Secretary of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ojo Maduekwe, has maintained that there is no faction in the party. Maduekwe made this clarification on Wednesday following claims by two members of PDP in the House of Representatives that they decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, because there…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has blamed the Boko Haram terrorists group for the scarcity of tomato in the country at the moment. Mohammed made this disclosure while speaking on Channels TV. The Minister said activities of the group has forced farmers from leaving their farmlands for fear of being killed. He…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has returned to the country after he was reported to have gone to Cote d’Ivoire on self exile. It was reported some days ago by ThisDay that the former Nigerian leader ran to the West African country to evade arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraud allegedly…
On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, two members of the House of Representatives switched camp from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The two federal lawmakers disclosed that dumping the opposition party for the ruling party due to division in the PDP. The affected congressmen are Tony Nwoye from Anambra State…
Members of staff at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national headquarters in Abuja had a meeting with the Board of Trustees of the opposition party. During the gathering, which took place on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, had in attendance Chairman of the BoT, Walid Jibrin; its Secretary, Ojo Maduekwe; and members of the BoT like…
The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for allegedly failing to declare all his assets has been suspended indefinitely. Saraki was supposed to be at the Tribunal on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, but the main witness for the prosecution, Michael Wektas, was not at the court for cross…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, of planning to sponsor protests to disrupt the much-publicised flag off of the UNEP clean-up of Ogoni land on Thursday, June 2, 2016, by President Muhammadu Buhari. The party made this known in a statement signed by its…
Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed, has maintained that shortage of fund will not in any way affect the clean-up exercise of Ogoni land, which is expected to be flagged off by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Mohammed disclosed this on Tuesday that apart from the $1bn commitment by the Federal Government for the programme,…
The inconclusive elections held in Rivers, Kogi, Kano and Imo States will be wrapped up before the end of July 31, 2016, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has promised. A statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by INEC Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, noted that the Commission is getting prepared to conclude…
Members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, struck again in Nigeria’s oil rich Niger Delta region. The group blew up an oil well belonging to top oil and gas multi-national, Chevron, in the early hours of the day. NDA made this disclosure via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday and…