Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Why I Didn’t Oppose Obi, Tinubu – Wike… Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says he did not criticise the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi; and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Tinubu in the just-concluded February 25 presidential election because he is an “apostle” of power shift to the southern region of Nigeria. Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of Chokocho-Igbodo Road in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, said he owed nobody an apology for supporting the rotation of power to the south after the eight-year tenure of the incumbent, President Muhammadu…

Peter Obi visits lady stabbed while voting in Lagos. Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi visited Mrs Jennifer Efedi, the lady who was stabbed while voting in Surulere, Lagos state. Efedi was dubbed the last presidential and national assembly election hero after coming back to vote despite being stabbed by some thugs at her polling unit.

Benue Zone C APC Leaders Seeks Votes For Guber Candidate, Deputy Barring last minutes campaign ahead of Governorship and States House of Assemblies elections scheduled for Saturday 11th, 2023, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Zone C of Benue State, Barrister John Ochoga, has appealed to the people of zone to come out enmass and vote for the party’s governorship candidate, Revd Father Hyacinth Alia and his deputy, Sam Ode. This is as the party in the zone also received defectors from other political parties into it fold barely four days to the governorship elections. Ochoga,…

Sunny Ade’s son, Ibori’s daughter, meet children of ‘8 Rich and Powerful’ Nigerians elected into NASS. In Nigeria, every election season seems to come with intriguing developments, and the 2023 general elections is not an exception. One striking trend that has emerged boldly in the recently concluded national assembly elections is the number of the rich and powerful elected into the National Assembly. While some ranking lawmakers were booted out of the Senate and House of Representatives by the power of the ballot, some rich people paved the way for their children perhaps to perpetuate their family’s access to…

The Next President. SC 11: Zorah’s room Zorah is in his room, smoking heavily. Bottles of drinks scattered all over the floor. Music blasts from a mini home theatre. His Pals and the Co- cultists enter. They are praising him. PINZAYA: Hey! Baba Barracuda! STONE: Unshakable Don! (Zorah offers them smoke and drinks) So, is the sheep out? PINZAYA: In black and white. Don, can you believe it? Zabaki is flying the campus presidency. ZORAH: Relax (He takes a sip and smiles. Silence reigns for ’15’ seconds) I knew he would. What baffles me is the audacity to compete with…

BIG STORYBREAKING: Banks Resume Payment Of Old 500, 1,000 Naira Notes. Banks have resumed the payment of the old Naira notes( N500, N1000). Following the Supreme Court judgment, which extended the validity of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) currency redesign policy to December, some deposit money banks have started paying out the old notes. It was gathered that some commercial banks in the City of Kano and Abuja have commenced paying out the old N500 and N1000 notes. While some branches of Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) issued old notes, some others like Polaris bank in Abuja had not commenced…

I use Okada to Sustain my family, Says newly-elected Rep Member. Donatus Matthew, the Labour Party candidate who won election into House of Representatives for Kaura Federal Constituency, has shed light on his widely reported life as an Okada rider. Donatus told the story of his past, honest hustle in an interview with Punchng in which the father of four also laid open his plan for his once-upon-a-time Okada rider colleagues, saying, “There are programmes that we have been doing long before now. We have been assisting them and advising them to come together in groups and register to benefit…

Value Jet Boss, Kunle Soname Makes History in Ogun State Hon. Kunle Soname has once again crested his name in the list of investors in Nigeria who has shunned frivolity and grand opulence to invest their last kobo in the country’s growth. The politician, Soccer enthusiast and head honcho of Soccer Gaming Company Bet9ja upped his ante when he delved into the aviation industry becoming one of the industry’s top players within a short while in the business. As a calculated risk talker, he studied the industry carefully capitalizing on the Achilles heel of his competitors by providing an aviation…

PHOTO NEWS: Otedola, Dangote Visit Tinubu Aliko Dangote, chairman, and chief executive officer of the Dangote group, and Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman have visited Bola Tinubu, the president-elect in Abuja. On Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the presidential election and also issued him a certificate of return. Tinubu secured 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who had the second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who polled 6,101,533 votes.

Bauchi Speaker Set To Empower Over 3000 Ningi Women In a concerted bid to ensure women fulfilled their full potential and contribute more to societal development, over 3000 women in Ningi Central Constituency of Bauchi State are to be empowered by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y. Suleiman. The empowerment program which will commence tomorrow Saturday 4th, 2023, tagged “Women Support & Awareness Creation on Family Hygiene” is also supported by family, friends, Speaker from home and in the diaspora. According to a press statement endorsed by the lawmaker, said noted that the…