Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku Monday, said he will not abandon his predecessor, Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, who has been recuperating from the multiple injuries he suffered in a plane crash in 2012. Ishaku spoke in a release signed by former Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Emmanuel Bello, while reacting to social media reports that he (Ishaku) has “forsaken Suntai, ... Read More »
Immediate past former governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, has denied reports that he battered his wife in London, over which he was briefly arrested and detained by the police. The former governor also denied that his wife, Yemisi, looted the state treasury while he was governor of the state. Suswam, in a statement personally signed by him, described ... Read More »
Strong allegation of planned bribery by the Rivers State Government has begun to swirl around the State’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal ahead of its Monday meeting. Apart from reportedly frustrating effort to inspect the ballots allegedly used in the election in the state amongst other antics, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Nyesome Wike were also said to ... Read More »
The Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday, alerted the general public on the activities of some people impersonating him via various social media platforms with the intention of defrauding unsuspecting citizens. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, said some unscrupulous characters were attempting to capitalise on his goodwill to dupe members of ... Read More »
Strong indications emerged yesterday that barely twenty fours after the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP rolled out its zoning arrangement for principal offices in the National Assembly, crisis looms over who should take these positions. PDP as a minority party in the national Assembly would have the following positions, Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader; Minority Whip and Deputy ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday asked warring members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to keep their ambition in their hearts or pockets. He asked all those involved in the National Assembly crisis to sheathe their swords because the party cannot afford to disappoint Nigerians. He said the APC must not “throw its success to the wind.” The President said ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday approved the appointment of Engineer Peter Nkedishuka Okonji as the new General Manager of the State Electricity Board. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Habib Aruna, Okonji’s appointment which takes immediate effect, follows the resignation of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi as the General Manager of Board. Engineer ... Read More »
The tension in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) heightened yesterday as there are moves to bar National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from attending the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) scheduled for today. The parley was postponed from last Tuesday. A group of angry leaders, backed by former governors of the party, are set on a collision course with the ... Read More »
Fresh facts have emerged on the horse-trading and trade-off that led to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and Yakubu Dogara as Senate President, Deputy Senate president and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee, Olisa Metuh, in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun had alleged that ... Read More »
Kola Popson The Senior Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina is being extremely criticized by Nigerians, following his unwarranted tweet on his twitter handle, where he had described PDP members as “Wailing Wailers” for questioning the credibility of the new INEC Chairman appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. Below are his tweet and responses from ... Read More »
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