Reports reaching us confirm that the Kwara State chapter of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, now has a new coordinator. This followed the expulsion of Marruf Olanrewaju as coordinator based on fraud and anti-group activity allegations levelled against him by his members, which he reportedly failed to clear when invited by the national body in…
Former governor of Borno State has been named acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Sheriff was not initially among those invited to be screened by the National Caucus of PDP. He was later called alongside former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to join race for the…
President Muhammadu Buhari welcomed a special guest on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunlusi, was at the Villa to meet with the Nigerian leader. He was also received by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. It was learnt that the paramount ruler of Yoruba race was in…
A former aide to the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Gani Adams, Sileola Fasan, has reacted to an allegation of fraud levelled against his former boss. Over the weekend, some expelled state leaders of the Yoruba interest group led by Marruf Olanrewaju accused Adams of collecting $22 million from the late Libyan…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the revelations made by Nyesome Wike of how he won the state governorship election dispute at the Supreme Court as an indictment of the apex court. Wike had publicly said during his well-publicised thanksgiving service of February 7, 2016 that, “He (referring to former…
A stunning revelation was made on Monday before the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory about how the Abuja Rail Project in 2007 was allegedly awarded by the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration without an engineering design or a Memorandum of Understanding. Project Manager of a Chinese civil engineering and construction company, Etim Abak, made…
There are strong indications that some of the Director-Generals of federal agencies sacked on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari have been placed under surveillance of both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. This is because they were alleged to have carried out massive…
Director-Generals of six Federal Government’s parastatals having link with the media have been sacked. The affected heads of the agencies were removed from office by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement issued on Monday by Segun Adeyemi, who is the Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed that the minister announced…
***Say Adams is a disgrace to Yoruba culture Some leaders of the Oodua’ Peoples Congress, OPC, expelled from the group weeks ago have accused the National Coordinator, Gani Adams of financial impropriety. They urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe Adams and some of his…
Former aide-de-camp to immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Ojogbane Adegbe, has debunked reports saying he threatened to make revelations that could bring Nigeria to her kneels. In the reports also, the former ADC was said to have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in connection with the arms scandal involving…