Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west constituency has accused his state government of trying to frame him up for murder. Melaye said this in a tweet via his twitter handle, @dino_melaye, on Monday. “Kogi State govt trying to frame…
Category: Politics
LAGOS STATE AND THE POLITICS OF TAXATION- REUBEN ABATI
The government of Lagos state seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Act of 2018, which repeals a similar…
APC NWC: CRUCIAL DECISIONS ARE NOW TAKEN IN FAVOUR OF MONEYBAGS
A member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hilliard Eta has taken his party leadership to the cleaners, saying crucial decisions are now taken in favour of moneybags. Earlier in his reaction, the…
THERE IS NO CRISIS IN RIVERS STATE- PDP TELLS BUHARI
Ahead of the expected visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Rivers State, the Peoples Democratic Party has said that it is not necessary for him to visit the state as a result of insecurity. The State Public Secretary of the…
IMO APC VOWS STOPPING OKOROCHA’S SON-IN-LAW’S ENDORSEMENT
Ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Imo, scores of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter, yesterday, vowed to stop Governor Rochas Okorocha’s endorsement of his son-in-law, Mr. Uche Nwosu, to contest the 2019 gubernatorial election…
PLOT TO REMOVE SARAKI: SENATOR ADAMU DENIES INVOLVEMENT
There is more trouble in the offing for the ousted Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa, APC), as the Senate yesterday directed its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate allegations that he was…
MORE RUMBLINGS IN APC AS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP PLANS TO AMEND PARTY’S CONSTITUTION AT NEC
Fresh crisis may be looming in the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the national leadership is alleged to have perfected plans to amend the party’s constitution at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for this month, in order to…
KOGI CRISIS: NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY IS RECEDING- EKWEREMADU
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, said the country’s democracy is receding and it is not unlikely for the military to take over. Ekweremadu said this while contributing to a debate on a motion sponsored by Ahmed Ogembe, senator…
2019: PDP BERATES APC OVER WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government fight against corruption declaring that the fight is nothing but a war against the opposition party in the country ahead of the 2019 general elections. Addressing…
2019: MASS DEFECTION LOOMS IN LAGOS APC
There are strong indications that there could be a mass defection in the Lagos chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2019 elections. The mass defection, our correspondent learnt, is being spearheaded by some aggrieved members of…