Senator Dino Melaye, on Tuesday, at a event held in Cross River State, reportedly tore the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and also the membership card of the party of Paul Adah, who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the PDP. Adah is the immediate past commissioner representing Cross River…
Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been named among the ‘100 most influential Africans of 2015.’ The list published by pan African magazine ‘New African’ presents Africa’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields: Politics (22); Public Office (4); Arts and…
A south east interest group, Igbo Mandare Congress, IMC, has commiserated with families of the alleged massacred of members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, by the Nigerian Army. According to reports, several members of the Islamic group were killed in a raid by the military, including three children of leader of the sect, Sheikh…
The leadership and members of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Mrs Ibim Semenitari as the acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The party, in a statement signed by Chris Finebone, noted that the appointment further demonstrates the President’s…
Minister for State of Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has assured Nigerians that the planned removal of oil subsidy next year may not affect the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol. Kachikwu made this known while speaking on Thursday in Abuja. According to the minister, “My focus is that, the federal government…
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has urged the National Assembly to enact a law to fix a time frame for the determination of corruption cases. Magu, who received members of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes led by its Chairman, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, explained that such…
Outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship poll has been nullified by an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja. In a judgment delivered by Justice Adefunke Okojie, the appellate court held that the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal erred when it voided election results from only 18 Local Government Areas of the state. Consequently,…
An Islamic group has tampered with the official website of the Lagos State government, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/. The website was hacked on Friday and a message left for both the Federal Government of Nigeria and other states. The group accused them of being terrorists, including the USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar. The group posted on…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by an Abuja High Court. Dasuki was granted bail alongside four others standing trial for alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust. The others are former director of finance at the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu; a former Group General Manager of…
The chief cameraman of the Boko Haram insurgents group has been apprehended by the Nigerian troops fighting the terrorists. The gallant officers of 28 Task Force Brigade arrested the Boko Haram suspect, Abdullahi Abubakar Sadiq, who is on number 58 on the list of 100 suspected Boko Haram terrorists wanted list. It was gathered that…