By Kola Popson One of the contenders for the Speaker of the 8th Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has taken his lobbying to state caucuses of the House on Monday for the sole purpose of wooing more lawmakers to his side. It was reliably gathered that Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the current Minority Leaders for the lower chamber of ... Read More »
There was drama on Tuesday morning at the premises of the Niger State House of Assembly as members broke the lock on the gate used by the Police to prevent them from sitting to commence impeachment proceedings against the Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu. The members, who are 21 in number, out of the 27-member Assembly, already formed over the two-third ... Read More »
By Kola Popson The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Muazu, has debunked the claim by the PDP governors that he betrayed President Jonathan, noting that he tried his best to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election. Reacting to reports calling for his sack by some PDP governors, the PDP National Chairman noted on ... Read More »
Out-going President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has been accused of setting traps for the incoming Government of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) by embarking on unnecessary last-minute appointments as well as the removal and immediate replacement of heads of strategic government parastatals. The allegation was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Chapter of ... Read More »
Text Of Press Conference By The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh On The State Of The Party, Today Monday, May 4, 2015 At The PDP National Secretariat, Abuja. Gentlemen of the Press: You will recall that soon after the 2015 general elections, the media, especially the social media have been awash with sponsored negative publications and other insinuations against ... Read More »
By Kola Popson As the incoming administration of Akinwunmi Ambode prepares to take over the mantle of leadership in Lagos State, the current Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Isiak Opeifa is pushing seriously for the position of Chief of Staff (CoS) to the incoming Lagos State Governor. According to our reliable source, who has pleaded anonymous, the popular ... Read More »
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District in the last National Assembly election, Segun Adewale a.k.a Aeroland has debunked online reports that he suffered ill health as a result of his loss during the election. Adewale in a chat with journalists in Lagos on Sunday, 3rd May, 2015, stated that he is hale ... Read More »
The incoming administration of the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to revisit the reports of panels set up by the National Assembly to investigate various financial scandals in Federal Government’s agencies and ministries. It was gathered in Abuja, on Friday, that top among reports that the administration would examine include the fuel subsidy and N255m bulletproof cars scam ... Read More »
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose is embroiled in a fresh controversy in his home town of Afao-Ekiti over the demolition of the Omotoso family house at 7, Oke Iro Street. In the demolition, which started at 3am, remains of family members who were buried in the building were excavated. The family members are very furious over what they called “Fayose’s ... Read More »
About 64 current and new senators-elect had yesterday endorsed the candidacy of former Kwara State Governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, for the position of Senate Presidency in the 8th Senate. The endorsement deal was sealed yesterday at a meeting held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. An anonymous source who was in attendance at the meeting told ThisDay that the senators ... Read More »
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