Former Governor Ibrahim Idris has lamented the living condition of the people of Kogi state. He said the masses live in abject poverty and blamed the state governor for the situation. The former governor of Kogi state has accused Governor…
Year: 2018
BENUE KILLINGS: LAWYER DRAGS BUHARI, AGF TO COURT
In a related development, a Makurdi-based lawyer, Matthew Nyiutsa, has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, for an order compelling President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), to proscribe Fulani herdsmen operating in Benue State and…
EKITI TO HOLD APC PRIMARY TODAY AMID TIGHT SECURITY
There are fears and controversies over the rescheduled governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State holding on Saturday (today). The security agencies have uncovered a plot to disrupt the primary once again as done last Saturday when…
2019: APC AND THE POWER STRUGGLE WITHIN
Many Nigerians have made presidential and governorship elections a focus of utmost attention. Some have done this with a devotion bordering on obsession while paying little attention to primaries and congresses down to the ward level, which are considered to…
OMO-AGEGE DARES SENATE – INSISTS ON TUESDAY RESUMPTION
There are strong indications of a looming showdown at the Senate on Tuesday as the lawmaker representing the Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, says he will attend the plenary. The senator stated this in an interview with Newsmen, while reacting…
TENSION AS HOODLUMS SET IMO APC SECRETARIAT ON FIRE
Political tension in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday when unidentified hoodlums set the party secretariat on fire. Correspondents who visited the secretariat at the Imo State University junction in Owerri around 6.30 pm,…
HERDSMEN KILLINGS: CATHOLIC BISHOPS INVITE POPE TO VISIT NIGERIA
Following persistent killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen, Nigerian Catholic bishops have invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit Nigeria, saying that such visit will strengthen troubled Nigerians and encourage them to cope with different challenges. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most…
MONEY LAUNDERING: EX-OIL BOSS DRAGGED TO COURT BY EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has dragged a former Managing Director of Oil Petroleum Limited, Mr. Nnaemeka Nwawka, to a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State over alleged money laundering. Standing trial with Nwawka before Justice I. B.…
GOWON, NORTHERN LEADERS AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION
The search for solutions to the numerous ills plaguing the Nigerian state is on with sundry associations and groups struggling to outdo one another in a bid to be heard. For some, politics is the reason for the unusual assemblage…
JUST IN: CAN GEN. SEC. IS DEAD
The General Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Musa Asake, is dead. Although details of the death are still sketchy, Inside sources learnt that he died on Friday morning (today) in Abuja after a brief illness. The death of Asake…