Incumbent governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has been declared winner of the gubernatorial election in the state. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Zana Akpagbu, announced Dickson as winner of the bye election held in Southern Ijaw Local Government on Saturday, January 9, 2016. Dickson, who contested in the poll…
A former Senator of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Ekwunife, on Friday, dumped the party to pitch tent with the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ekwunife, who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District before her election was annulled by a court, disclosed that she decided to join the APC because her erstwhile party indefinitely postponed its…
Former Governor of the old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The former minister of information joined the ruling party at the centre on Friday. He stormed a party meeting of the APC in Enugu State on Friday, which also had Minister of…
A very close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari was on Wednesday night arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Jafaru Isa, who is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was the former military governor of Kaduna State. He joined APC along with Buhari from the defunct Congress for…
Fourteen members of the new Management of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have been decorated by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd). The ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Service in Abuja. According to a statement issued Wednesday by Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Wale Adeniyi, Ali charged members of…
Respected northern leader, Tanko Yakasai, has confirmed that he got N53 million from chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tonu Anenih, to share with eight other prominent northerners for advocacy. Yakasai, in an In an exclusive chat with Vanguard on Wednesday, said that, “Yes, myself and 8 others collected N53m from Tony Anenih to…
Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGE, has reacted to an allegation raised by Publisher of ThisDay newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, that professional media body may have been paid the sum of N50 million from the controversial $2.1 billion meant to procure arms to fight insurgency in the north east. The guild, in its response on Wednesday, pointed…
The Nigerian Army has emphatically disclosed that it has no apology for its recent encounter with members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as the Shi’ite sect. This was made known by the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 1 Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade on Wednesday while addressing journalists…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that more influential Nigerians would be arrested in the coming days to face prosecution charges. Magu stressed that the Commission under him has found its hammer and it would hesitate to hit it hard on corrupt society bigwigs. The EFCC boss made…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has reacted to allegations against him by the Rivers State government that he spent N82 million to host Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, when he was the governor of the state. Amaechi governed Rivers for eight years from 2007—2015 and has been engaging in a war with his successor, Nyesom…