Presidency, Atiku bicker over subsidy removal
ABUJA---Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that no amount of resistance from President Bola Tinubu or “millions of his gang of economic jesters” could stop him from restoring a targeted fuel subsidy to Nigerians, accusing the administration of dressing up subsidy removal as reform while quietly extending fiscal concessions to oil investors.
“I don’t have any rift with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says Rotimi Akeredolu
President Muhammadu Buhari has formally endorsed Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as the governorship candidate of the APC.
I’ll redress Mimiko’s 8 years of under-devt – Oke
GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, Olusola Oke, yesterday, promised to redress the neglect that the state had suffered in the last seven and half years.
Nigeria does not belong to Christians, Muslims, APC, PDP … – Bishop Kukah
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Most Revd. Matthew Kukah, has cautioned members of the National Assembly against making laws that could disunite Nigeria.
FG, N-Deltans responsible for region’s problems – Ogbeha
Senator Tunde Ogbeha, a two -term Senator representing Kogi West and former military governor of Akwa Ibom and old Bendel states, in this interview conducted in Lokoja, bares his mind on some national issues and justified the ongoing war against graft.
APC faults Mimiko’s visit to Buhari
THE APC in Ondo State has picked holes in the visit of the governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko to President Muhamadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, confirmed Jimoh Ibrahim as the party’s governorship candidate.
One dies as protest turns bloody
The protest in Ondo State, over the weekend, took a bloody dimension as a secondary school student was said to have been hit by the tear gas canister, released by the police in dispersing the rioters in Ondo town, near Ife garage.
Consipracy against Jegede, sign of victory — PDP
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, weekend, declared that the conspiracy by the opposition parties against Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) was a sign of victory.
Ondo Protest: Opposition parties call for calm
OPPOSITION political parties in Ondo State, weekend, called for calm and caution over the protests that rocked the state as a result of the substitution of the governorship candidate of the PDP, Mr Eyitayo Jegede.
US polls narrow as Clinton grapples with email fallout
The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the vote.
Group wants Judiciary to prevent chaos
The Coalition for Stable Democracy, CSD, an alliance of pro-democracy groups, has urged the Judiciary to use the opportunity of the current case of the PDP in Ondo state to re-assure the people that democracy can work in the country, by ensuring that justice is done in Eyitayo Jegede’s matter.
