Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has raised the alarm over the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency, saying it was rather for the conduct of the…
Year: 2018
TENURE EXTENSION: APC GOVERNORS DENY DISAGREEMENT WITH BUHARI
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday dismissed media reports that there was disagreement between them and President Muhammadu Buhari over tenure elongation for the APC national and state executives. Gov. Abdul-aziz Yari of Zamfara stated this when…
EDO PDP ALLEGES THUGS INVADED BENIN OWENA FARMLAND
Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the farm land belonging to the Benin Owena River Basin Authority, a Federal Government establishment situated at Obayantor, Sapele Road axis of Benin City was in the early hours…
HEAVY RAINFALL DAMAGES KWARA STADIUM
A heavy rainfall on Tuesday evening, damaged a large portion of the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin reports. The Stadium Manager, Mr Wale Obalola, said that it was the grace of God that averted the loss of lives during the heavy…
ON DESPERATE ATTEMPTS BY HIGH PROFILE PERSONS TO LINK JONATHAN TO CORRUPTION – RENO
My attention has been drawn to a viral video, initially circulated by agents of the All Progressive Congress led Federal Government, and purported to be videos of a police raid of the home of former President Goodluck Jonathan, and in…
DEATH BY HANGING: DELTA PRIME MINISTER’S SON CALLS FOR FG INTERVENTION
First son of Chief Newton Agbofodoh, the embattled traditional Prime Minister (Unuewvodo) of Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Darlington Newton, has alleged high political undercurrent in the death sentence by hanging, slammed on his father by…
INTERPOL’S DECISION HAS VINDICATED ME – MELAYE
Senator Dino Melaye has said that the International Police Organizaton (INTERPOL)’s decision not to carry out “politically-motivated operations” against him means he has been vindicated. Recall that Melaye who represents Kogi West was reported to INTERPOL by the Nigeria Police Force…
ABACHA LOOT: MATTERS MISCELLANY- SUFUYAN OJEIFO
I got a credible information last week from some grapevines in Abuja that the much-talked about outstanding sum of $322 million (not $321 million as has been widely reported) stashed away in some secret accounts by former military dictator, the…
TENURE EXTENSION: APC MEETING ENDS IN DEADLOCK
A closed-door meeting by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 22 governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resolve the controversy over tenure extension for the John Odigie-Oyegun-led executive ended in a deadlock yesterday. The meeting which…
YAHAYA BELLO ATTENDS PRESIDENTIAL MEETING IN CRUTCHES
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State was reported to have fallen off while alighting from his official car last Friday and injured his left foot, in a statement from the Kogi State Government House, Lokoja, said on Tuesday. The statement…