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3 weeks ago | 
punchng.com | Muhammed Lawal |Dirisu Yakubu |Peter Ajayi Dada |Sunday Nwakanma
Prominent leaders, including former President Muhammadu Buhari, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abass, state governors and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have felicitated President Bola Tinubu on his 73rd birthday. Tinubu clocked 73 on Saturday. In a telephone conversation on Friday, Buhari joined Tinubu’s family and the nation in celebrating the President’s special day.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Gbenga Oloniniran |Sunday Nwakanma
A former Senate President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adolphus Wabara, on Sunday, faulted President Bola Tinubu’s decision to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State. In a strongly worded statement on Sunday, Wabara insisted that Tinubu’s actions violated the fundamental principles of Nigeria’s Constitution and called for immediate reversal.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Sunday Nwakanma
The Peoples Democratic Party State Working Committee in Abia State on Tuesday expelled the embattled PDP Board of Trustees Chairman, former Senate President Adolphus Wabara. The chapter, in a statement jointly signed by Chairman Abraham Amah and Secretary Peter Nwaokonko, stated that the decision was made during an emergency meeting held after receiving the Disciplinary Committee’s report.
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1 month ago | 
punchng.com | Sami Tunji |Ademola Adegbite |Uche Okere |Bankole Taiwo |Abiodun Nejo |Tukur Muntari | +5 more
The Account-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, have commenced talks on the implementation of the July 11, 2024 Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy as direct allocation disbursement to the 7774 LGAs continues to suffer delay.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Sunday Nwakanma
There is no end in sight to the crisis rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, as the Abia State chapter, on Wednesday, insisted that the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, remain suspended. Countering the party’s National Working Committee’s declaration of the suspension as illegal, the Abia PDP leadership insisted that there was no going back.
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2 months ago | 
punchng.com | Abdulrahman Zakariyau |Ogbonnaya Ikokwu |Sunday Nwakanma
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party Abia State chapter believed to be loyalists of FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday suspended the party’s BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, for endorsing Ude-Okoye as national secretary instead of Samuel Anyanwu, an ally of the minister.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Sunday Nwakanma
IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu The reluctance of South East political leaders to advocate for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has become a source of worry for human right organizations in the country.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Sunday Nwakanma
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that it has identified the reasons why it lost in the 2023 elections in the state and has set in motion machinery to return to winning ways in the state, particularly in Abia North senatorial district. Abia State chairman of the PDP, Elder Abraham Amah, disclosed this during an Abia North PDP stakeholders’ and reconciliation meeting held at Abam in Arochukwu Local Government Area country home of Hon.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Sunday Nwakanma
The founder of Abig Nwankwo Foundation, Chief Abig Nwankwo, has explained why he chose to celebrate talent, and teamwork through football competition. Speaking at the finals of the 2024 edition of an annual football competition he organised through his foundation, Abig Nwankwo Foundation, Nwankwo expressed excitement that he was able to touch lives through football, celebrating talents and teamwork.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
punchng.com | Sunday Nwakanma
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