News
Abia Forensic Audit: How We Spent N10bn Airport Fund – Ikpeazu
The immediate past governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has advised his successor, Dr Alex Otti, to focus on governance.
Ikpeazu, who spoke against the background of a report that his government awarded a N10 billion contract for the construction of an airport in Abia without doing same, insisted that Otti was on clout-chasing with the alleged forensic report he conducted on Abia finances.
Also speaking on the money, a former commissioner for information under Ikpeazu, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, asked Otti to stop playing to the gallery and tell Abians the truth with documents at his disposal. Okiyi-Kalu said the alleged N10 billion originally budgeted for the airport project was rechanneled into other projects, following the approval of the Executive Council, after traditional rulers in the state told Ikpeazu to shelve the airport project and focus on repairing major roads in the state.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s 2023 Vice Presidential candidate, has urged President Bola Tinubu to reconsider seeking re-election in 2027, claiming it would be politically unwise.
Speaking on News program, Baba-Ahmed said Tinubu should “throw in the towel” if he is truly the savvy politician many believe him to be. He argued that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost credibility, predicting their defeat in the next election.
Mocking Tinubu’s political maneuvers, Baba-Ahmed recounted how he backed various presidential candidates since 2007—culminating, in his words, in an “electoral heist” in 2023.
“If he’s that smart, it’s clear he’s going to lose in 2027,” he said, while suggesting that at least two candidates could defeat the president in the next poll.
He added that Tinubu, like former President Buhari, would fail to deliver on campaign promises. “Buhari didn’t develop Nigeria, didn’t provide security, didn’t fight corruption. Neither will Tinubu,” he asserted.
Baba-Ahmed expressed confidence that Nigerians will rise to reject bad leadership in 2027, uniting to bring genuine democracy to the country.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has appointed the National Chairman of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle, Tricycle, Repairer, and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Adebayo Apelogun and thirteen others as welfare board ad-hoc committee members, to facilitate this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, Adebayo Apelogun is the Amirul Hajj, while Ishaq Olorungbebe will serve as the chairman.
Members of the committee are Lawal Iskeel, Shile Rufai, Sabeeq Aladi-Ibrahim, Wasiu Raheem, Abdul-Lateef Afolabi, Ogunfowora Kamoru, Hassan Tijani, Hussein Mustapha and Uthman Akewukanwo
Others are; Alatise Fausat, Egunjobi Kafilat and Jinadu Zainab.
The board urged them to discharge their duties diligently with high level of commitment, so as to ensure comfort and safety of pilgrims from Ogun State.
-
News23 hours agoAbuja raid attack: Three NDLEA officers sustain gunshot injuries, hospitalized
-
News11 hours agoN300m gift: NBA under heavy hammer as FCT minister, Wike alleges body is compromised
-
News10 hours agoStop hunting in southern states, lawmaker begs Northerners
-
News8 hours agoCriminals in military uniform kill 12 at cockfight
-
News11 hours agoUK launches updated English tests for visa, citizenship applicants
-
News7 hours agoINSECURITY: Armed herders attack reportedy leaves family of eight dead, nine others
-
News24 hours agoTinubu preaches hope at Easter gives directive to military to end insecurity
-
News7 hours agoCBEX: Ponzi scheme promoters face 10 years jail term, N20m fine