chairman of the National Convention Screening sub-Committee and governor of Katsina State, Sunday, told journalists at the venue of the screening in Abuja, saying, “The total number of aspirants nationwide…

Some experts have decried the growing opaqueness in the petroleum industry, saying from 2007 to 2017 the country could not account for about $83 billion of the withdrawals made from the Excess Crude Account, ECA. The administration of Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account, ECA has for several years been shrouded in secrecy as experts have continued to query the “loss” of a substantial part of the fund through shady circumstances. At a round table on Savings and Stabilization Mechanism for Nigeria, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former Vice President (Africa Region) of the World Bank, and Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, a…

The Senator Bukola Saraki led new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP tendency in the All Progressives Congress, APC has said it is waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party to call its bluff for it take a decision. The nominal chairman of the group, Alhaji Kawu Baraje had in an interview at the weekend said the group, however, is committed to remaining within the party but under acceptable conditions. The nPDP comprising Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara at least two governors and more than 20 senators among others had walked out of the negotiations with the party following…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has seized no fewer than 35 containers of tramadol at various ports in the country. Prof. Moji Adeyeye, Director-General of the agency, who stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said nine of the seized containers of tramadol were released to NAFDAC by the Nigeria Custom Service, NCS, and had been destroyed by her agency. “We are seriously working with the custom on this and each time they seize any container, they usually invite us to come and see the containers with tramadol.…