Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has been ordered by the court to vacate office with immediate effect. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja gave the directive on Monday, June 27, 2017. Ikpeazu was sacked from office by the court for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s…
Category: National/Politics
Wike Plots To Blackmail Appeal Court Judges—APC Cries Out
**It’s a big lie—PDP source The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has uncovered a plot by Governor Nyesom Wike to smear, intimidate and blackmail the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa and other Justices, using the so-called Integrity Group led by one Livingstone Wechie and his cohorts.…
Economy Diversification: Dangote Refinery, Fertilizer Projects Will Reduce Poverty—FG
…Increase Nigeria Competitive Power With efforts being diverted towards the diversification of the nation’s ailing economy, the Federal Government has described Dangote Fertilizer and Petrochemical projects as credible industrials undertaken capable of reducing poverty through generation of foreign exchange. Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote said the Dangote Refinery ,…
Sack Threat: Police AIGs Meet Okiro In Abuja
According to reports reaching us, some Assistant Inspector General, AIGs, of Police are having an emergency meeting with Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Mike Okiro. It was said that the closed-door meeting with the former Inspector General of Police, IGP, was conveyed following an alleged letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday…
Tension As New IGP Writes Buhari To Retire 30 Officers
Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has allegedly written President Muhammadu Buhari for an approval to retire about 30 senior officers of the Force. ThisDay reports that Idris wrote the President last Friday on the issue and those to be affected are in the rank of Assistant Inspector General, AIG, of police. It…
Alleged Forgery: Saraki, Ekweremadu Granted Bail
An Abuja High Court, on Monday, June 27, 2016, granted bail to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. The Senate President was brought before the court on allegation of forging the Senate Standing Rules. The Federal Government filed the case against Saraki, Ekweremadu and two others. At the court on Monday,…
Alleged Forgery: Saraki, Ekweremadu In Court (Photos)
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, June 27, appeared before a High Court sitting in Abuja for an alleged forgery case filed against them by the Federal Government. The duo alongside two others were accused by the FG of tampering with the Senate Standing Rules, which brought…
Nigeria Has Failed Yoruba Nation—Afenifere
A pan-Yoruba socio-political group known as Afenifere, has accused the Federal Government of failing the Yoruba nation. The group, via its spokesman, Yinka Odunmaki, made this known following the recent killing of 15 persons in Imushin, Ogijo area of Ogun State and another 50 people killed last Thursday by suspected militants in Elepete and Igbo…
Saraki, Ekweremadu, FG To Clash In Court Today
Today, Monday, June 27, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, are expected to be brought before an Abuja High Court by the Federal Government over an alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules. Two other persons would be charged alongside Saraki and Ekweremadu. It is believed that it would be a…
EFCC Seizes 29 Properties From Three Ex-Air Force Chiefs
According to reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confiscated not less than 29 properties from former Air Force chiefs. Those affected include the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting in NAF, Air Vice Marshal Jacob Adigun (retd.); and a former Director…