Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt. I use the word because in politics as in life, things happen – as seemingly absolute situations become redeemable and what originally appears impossible could be…
Year: 2018
Congress: Rumblings in Kwara Apc
The May 19, 2018 state congress of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has become a subject of litigation as two members of the Kwara State chapter of the APC have dragged the party before the Kwara State High…
Offa bank robbery: police arrests two gang leaders
Policemen of the Inspector General of Police Rescue Team (IRT) deployed to five south-western states have arrested two more of the criminals involved in the much-talked-about Offa bank robbery. At least 12 people, including five policemen and a pregnant policewoman,…
More trouble brewing for Saraki as group backs IGP
A group known as Concerned Kwara Citizens has thrown its weight behind the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris as the crisis continue to brew between the IGP and Senate President Bukola Saraki. It was reported that Mr Saraki has…
Judge continues trial as Olisa Metuah collapses in court
The former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, who is standing trial over alleged money laundering of N400 million, has, Monday, collapsed while in court. However, the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, was not…
WORLD CUP: Nigeria ranks 10th among countries tipped to take Germany’s crown
The Super Eagles have been tipped as one of the teams likely to celebrate in Russia. The pundits have seen something in the Super Eagles that a lot of Nigerians may not have noticed. Where as many Nigerians see Croatia,…
Fuel subsidy: PDP tackles Buhari, APC on controversy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of corruption in the handing of the fuel subsidy regime under the All Progressive Congress (APC) government. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, recently announced its annual…
Buhari is bad business for corrupt politicians – presidency
A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says the Buhari government is bad business for a number of parliamentarians, civil servants and security agents. Mr Shehu said corrupt politicians, public officers, police officers, Customs and Immigration officials who hitherto benefited from corrupt…
Trafficking: 100 Edo secondary students in Libya in four months – official
No fewer than 100 students of Idogbo Secondary School, Benin, have been trafficked to Libya in the last four months. This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki…
Sue Rivers state govt – IG orders F-SARS chief
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the Rivers State Commander of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), Mr. Akin Fakorede, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), to sue the government for libellous publications against him. A May 17 letter,…