The relentless pressure being mounted by human rights lawyers and activist, Okoi Obono Obla on anti-corruption agencies to probe the immediate past administration in Cross River state, seem to be giving the former governor, Liyel Imoke sleepless nights, CrossRiverWatch has reliably gathered. Chief Okoi Obono Obla has mounted a persistent campaign, calling on anti graft agencies to probe the Imoke ... Read More »
The immediate past governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) has reacted to the allegation that he used more than Seventy Eight Million Naira (N78, 000, 000) for the upgrading of his website, www.tundefashola.com. Read the full text of his statement below… Read More »
There was drama on Wednesday at the Delta State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal when a witness presumed to be dead showed up in court. Christopher Anirah was subpoenaed by the tribunal to give evidence an election petition matter between Hon. Gibson Ighofose Akporehe of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Hon. Evelyn Omavowan Oboro of the People’s Democratic Party ... Read More »
On Thursday, August 6, 2015, the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East, [Uyo] senatorial district in the Senate, Mr. Godswill Obot Akpabio, addressed a Press Conference as leader of the 49-member senate caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. In it, he made absolutely false and damaging allegations against the Federal Government and the Department of State Services, DSS. ... Read More »
Nigeria’s Senate has set up an ad-hoc committee with Senator Abubakar Kyari as chairman to carry out a holistic investigation on the management of funds appropriated for power sector since 1999 and the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). Senate President Senator Bukola Saraki announced the members of the members of committee during plenary on Thursday. The ... Read More »
The Lagos State Government has lamented the resurgence of hoodlums and the attendant insecurity in the Oshodi area of the state. The government stated that a review of its strategy had been done to bring back sanity to the area. The new Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit, Olubukola Abe, said this on Wednesday ... Read More »
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, yesterday urged all those who know their hands are dirty to come forward and confess, assuring that certain lenient terms can be obtained by doing so. President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Sagay. The committee’s brief, according to the Special Adviser ... Read More »
The former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has responded to the allegation of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka that he (Daniel) closed down the state House of Assembly for almost one year with the aid of the police. Otunba Daniel said the comment of Soyinka against him was prejudicing and belittle the repute of the Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner ... Read More »
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described President Muhammadu as a “born-again” phenomenon on the Nigerian political landscape, who is ready to make amends for his past mistakes. Soyinka, who spoke in an interview with Zero Tolerance, a periodic publication by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, noted that Buhari has already paid some debts to the Nigerian community, ... Read More »
Political activist and National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin Human has submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, detailing allegations of financial recklessness and corruption against Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola. Odumakin, who is an indigene of Osun State, submitted the petition on behalf of a group, Osun Stakeholders, on ... Read More »
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