The state congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held in Ekiti, Ogun and Anambra all ended in confusion on Tuesday. In Ogun, three chairmen emerged from the Kashamu Buruji, Ladi Adebutu and Dimeji Bankole factions. While the Kashamu-led group held its congress at the party secretariat, the Adebutu group held theirs inside the amphitheatre…
Niger Delta militants have vowed to go on with their attacks on oil facilities in their region despite an order by President Muhammadu Buhari to the military to clamp down on the new faceless Avengers’ group. On Tuesday, the Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, declared that the bombing of pipelines in the Niger Delta would…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Greater Together New Media Team, GTNMT, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, for demonstrating extraordinary and sincere commitment to the development of Nigeria, and in particular, the Niger Delta region by insisting that the Lagos-Calabar Rail project be captured in the 2016 Budget in spite…
The trial of spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was adjourned on Monday after Justice Ishaq Bello of FCT High Court in Abuja, said he could no longer see clearly. He informed counsels of both the prosecution and defence that he was seeing shadows and that he could no longer go on with the…
Leading African businessman and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu; Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank; Graca Machel, former first lady of Mozambique and widow of Nelson Mandela; Phillipe le Houerou, CEO of the International Finance Corporation and Tarek Sultan Al Esso, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board Agility have been slated to co-chair…
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has directed all State Commands Commissioners of Police and the FCT to, as a matter of urgency, convene town hall meeting in their respective State Commands. This is he said is part of strategic initiative of the Nigeria Police Force, aimed at adopting Community Policing practices in addressing internal…
Former Head of the Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan, has been commended by President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday. Buhari, in a statement issued on Monday by one of his spokesman, Garba Shehu, hailed the immense contribution of the elder statesman to the peace and unity of Nigeria. The President said Shonekan has exemplified…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says a total of 12 million Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, were yet to be collected. This was made known by the Commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at a meeting with Editors at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, last week. According to Yakubu, there are over 70 million registered voters in…
Again, the trial of a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, and his cohorts before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja could not continue on Monday, May 9, 2016, due to the absence of the counsels to the defendants. Lamido is being prosecuted alongside his two sons, Aminu and…
s The quest by the Nigerian forces to take over the Sambisa Forest base of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State has continued to record more successes. Gallant soldiers of 21 Brigade, 7 Division, have continued their offensive operations against the insurgents still hiding in the forest. On Sunday, May 8, 2016, the troops cleared…