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DR Alex Otti, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Abia, on Friday, filed a petition seeking the nullification of the election of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, as the governor-elect. Ikpeazu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate was declared winner of the election. The 411-page petition was filed at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia. One of Otti’s ... Read More »

National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bemoaned the presentation of personal opinions of its party members as official positions on national issues, particularly during the 2015 election campaign. It has therefore ordered that only statements from the National Chairman and the National Publicity Secretary or any other national officer of the party authorized by the National Working ... Read More »

By Kola Popson The lingering rift between the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and his younger brother, Isaac Fayose must have been buried alive, as both have finally decided to let go of whatever grievances that one may have for another.   According to our reliable source, the meeting that led to the reconciliation of the two brothers was ... Read More »

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose has faulted Mr Femi Falana’s claim that he (Fayose) is providing cover for armed gangs to operate in the state, saying such a comment is ridiculous and nonsensical. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti on Monday through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, he wondered why the Lagos-based lawyer would stand truth in the head. The governor ... Read More »

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has threatened to sue the 8th National Assembly to court, if they fail to maximally slash what he described as the ‘bogus’ salaries and allowances they earn, which takes up 25 percent of the country’s national budget. Speaking at a news conference on Friday, in Lagos, Agbakoba, who advised ... Read More »

The All Progressive Congress caucus of the Kaduna state House of Assembly lawmakers, on Friday, threatened to impeach the outgoing state Governor, Ramalan Yero. This is coming just two weeks to the handover of government to the newly elected governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai. Mr. Yero, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, was defeated in the April 11 election by ... Read More »

This is to alert concerned Nigerians that after several failed attempts to remove the  leader of the Odua Peoples Congress by expelled members of the Congress,security report at our disposal revealed that a top Lagos based politician has devised ways to create chaos and attack the  convoy of Otunba Gani Adams soon after the handover of Government to Gen. Buhari. ... Read More »

An Aide of the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly has threatened to deal with Kenneth Uwadi, the President of Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative (YARPTI) who is also the Coordinator of YAHVCP . The offence of Uwadi was the petition he sent to the Nigerian President Elect where he called for the rejection of the nomination of ... Read More »

A Civil Rights Group, Transparency Coalition of Nigeria (TCN) has called on the President-Elect, General Mohammed Buhari to insulate the EFCC from being manipulated by politicians to witch hunt perceived enemies when he assumes office. In a statement issued by its Secretary General, Mr Peter Gimba in Abuja on Tuesday, the TCN said it was concerned about the use of ... Read More »

The man who blew open the corruption saga that rocked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Emir Muhammed Sanusi, has once again restated that the NNNPC failed to remit billions of dollars to the federation account. In a piece for Financial Times, Sanusi states that he can be suspended as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria but that the ... Read More »