The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has informed its agents and members that the Bayelsa State governorship election held on Saturday, December 5, 2015, has not been cancelled contrary to reports claiming such. The country’s main opposition party, via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday evening, urged its members to disregard text messages flying about that…
A former Presidential candidate and National Chairman of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Ganiyu Galadima has been abducted by some gunmen at Osaro in Kogi State. Galadima was kidnapped on Friday on his way to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to attend the burial of his elder brother. According to reports, his abductors…
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the numerous foreign trips embarked on by President Muhammadu Buhari since his assumption of office have started to yield fruits. Mohammed, in a statement issued Friday in Abuja, disclosed that the trips by the President were critical to the implementation of his administration’s key policies of enhancing…
Two bomb explosions at separate locations in Borno State on Friday have left several people injured and many running to safety. It was gathered that while one bomb blast took place in Kimba area of the Biu Local Government Area, the other occurred in Sabon-Ngeri area of the state. However, the actual casualty figure has…
A journalist based in Lagos named Martin Udogie has been reported missing. According to information made available to us, Udogie “was last seen on October 23, 2015 at Maryland, Ikeja with his red colour Peugeot salon car with registration number LY 594 AAA.” A statement issued by his family further disclosed that the missing Udogie,…
A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, was arraigned on Thursday, December 3, 2015, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC. Akpobolokemi was taken to court alongside seven other staff of the agency including Captain Eziekiel Agaba, Executive Director, and their two companies. The former…
Judgment has been reserved in an appeal filed by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, challenging his removal by an election petitions tribunal. Justice Dongban Memsem of a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday ruled that judgment date of the case would be communicated to parties involved in the appeal. She said, “Ruling…
Secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Dr Modupe Alade, has been suspended by the state governor, Ayodele Fayose. Alade was removed from office for alleged incompetence, according to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Idowu Adelusi, which was made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. Fayose directed the Head…
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has told troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the north east to do so without fright. Buratai, who was at Gajigana, Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, which was attacked by the terrorists on Sunday, expressed his dissatisfaction with the troops to their commanders. He…
About 10,000 operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have been posted to Bayelsa State for the governorship election holding on Saturday, December 5, 2015. Also, the Commandant General of the corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has assured voters and residents of the state of adequate security during the exercise on Saturday. Gana…