The police in Rivers State have arrested a serving member of the House of Representatives with over US$500,000 in his possession. Hon. Chinyere Igwe, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member representing Port Harcourt Federal Constituency II, was arrested in the early hours of Friday, 24 February, 2023, in Port Harcourt. He was caught with over Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000.00) which he claimed was given to him by his party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to ensure his electoral success in Rivers State. The police also recovered the sharing formula from him. From the document recovered from him, they…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
State House of Assembly candidates in all six southwest states on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have adopted the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reports thegazellenews.com Addressing a press conference in Ikeja on Thursday, 23 February, 2023, the group covering all the six southwest states stated that they will support and vote for Tinubu in Saturday, 25 February, 2023 during the Presidential Election. Speaking through their spokesman, Arulogun Adebayo Taofeek, SDP candidate for Ikorodu State Constituency I, the group described Tinubu as a progressive democrat worthy of emulation by all…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The ringleader of United States (US) based terror group, Jamshid Sharmahd,accused of committing terror attacks and counterrevolutionary operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran has been sentenced to death on Tuesday, 21 February, 2023, by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran, the country’s capital. Judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported that Sharmahd bagged death penalty on charges of “corruption on earth” by planning and orchestrating terrorist acts in the country. The convict, who holds German citizenship and is also a US resident, was the ringleader of the Tondar (Thunder) terrorist outfit. He was accused of planning a series of attacks, including a 2008 attack against…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged Nigerians to conduct themselves peacefully at the upcoming general elections. Lawan also urged them to turn up at their polling units on the appointed days to responsibly exercise their civic responsibility and democratic right to elect their governments and representatives in Parliament at the State and Federal levels. The SenatePresident, in a statement he personally signed, appealed to the people to eschew violence and instead make these elections a celebration of democracy in the country. He cautioned them to always be mindful that Nigeria is the only country that they have…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Barely 48 hours to the kick-off of the 2023 presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission,( INEC), in Oyo State, has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials ahead in the state. The distribution of the sensitive materials to all 33 local government areas was done in the early hours of Thursday. The gazellenews.com leant that the exercise was done at the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Ibadan branch, amid tight security. Representatives of various political parties in the state were represented during the distribution. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Rahman Adeniran Tella, said the distribution began…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Forty eight hours to the kick-off of Saturday, 25 February, 2023, presidential election, a chieftain and member of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Bode George, has revealed the party’s major problem that may hinder the success of the party in the zone George said that the problem the PDP have ahead of the general election is that the managers of the party have failed to manage it well. Speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday, 22 February, 2023, George said the leaders of PDP have failed to include the southwest in vital positions in the party ahead of this…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that over N500 billion old naira notes stashed by politicians yet to return to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa disclosed during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, 23 February, 2023. According to the anti-graft boss, the commission had a lot of information on some of the means politicians were devising to buy votes during elections. “The only option politicians have now is to buy votes, as BVAS will do a lot of wonders. They want to maximize the numbers they…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Security Council (NSC) chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, 22 February, 2023, had asked the INEC to go ahead with the conduct of general elections as planned. The council assured that the police, the military and all security agencies were fully ready to ensure free, fair and credible polls. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, jointly briefed State House reporters on the outcome of the maiden NSC meeting in 2023 at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Malami said…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan was on campaign trail on Wednesday, 22 February, 2023 to three of the six Local Government Areas that make up the Yobe North Senatorial District to canvass for votes for the All Progressives Congress(APC) ahead of the polls. Lawan who is the APC Senatorial Candidate for Yobe North District was received by massive crowds in all the Local Government Areas visited. The Zonal campaign for Yobe North was flagged off in Lawan’s home town of Gashua, Bade Local Government, on Saturday 11th February, 2023. But on Wednesday, Lawan embarked on local government by…
Fellow Nigerians, it is with a tremendous sense of history and an immense awareness of the challenges ahead of us as a country that I address you today. For the past few months, my running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima and I and other leaders of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traversed the length and breadth of our country in the course of our campaigns for the forthcoming presidential, governorship and legislative elections at all levels. I have been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic crowds that have trooped out to receive us in all the states we visited.…