The PDP is aware that certain elements who are scared of the soaring popularity of our candidate Dr Asue Ighodalo are going about peddling rumors that the candidature of Dr Asue Ighodalo has been nullified. Let it be on record that the candidature of Dr Asue Ighodalo as the flag bearer of the party for the 2024 elections remains intact and that the judgement of the Federal High court in Abuja did not in any way affect the candidature of Dr Asue Ighodalo We urge our teaming loyal supporters to remain calm and resolute as there is no cause for…
Author: Spade Nigeria
By Abel Johngold “I use the best hand, the best brain, the best experience for the job” – President Bola Tinubu, April 22, 2015 There is a big, pertinent question by Edo State indigenes concerning the coming September 21 governorship election begging for an honest and immediate answer from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And there are other related questions too. The big one is: “As the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, would a Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egba Land, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare July 13 a national day to celebrate Prof Wole Soyinka’s contribution to humanity. The paramount ruler also said Soyinka should be honored with the second highest national honour of Grand Commander of Order of Niger as the Nobel Laureate marks his 90th birthday. Oba Gbadebo made this call on Tuesday during a press conference held to herald events lined up to mark the 90th birthday of the first African Nobel Prize winner in Literature. The royal father said as way to…
By Abel Johngold ORHERUATA In a renewed bid and collaboration to promoting and achieving improved malaria and health outcomes in eliminating malaria owing to its severity in Nigeria, Global Fund has approved another 3 years malaria grant for the Country with its focus on eliminating malaria owing to the severity of the problem. This was disclosed by the Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN), Delta State Chapter during a Press briefing for Delta State Media meeting on the global fund malaria community-led monitoring project implemented by ACOMIN. At the briefing, the State Programme Officer (SPO) on Malaria…
Alison Madueke, a former chief of naval staff, has filed a petition before the Lagos state high court, seeking to stop Diezani, former minister of petroleum, from using his last name. Madueke, a former military governor of Anambra and Imo states, married Diezani under the Marriage Act on June 30, 1999. However, in Madueke’s petition for jactitation of marriage, he claimed Diezani had filed for divorce at the Nasarawa State High Court in Mararaba Gurku in November 2021, citing the “irreconcilable breakdown” of their marriage. He said since May 2015, he has lived apart from the respondent after she travelled…
Bayelsa-born young Nigerian Guiness World Record holder, Tonye Solomon, has yet again successfully attempted to set a new Guiness World Record for the LONGEST SWIMMING, BALANCING A FOOTBALL ON THE HEAD challenge. Tonye, on Saturday, embarked on a very tedious task to complete his attempt at thirty seven (37) minutes, beating the existing record held by a Russian at twenty three minutes (23). Tonye held a ball balanced on his head while swimming across the Ikoli river in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Congratulations Tonye Solomon (Ball Boy) for showing great resilience and strength typical of the Ijaw youth, and putting our…
Reaction have continued to trail the just concluded engagements with Edo Diaspora in Europe by Dr Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. Stakeholders and party chieftains and other members of the public spoke glowingly about how successful the Diaspora tour in their reviews. They declared that it clearly showed Ighodalo as the candidate who came prepared and fit for purpose. Some jokingly said “Ighodalo clearly knows the difference between a Museum and a Zoo.” The Diaspora tour took Ighodalo to five cities in three countries of Europe…
A one day Residential Consultation with Media Editors in Nigeria has ended in Abuja with a call on government at all levels,management of tertiary institutions,the judiciary,security agencies and other stakeholders in the education sector to synergize in the fight against sexual harassment in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The theme of the Consultation put together by Alliances For Africa AFA is ‘Addressing Sexual Harassment in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions’. The Executive Director of the Non Governmental Organisation, Alliances For Africa AFA Mrs Iheoma Obibi said the gathering was to xray the monster called female sexual harassment in Tertiary Institutions and ways to…
Our Commitment To Edo Is Captured In Our Prosperity For All Manifesto. And We Will Not Fail You, Asue Ighodalo Assures Edolites In Diaspora. The Edo State Governorship Election slated for September 21, 2024 appears set to redefine the political landscape and tapestry of not only Edo State known as the Heartbeat of the Nation, but the way and the content of politics in our nation. There are close to 20 candidates seeking the mandate to occupy the Osadebe House in Edo State, but one candidate stands out. One candidate has apparently engaged the Edo People at home the most.…
Youths of Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency have staged a peaceful protest to Government House Asaba over their agitation for the inclusion of their area in the South East Development Commission bill which is before President Bola Tinubu. They were received at Government House Asaba by the Chief of Staff Government House Hon Johnson Erijo. The Leader of the youths Mr Kingsley Chukwuyem said the peaceful protest was to appeal to President Tinubu to consider inclusion of the constituency into the South East Development Commission because of the affinity between South East and the Anioma area. He said as a result of…