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…
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CCB Amendment: SERAP Reports Senate To UN
A group has petitioned the United Nations, asking the world body to quickly stop the National Assembly, especially the Senate from amending the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Acts. The group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, addressed its petition to Professor Philip Alston, who is the UN Special Rapporteur on…
I Don’t Have Plan To Be PDP Chair—Bode George
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, says he has no intention of becoming the next chairman of the opposition party, but said he would want the next boss of the PDP to emerge from the South West, his region. George told journalists who approached him shortly after his return…
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…
Ogun PDP Chieftain Dies In Hotel After $ex Romp
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, Saruku Suraju, but well known as Aro Meta, has been reported dead. PM News reports that the PDP chieftain in Ogun State was found dead in a hotel in the community called De Lover Hotel, which is located at Aseko…
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…
Poor Savings: I Never Indicted Jonathan—Okonjo-Iweala
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to media reports that she said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan lacked the political will to save for raining days for Nigeria, which has now plunged the country into its present economic woes. Okonjo-Iweala spoke through her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, in a statement issued on Friday. The former…