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2022

FULL SPEECH: Buhari confers National Honours on Nigerians, foreigners

Lifestyle, Metro, News, PoliticsMetro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Personality, Politics

Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, conferred National Honours Awards on 447 recipients comprising Nigerians and non-Nigerians labelled “friends of Nigeria”. The award investiture ceremony was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The PUNCH reported that 5000 nominees were received by the George Akume-led awards committee, but only 447 were selected for the awards. The PUNCH also reported that a total of 5,341 persons have been conferred with various National Honours since its inception in 1963, including the recipients of Tuesday awards. Below is the full speech of the President at the award investiture ceremony.…

Oct

11

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Sam Amadi writes Tambuwal, rejects appointment to PDP campaign council

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Sam Amadi

Sam Amadi cites a conflict of interest Renowned scholar and Director, of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Dr Sam Amadi have rejected his appointment as Director of Research for the 2023 Election Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party. According to him, he was declining the offer because of a conflict of interest emanating from various responsibilities in which he acts as a leader of different platforms where political neutrality and objectivity are required of him. Amadi stated these in his letter dated October 10, 2022, addressed to the Director-General, PDP Presidential Campaign Council and Governor…

Oct

11

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

FG approves construction of Lekki-Epe Airport

Business, Economy, Metro, PoliticsBabajide Sanwo-Olu, Economy, Federal government, Lagos, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Federal Government has approved the construction of the Lekki International Airport in the Lekki-Epe area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Government said it would begin the construction of a new airport in the Lekki-Epe area of the state in 2023. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, presented the approval for the new airport to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on behalf of the Federal Government at the Lagos Economic Summit 2022, held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, disclosed this in a tweet.…

Oct

11

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Abia Christian community, ACC, Unveils Ukpai Iro Ukpai as Consensus Candidate

Abia State, Metro, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia Christian community, Abia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

THE UNVEILING OF ABIA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FLAG BEARER, a.k.a THE DAVID OF ABIA STATE. I, on behalf of Abia Christian Community ACC, present to you our consensus candidate for the 2023 Governorship election in the person of DR UKPAI IRO UKPAI, the NNPP Governorship Candidate, Abia State. OUR METHOD While other groups are bringing the governorship candidates together in an interactive forum with the intention of picking the best, ACC believes that outward appearance is very deceptiveand has not helped us since 1999 till date. We decided that since we have God who has come to deliver Abia to wait…

Oct

11

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Tinubu tags PDP, party of “termites”, can never return to power

Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can never return to power. Tinubu stated this on Monday while speaking at the inauguration of the APC women’s campaign council in Abuja. The former Governor of Lagos described the PDP as a party of “termites”. The APC presidential candidate also said the PDP would not be able to take power, owing to their rudderless leadership. “Our opponents spent 16 years, they had forgotten that the highway is an economy, electricity is mandatory for industrialization. They don’t understand the transmission lines…