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Edo elections: Why God will never forgive me – Obaseki

Edo elections: Why God will never forgive me – Obaseki

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has said that God will not forgive him if he risks the lives of the people in the State because of politics. Obaseki stated this while speaking on Sunday Politics aired on Channels Television. He insisted that he has never been desperate in his life and will win the primaries whether it is direct or indirect. “God will never forgive me if I risk the lives of my people because of politics. “We should not risk the lives of the people because of politics. “The crisis in the APC is not threatening my…
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Oshiomhole frustrated plans to remove fuel subsidy by Obasanjo govt – Atiku

Oshiomhole frustrated plans to remove fuel subsidy by Obasanjo govt – Atiku

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of resisting the removal of fuel subsidy during the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku, who recalled that he headed the negotiations with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, with Oshiomhole as the Chairman, said the current APC Chairman stood strongly against it. The Waziri of Adamawa was backing an earlier tweet by his Spokesman, Paul Ibe, which reads, “For the avoidance of doubt, the Obasanjo administration…
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State of the nation, the economy in near-comatose; Kalu offers ideas

State of the nation, the economy in near-comatose; Kalu offers ideas

The state of the nation has continued to generate discussions across board as a result of the near-no-governance and lopsided, directionless, nepotistic, and no security style of administration offered by the Buhari-led government. The truth remains that no matter how much we decide to shy away from speaking the truth about the conditions of our nation, it can never go away. 'It is a chameleon feces on which we have stepped upon, if you clean it cannot go', in the words of a great Ghanaian poet. On that note, I will commend Alhaji Umar who had sent and open later…
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Gunmen kill 21 in fresh Zamfara attacks

Gunmen kill 21 in fresh Zamfara attacks

Armed gangs have killed 21 people in the latest bloody assaults on villages in restive northwest Nigeria, police said. Assailants trying to steal cattle shot dead 15 people in clashes with local residents in six remote communities of Zamfara state on Tuesday, regional police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said. The gunmen — dubbed “bandits” by the authorities — returned the next day and shot dead six mourners at funerals for the earlier victims, the statement released Thursday said. Nigeria’s northwest has been wracked by years of violence, involving clashes between rival communities over land, attacks by heavily armed gangs and retaliation…
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Ighalo mulls return to international football with Nigeria

Ighalo mulls return to international football with Nigeria

Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has said he is contemplating a return to international football with Nigeria after he quit last year. “I am still thinking about returning to the national team,” Ighalo told local sports radio Brila FM late Thursday. “But right now, I want to concentrate on my club career. “I left the national team because of the distance between Nigeria and China, but now that I am in Manchester, you never can tell.” The former Watford striker quit the Super Eagles after he emerged top scorer of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt with four…
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