Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Allied Offences Commission, ICPC, Ekpo Nta, has disclosed that the commission was investigating a state governor for alleged diversion of bailout funds meant for the payment of workers’ salaries. Nta made this known when he received students of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, who were…
Former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kure was picked by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday for allegedly receiving a N600m contract from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. Punch said an impeccable source disclosed to it that Kure has since been…
Former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, on Wednesday explained how he tackled the issue of insecurity in the state while he was at the helm of affairs. Fashola, during his ministerial screening at the Senate on Wednesday morning, told the lawmakers that the government must be sincere with the issue of security of…
A former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha is said to have died. DSP Alamieyeseigha, as he is fondly called, reportedly died on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State. He was the first executive governor of the South South state and a respected leader of…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on relevant security agencies in Nigeria to investigate the introduction of violence into the politics of Rivers State by alleged prominent Ogboni member and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike. The party in a statement signed…
**Picks Labour Party’s Guber Ticket Following the decision of the leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to give their support to former Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike for the party’s slot for the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill has decided to seek his ambition with the Labour Party. Princewill, in a…
Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Friday morning, cheated death when his convoy was involved in a ghastly motor accident. The incident occurred at the Angbaaye village on the busy Makurdi-Gboko road. His deputy, Steven Lawani, was also involved in the crash, though he was unhurt. It was gathered that Suswam was on his way…
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has again lost his case against the Guardian Newspaper Limited and his opponent in the 2007 governorship election, Okechukwu Ezea. Chime dragged Ezea and the newspaper to court seeking N1.5 million as damages. He claimed Ezea defamed his character when he (Ezea) alleged that the governor planned to kill…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has charged governorship aspirants in the State to desist from engaging in divisive actions that are capable of breaching the peace of the state and urged them to be truthful. The Governor gave the charge Friday in Asaba during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of Ndokwa East…
Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has emphatically stressed that nothing will disturb President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s planned visit to the state on Friday. The President is expected to visit Delta State on Friday to commission the $16 billion Ogidigben Export Processing Zone, EPZ, in Warri. On Wednesday, former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpomukpolo, otherwise…