According to reports reaching our news room, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, Col Sam Inokoba, has passed on. Inokoba reportedly died on Wednesday afternoon in Lagos. The deceased only defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, about two weeks ago and was said to have slumped during a…
A new Executive Director has been appointed by the Board of Directors of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. The new appointee is Haruna Musa. His appointment follows a thorough selection process by the Human Resources & Nominations Committee of the Board of the Bank as stipulated by the GTBank’s corporate governance standards and regulatory provisions. Musa…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed frustration over the delay in the appointment of Commissioners in the state by the state governor, Nyesom Wike. Rivers APC, in a statement, condemned the “so-called 100 days celebration” by Wike, asking, “when will the governor properly constitute the state cabinet by appointing…
Police in Lagos State have apprehended a blogger named Chris Kehinde Nwandu, owner of the blog, CKN, over story related to the MD of Fidelity Bank. The blogger was reportedly arrested on Tuesday by the police after he was said to have published a ‘damaging’ story about the bank MD. According to reports, another blogger,…
Reports just reaching us indicate that the Nigerian troops have retaken Gamboru Ngala, Borno State, from the deadly Boko Haram group. Gamboru Ngala town was earlier taken over from the Nigerian government by the insurgents, but a statement by the military spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that the community is now under the control of the…
**Kicked Out Of Hotel Room Some Nigerian stars were ridiculed in Ebonyi State on Monday when they were forced out of their hotel rooms. The celebrities were kicked out after overstaying the number of days they should have lodged in the hotel. It was gathered that some artistes of Ebonyi extraction were honoured by the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is already in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, leading the Federal Government delegates for the swearing-in ceremony of the immediate past Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, as President of the African Development Bank Group, AFDB. Adesina contested for the position on May 28, 2015 and was elected in the keenly contested…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by the court. His plea for bail was okayed by the court on Tuesday based on self recognition after he pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him by the Department of State Security, DSS. Dasuki was charged for illegal possession of firearms…
No fewer than two persons were feared dead on Monday in a clash between two rival cult groups in Ogun State. Our reporter gathered that the fight was between members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities in Ago Odo and Elega area of Abeokuta, the state capital. It was further gathered that not less than…
A top member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe has sent a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari in response to a petition to the President alleging that the APC is planning to use security apparatuses in the state to scuffle outcome of the election tribunal in Rivers State. In…