THE THIEVING SPEAKER OF THE IMO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY(PART 1) I write to condemn in absolute terms the silence of the Imo State House of Assembly over the heavy corruption allegations levelled against the Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly Chief Benjamin Uwajumogu by Mr Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha. Iwuoha, an activist and former Aide of the Speaker last ... Read More »
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5 southwest Senators who are Benchwarmers in the Senate
They are the benchwarmers among the Senators rep us in the senate from the south west,Read and enjoy this Sen Boriface This Senator Didn’t settle in Abuja before he started dreaming of getting the Ondo state Governor’S Seat,He has spent most of his time decamping from Labour to Acn and thereafter he has been shuttling between courts to save his ... Read More »
President Goodluck Sacks Chief Of Staff Mike Oghiadome
President Goodluck Jonathan has asked his Chief of Staff, Mike Oghiadomhe to resign with immediate effect according to a presidency source. Mr. Jonathan reportedly fired the Chief of Staff after security agencies revealed his deep involvement in the mega fraud at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Read More »
APC now the fastest-growing party in Africa, declares Gov. Amaechi as he formally registers with opposition party
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi this morning formally registered as a card-carrying member of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). He registered at about 11am in his native Ubima at Ward 8, Unit 14, in Ikwerre Local Government Area. Shortly after arriving Ubima, Governor Amaechi and his wife Dame Judith Amaechi proceeded to the registration booth where an APC ... Read More »
2015: Group mounts pressure on Uduaghan to contest Senate seat
A pressure group, Stabilizing Factors Campaign Organization, has asked Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State to contest Delta South Senatorial District seat in the 2015 general election. At a press briefing in Warri on Saturday, members of the group, comprising the General Coordinator, Victor Agbateyiniro; Jolone Ikomi; and others, said after an extraordinary general meeting of the group on January ... Read More »
Appraising Uduaghan’s Delta beyond Oil development paradigm, by Sufuyan Ojeifo
The effort being made all over the world by governments and multinational corporations to end the dominance of oil as the main source of energy is a wake-up call to states whose economies largely depend on oil. While countries, like Nigeria, have done little to prepare for the end of the oil era, one of its states, Delta, has given ... Read More »
Governor Sullivan Chime flown overseas over recurrent illness
Governor Sullivan Chime has been flown overseas over ill-health to enable him undergo a chemotherapy section over deteriorating cancer. It is speculated that the governor would be away for at least 90 days . When contacted on the issue Sunday, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Chukwudi Achife, said that the governor traveled overseas “as part of his routine medical checkup” but dismissed ... Read More »
Ogun Governor Taken to Court over state debt burden
Mr Adekoya Boladale has taken the Ogun State government to court over failure to make transparent the debt profile of the state. In a statement made available to elombah.com, Adekoya said that on January 14, 2014 he directed his lawyer to request on his behalf among 32 other things the debt profile of Ogun State in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, 2011. “It’s ... Read More »
Kwara APC cautions new CP on partisanship
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara State has charged the newly posted Police Commissioner to the State, Ambrose Aisabo to discharge his responsibility without fear or favour by rising above tendencies that could make him partisan. The Interim Chairman of APC in the State, Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani who gave the charge at a press conference in Ilorin, added ... Read More »
How Tinubu is using President- General of Market Traders To Force Igbos To Register For APC In Lagos
(APGA) The All Progressives Grand Alliance this morning hit out hard at the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly employing “guerilla style of registration” in its on-going membership drive. APGA joined issues with APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for reportedly ordering, through his daughter, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, whom he previously installed as the Iyaloja (President- General of Market Traders) of Lagos, ... Read More »