Author: Rashaad Harris

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate has admitted that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s attempt for a third term was thwarted by his strong bonds with National Assembly members while he served as the vice president of the country. He claimed that the connection allowed him and some NASS members to stop Obasanjo’s plans for a third term, while he also expressed a desire to reconnect with the NASS candidates, if elected as the country’s next president.The PDP presidential candidate made the comments on Sunday evening in Abuja at the Strategy Engagement Meeting with National Assembly Candidates for the…

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the forthcoming February 25th Elections — Peter Obi, has received the support of Paul Enenche, the founder and senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre. On Monday, Enenche posted a photo of himself on Twitter, alongside Obi and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Winners Chapel.Captioning the picture Enenche wrote “this is the way to go,” adding that “A picture they say, is worth a thousand words.”He continued, “This picture was randomly taken by a photographer sometime ago but is speaking volumes right now, especially in this season.“What do you see? What can…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has promised the stakeholders in Rivers State that if elected, their sacrifice and support won’t go unrewarded. Atiku further reiterated his commitment to recover Nigeria, which will include women and youths of the state.He also promised to complete the rail project from Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri and the deep seaport in Bonny, if elected..He said: “I want to start by acknowledging the circumstances and turn of events that have led us to this unique style of a campaign rally.“Although we did not wish for this, it became expedient that we…

According to Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, it has 1.805 billion litres of petroleum in reserve. The amount of petrol in store, according to NNPCL spokesman Garbadeen Muhammad, will last for 30 days, he said on Monday in Abuja.One billion litres of the product remained within the vessels, he said, while 805,35 million litres were stored in depots across the country.In order to maintain a consistent supply, he continued, NNPCL had put in place a strong plan for the delivery of petrol from mid-February to March 2023.“An additional petrol supply of 884 million litres is also expected by Feb. 28.“For…

Governor Nyesom Wike Of Rivers State has reiterated that he has no plans of joining the All Progressives Congress, despite its stance on zoning the presidency to the South, which is favoring the party. The governor insisted that he was still an unapologetic member of the PDP and dismissed rumours that he might defect to the APC as speculative.These were expressed by Governor Wike on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at the 114th quarterly general meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers.Before Saturday’s presidential election, he informed the council that he would only cast his vote…

For imitating Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo, a con artist named Omoghan Igbinosa has been sentenced to a two-year imprisonment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission made this information public on Monday via its Twitter account.The judgement was delivered by Judge Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Warri, Edo State today, Friday, February 17, 2023.The charge reads: ” That you, Omoghan Destiny Igbinosa sometime between 2021 and 2022 at Benin, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently impersonate the Identity of Ninalowo Bolanle, a Nollywood Actor by fraudulently sending documents to one Newon Quanon through…

Liverpool owner John W. Henry has ruled out Fenway Sports Group selling the club, although he is searching for new investors.Reports in November claimed the Reds had been put up for sale and had hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to assist with the process of offloading the club. FSG released a statement which appeared to leave the door open to a full sale of Liverpool. The American firm has been in charge on Merseyside since purchasing the club in 2010 for £300million. Fast forward nearly 13 years and Liverpool are valued at roughly $4.5billion (£3.7bn) due to the astonishing…

Ahead of the general election break, the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday nine fixtures continued with two fixtures on Monday as Gombe United and Nasarawa United upset the odds to record victory on home soil.Both fixtures which were in group A, saw Remo Stars and Plateau United failing to capitalize on their rivals slip up for the super six qualification places.Gombe United scored a stoppage time penalty to beat Plateau United 3-2 at the Pantami Stadium in Gombe state on Monday evening.Anayor Ogbonna put the hosts in front in the 12th minutes with Albert Hilary restoring parity for the…

Nigeria’s 100 metres hurdles star, Tobi Amusan, has been nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards 2023.This was announced on the Twitter handle of Laureus on Monday, 20 February. Amusan is shortlisted in the World Breakthrough of the Year category alongside five other contestants. The other nominees in the category are tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina, semi-finalist at Qatar 2022 World Cup Atlas Lions of Morocco, American figure skater Nathan Chen and American professional golfer Scott Scheffler.Amusan’s nomination for the World Breakthrough of the Year award is not unconnected to her impressive performance on the track in…

Nigeria’s number one badminton player, Anuoluwa Opeyori, has won his third African title in a space of five years to assert himself as Africa’s undisputable champion.His latest victory came in South Africa at the weekend as he beat Mauritius Julien Paul 18-21, 21-13, 21-18 to win the gold medal of the Men’s singles of the All Africa Senior Championships. With his latest win, Opeyori has added to earlier titles won in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 2019 and Kampala, Uganda in 2022.He had also won the Men’s Singles title at the African Games in Morocco in 2019 to make it four…