Prof. Valene Obinna, Media Director, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University Chapter, has maintained that the planned strike action by the union will not be called off until all unpaid salaries are settled. Obinna told NAN in Owerri on Monday that the union carried out the action to protest nonpayment of March and April salaries of its ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
PDP CHAIRMAN, ADAMU MU’AZU UNDERGOES MEDICAL TREATMENT ABROAD
By Kola Popson The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, is presently on medical trip outside the country. This information was made known in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman, Chief Tony Amadi. Below is the statement as written by Chief Tony Amadi. “The National Chairman of the ... Read More »
Gov. Orji Inaugurates 18-Member Committee To Review PDP Performance In 2015 Elections
Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has inaugurated an 18-member committee to evaluate the performance of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last general elections. The committee, headed by a former state chairman of the PDP in the state, Ndidi Okereke, is charged with the responsibility of ascertaining the problems and constraints faced by the party during ... Read More »
BUHARI MEETS CHADIAN PRESIDENT AS BOTH STRATEGIZE ON BOKO HARAM
By Kola Popson The President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammad Buhari, has met with the President of Chad, Idriss Derby at the Defense House in Abuja to strategize on how to curb the menace of Boko-Haram ravaging the country. The closed-door meeting, which was held today, Monday, 11th of May 2015, was largely centered on the ... Read More »
GOV. ALIYU REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE NIGER SPEAKER AT A PUBLIC FUNCTION
By Kola Popson The governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has deliberately refused to formally recognize the newly elected Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Hon Isah Mohammed Kawu, at a public function meant for the commissioning of the Minna Building Material Market in the state capital on Monday. The event had in attendance the impeached Speaker ... Read More »
VIDEO: I AM NOT A FUGITIVE… KASHAMU REVEALS ALL IN THIS NO HOLD BARS INTERVIEW !!!
You can call me the devil’s advocate but I honesty don’t give a toss.Now that kashamu has revealed all in this no holds bar interview and on Saharatv for that matter, I hope all his haters will let him be and let him enjoy his mandate. The man has repeatedly insisted that he’s not a fugitive and that this indictment ... Read More »
Alleged N12b Fraud: EFCC Asked To Investigate Enugu Governor Sullivan Chime
By Emmanuel Nzomiwu – Enugu A former Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Enugu State, Ray Nnaji, has issued a two weeks ultimatum to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to investigate Governor Sullivan Chime for misappropriation of N12 billion and forgery of supplementary appropriation law to cover up same, amongst other offences. Nnaji issued the ultimatum in ... Read More »
Breaking News: Power Outage Disrupts Reps’ Plenary
THE House of Representatives had to temporarily suspend plenary on Tuesday due to power outage that lasted over 30minutes. Immediately power was restored all the airconditioners installed in the Green Chamber suddenly stopped functioning. The presiding officer, Emeka Ihedioha had to start cracking jokes to calm down the lawmakers repeatedly reminding them that they are patriotic Nigerians that they can ... Read More »
Bayelsa Lawmakers’ Plot To Impeach Dickson Thickens
Fresh crisis is looming in President Goodluck Jonathan’s state between loyalists of his wife, Dame Patience, and supporters of Governor Seriake Dickson over supremacy on the control of the political soul of Bayelsa. It was learnt that the First Lady had finalised plans to move against the Governor through impeachment process. It was further learnt that First Lady’s loyalists were ... Read More »
Imo: Tribunal Grants Accord Party’s Ex-Parte Motion For Substituted Service
The Imo state National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, has granted an ex-parte motion, for substituted service, filed by the Accord Party to serve the People’s Democratic Party’s senatorial candidate in the March 28th National Assembly elections, Chief Athanasius Nneji Achonu, over an alleged unlawful exclusion of the party’s official logo on the ballot paper, in the concluded senatorial election in ... Read More »