Category: National/Politics

Bello Shreds Kwara APC

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has lambasted the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state over allegations that he has been sidelining leaders of the party when taking key decisions. Bello said the APC leadership are free to recommend anybody for appointment, but he makes his appointments based on merits. The governor was reacting…

Relegate Igbos, Forget Peace In Nigeria—Ekweremadu

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, says the Federal Government has continually failed to recognise the immense contributions the Igbos have made in the development of Nigeria. Ekweremadu was speaking on Sunday in Enugu when he paid a solidarity visit to Eziagu local government area of the state. The Senator accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government…

FCT Election A Shame—PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the recently concluded area council poll in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as a shame, saying that the Federal Government, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security operatives manoeuvred the elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chairmanship candidate of the PDP in…

APC Leaders Lie To Buhari—Rivers SSG

Secretary to the Rivers State Government, SSG, Kenneth Kobani, has accused leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of not telling President Muhammadu Buhari the real truth about what Nigerians feel about his administration. Kobani, in an interview with Vanguard, disclosed that chieftains of the APC give the President the impression that Rivers State is…

‘Pregnant’ Woman Nabbed With Cocaine In Lagos

A 41-year-old woman who feigned pregnancy was arrested on Saturday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine. The woman, a mother of three and identified as Dorothy Onyekasi, was apprehended during the inward screening of passengers on an Emirates…

2019: PDP Unveils New Strategy

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is planning new strategy of electing candidates for the 2019 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Olisa Metuh, while receiving former chairman of the National Patriotic Party, NPP, of Ghana, Peter Manu, at the party’s national secretariat on Friday in Abuja, disclosed that the PDP…