Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has accused former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, of introducing corruption into the national assembly. In a counter statement on Thursday, the Senator explained that Obasanjo did so when he attempted to lure lawmakers to support hi botched third term bid. Melaye said though he…
Embattled National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has been released from prison after he met his bail conditions. Metuh was allowed to go home on Thursday night a day after his bail conditions were relaxed. He is facing trial over his link with the $2.1 billion arms deal involving former National…
***Party Hails Supreme Court Rulings On Rivers, Ebonyi Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended Wednesday’s judgements of the Supreme Court, which upheld the elections of the governors of Ebonyi and Rivers States; Dave Umahi and Nyesom Wike respectively. The party applauded the rulings, saying they not only “rekindled hope…
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday said his government did not negotiate with the deadly terrorists group called Boko Haram. Jonathan made this known at a world press conference held at the Geneva Press Club in Switzerland. He pointed out that if his administration had contacted leaders of the sect, a programme would have been…
Former Political Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has declared himself as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Gulak was at the Wadata Complex of the national secretariat of the country’s main opposition party on Wednesday, where he took over the PDP’s structure. Addressing newsmen at the secretariat, the former…
The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, was on Wednesday not present at the inauguration of his successor, Yahaya Bello, in Lokoja, where the handover ceremony took place. Wada, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was not seen around the venue of the event. He was not on ground to perform handover formalities…
There was tension among motorists and pedestrians on Wednesday evening when officers of the Mobile Police and a Navy personnel engaged in a gun battle in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that both men of the Force showed their supremacy in a gun duel, which left many people scampering to safety…
Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, Jide Omokore, has been apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Premium Times reports. Omokore, who is an ally of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, was picked up on Tuesday evening in connection with a series of multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export…
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, lost her daughter, Jackie Ifidon-Ola (nee Waziri) to the cold hands of death. Jackie, said to be 39 years old, reportedly died in the early hours of Sunday, January 24, of an undisclosed ailment at a hospital in Abuja. According to the…
Pandemonium was let loose on Tuesday when a pregnant woman fainted at Surulere Police Station in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the woman, Mrs Tosin Taiwo, business woman with eight weeks pregnancy, was arrested at Meran by police officers, but taken to Surulere, where she was detained for over three…