Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reportedly escaped murder from angry inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when he was in active service. According to a report by Premium Times, internal documents and officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, months after Kyari was remanded following his […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the current democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the predominance of money politics. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,said this at a one-day colloquium on Emerging Issues that will Shape the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in collaboration […]
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The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has said the lawmaker representing Anambra-North senatorial district, Stella Oduah, did not complete the mandatory one-year NYSC programme. The NYSC said this in a letter marked NYSC/DHQ/PPRU/783/Vol III. In a letter by the NYSC Director-General which was signed on his behalf by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Eddy […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has emerged winner of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. Makinde had polled a total of 1,040 delegates votes to defeat his rival, Mr Hazeem Gbolarunmi who had two votes. The primary was held at Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Announcing the […]
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Prophet Bisi Olujobi of Wisdom Church International in Lagos has said former Governor Bola Tinubu will lose his presidential bid. The clergyman disclosed that his monthly prophecies “as ordained by God”, revealed events that will happen in Nigeria soon. In a statement on Wednesday, he declared: “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not clinch the APC […]
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Just three days to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention slated for 28 and 29 May, to elect its presidential candidate, an aspirant and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has dumped the main opposition party. Obi, who made this known in a letter addressed to the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu dated […]
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A lawyer and financial analyst, Mr. Peter Mbah has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries for the 2023 general election in Enugu State. Mbah, former Chief of Staff to then Governor Chimaroke Nnamani, had emerged victorious during the Party’s primary election conducted on Wednesday at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium, Enugu. He scored 790 […]
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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, on Wednesday commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for arresting the former Governor of Imo State and a sitting Senator, Rochas Okorocha. Kokomansion recalls that on Tuesday, EFCC officials and security agents stormed his residence in Abuja and took him after breaking in. The anti-graft […]
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi have consulted with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo. The trio consulted with the delegates in separate meetings in Owerri, the Imo capital, on Tuesday, ahead of the APC’s presidential primaries slated for May 29. The News Agency […]
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Former Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu has announced his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries. The Director-General, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Mr Charles Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Recall that the PDP had fixed May 25, 2022 as its primaries to select the flag-bearer of […]
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