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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
LAGOS or Eko, apart from being cosmopolitan, is the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa, with population as large as Ghana’s. Apart from being the business hub of Nigeria, it is the second fastest growing city in Africa and the seventh in the world. At the Legislative Council of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igbo man was the member representing Lagos ... Read More »
Professor Wole Soyinka has denied comments attributed to him concerning the voting pattern of the Igbo in the March 28 presidential election. The report, published by TheCable, alleged that he accused the Igbo of voting according to their “stomachs”. In an angry response to the story, Soyinka said in a statement: “I have just read a statement attributed to me ... Read More »
In his characteristic bluntness, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has interpreted the outcome of the recently concluded presidential election as a stark choice between a failed president and a former military dictator; saying president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari was the better of the two evils as the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan had been an unmitigated disaster and failure. Defending his support for ... Read More »
The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a motion seeking the removal of the tainted fuel subsidy regime by the incoming Gen. Muhammadu Buhari administration. The motion entitled: “The recurring crisis of fuel subsidy”, was sponsored by Hon. Sunday Karimi (Kogi/PDP) . Karimi called for a “permanent solution” to the lingering nationwide fuel scarcities while urging the Buhari administration to ... Read More »
The leadership of the Niger State House of Assembly has been impeached. Among those impeached were the Speaker, Barrister Adamu Usman; and his deputy, Hon. Abdulrahaman Bala Gambo from Borgu. The state has been in political turmoil since Tuesday morning with moves by 21 out of the state’s 27 lawmakers to impeach the Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu. More details in ... Read More »
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