Category: National/Politics

PHOTONEWS: Sen Magmus Abe In Hospital

Moments ago, Aproko247 reported that a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Magnus Abe, was allegedly shot by the police in Rivers State. The Senator, representing Rivers Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, was shot with a rubber bullet on Sunday afternoon in Port Harcourt and his whereabouts was not immediately known…

My God Will Fight 'Goliath' Obasanjo For Me—'David' Buruji Kashamu

   The South-West leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Buruji Kashamu, has described former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, as a Goliath, while stating that Allah will fight for him (David). Kashamu stated this while responding to Obasanjo’s latest letter to the party’s National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, stating that he’s leaving the party because of Kashamu.…

Please Don’t Go–Tukur Begs OBJ

Embattled Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has urged former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, not to leave the party. Tukur, replying a letter written to him by the ex-Nigerian leader, said that the zonal leader of the PDP, Buruji Kashamu, was not imposed on the region by the party, but rather the court. “We…

OBJ Leaves PDP, Writes Tukur

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, stating his intension to withdraw from the party’s activities until the South-West zonal leader, Buruji Kashamu, is removed. Obasanjo alleged that Kashamu is a wanted criminal and he would not allow such person to be his leader in…

167 Terror Suspects To Regain Freedom

A bomb attack in Maiduguri The Nigerian Army has disclosed that it is ready to release over 160 terrorism suspects to their respective states. The Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Olukolade said that the decision to release the terror suspects was in line with…

The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has stated that he is not planning to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as being speculated in some quarters. The governor was reacting to a rumour that he has threatened to leave the ruling party if he’s not given an automatic ticket to contest the Senatorial position…