Category: National/Politics

Please Don’t Go–Tukur Begs OBJ

Embattled Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has urged former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, not to leave the party. Tukur, replying a letter written to him by the ex-Nigerian leader, said that the zonal leader of the PDP, Buruji Kashamu, was not imposed on the region by the party, but rather the court. “We…

OBJ Leaves PDP, Writes Tukur

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, stating his intension to withdraw from the party’s activities until the South-West zonal leader, Buruji Kashamu, is removed. Obasanjo alleged that Kashamu is a wanted criminal and he would not allow such person to be his leader in…

167 Terror Suspects To Regain Freedom

A bomb attack in Maiduguri The Nigerian Army has disclosed that it is ready to release over 160 terrorism suspects to their respective states. The Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Olukolade said that the decision to release the terror suspects was in line with…

The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has stated that he is not planning to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as being speculated in some quarters. The governor was reacting to a rumour that he has threatened to leave the ruling party if he’s not given an automatic ticket to contest the Senatorial position…

Ejigbo Women Assault: 1 Victim Dies

A screen shot from the incident One of the three women allegedly assaulted by members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, in Ejigbo area of Lagos has died, Channels TV reports. The deceased, identified as Julie, died in Badagry, an outskirts of Lagos State. Late Julie was one of the three women assaulted in Ejigbo…

Davies Commends Rivers 'Budget Of Realism'

**Congratulates Lawmakers For Quick Passage Of 2014 Budget Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has been commended for coming up with a realistic budget for the 2014 fiscal year and for the successful presentation before the State House of Assembly on December 7, 2013 in Port Harcourt. The Interim Chairman of the Rivers…

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