At the resumed hearing today at the Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to hear the petition brought by Umana Okon Umana, the APC Governorship Candidate against Udom Emmanel of the PDP and INEC, the court room was already filled while the Tribunal Panel members were seated and ready to commence hearing, counsel to PDP made an ... Read More »
BY MANSA EZIFAKEGO VERBINSKI FFFFFFF Vol 297 My igbo brothers are killing themselves over appointments about the appointments made so far by President Buhari are just funny. Aside the fact that we Igbos shouldn’t expect sensitive appointments from him because many of us hate him without any justifiable reason and no smart politician will give such positions to his ‘enemies’, ... Read More »
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released 128 detainees after certifying that they had no link with the Boko Haram terrorists group in Borno. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai handed over the detainees to Gov. Kashim Shettima at a ceremony in Maiduguri. He said that the detainees included 109 men, seven women, 11 boys and one unattached ... Read More »
The Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka has counselled the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to tell President Muhammadu Buhari to make his assets public properly as he promised Nigerians, rather than asking Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare his assets publicly. Olayinka stated that “Fayose was comfortable before he ... Read More »
My attention has been drawn to a completely false, provocative and malicious publication and article on the above subject by impersonators using my name. The said publication, which suggest that Mr. Umana Okon Umana the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State is seeking to change the Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election ... Read More »
Former Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed as total fabrication and evil, a recent statement that was clandestinely circulated on the social media, saying he was bitter and felt betrayed by both President Muhammadu Buhari and a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Bola Tinubu over the recent appointments made by the president. ... Read More »
One of Nigeria’s richest people, billionaire oil tycoon Femi Otedola, has owed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) $16 million, SaharaReporters has learned. Mr. Otedola, who in 2014 was listed by Forbes magazine as Africa’s 29th richest people, with a networth of $900 million, had since 2004 owed $16 million to the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode on Tuesday signed and approved the immediate release of 2500 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to property owners across the state from Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Executive Secretary in the Lands Bureau, Mr Olukayode Ogunnubi who disclosed this to journalists, said the development was in line with Governor Ambode’s effort to clear the ... Read More »
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Ondo State have recorded the highest number of contestants who have qualified for the semi final in the ongoing maiden edition of the weekly Cowbellpedia TV Quiz showing on 14 stations across Nigeria. Three representatives each of the FCT and Ondo State have scaled the huddle to the semi final stage of the competition. ... Read More »
“The Nigerian Political Class and the Citizens Quest For Good Governance” The first place to start is to express gratitude to our host, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) for providing this platform to commemorate the birthday of the presiding Bishop of TREM. This is the 16th in the series of the Annual lectures and very many pre eminent speakers have ... Read More »
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