A former Senator, Dino Melaye has said he lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial primary in Kogi State because some people ganged up against him. It could be recalled that the, lawmaker representing Kabba/Bunu Ijumu Federal constituency, Tajudeen Yusuf, defeated Melaye to clinch the PDP’s senatorial ticket in the state. In a rerun election […]
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said there is no going back on the June 1 proposed ban of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ on highways. Sanwo-Olu said this while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday evening, after the State Security Meeting, at Lagos House, Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]
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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, has won the senstorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to represent Abia South senatorial district in the 2023 election. It was reported that, Ikpeazu returned unopposed as he is the sole candidate for the seat. The Governor wants to take over from the Senate Minority Leader, Senator […]
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The Minority Leader of Nigeria’s Senate and a frontline governorship aspirant of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has formally withdrawn from the PDP governorship primaries scheduled for today (Wednesday). Abaribe who made known his withdrawal from the exercise in a press statement cited use of “imaginary delegates list […]
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Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally arrested Rochas Okorocha, an All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant. It was understood that the EFCC picked up Okorocha from his residence in Maitama area of Abuja on Tuesday evening. The anti-graft agency had earlier invaded the residence of the former Imo State […]
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The 15th Headies Awardsis here. On May 24, 2022, the Academy announced the nominations for this year’s awards. See the full nominee list for the Headies Awards 2022 below; ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: A voting category for the rookie of the year who has had a successful year musically, with the absence of an album […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has dissolved the State Executive Council. Kokomansion understands that the dissolution takes effect from today, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. According to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, the Chief of Staff to the Governor and Senior Special Assistants have also been relieved of their offices. The […]
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Terrorists who had attacked and kidnapped the 28th March 2022 Abuja-Kaduna bound train passengers have threatened to, within seven days, start killing the passengers in captivity if their demands are not met. They called the government to, as a matter of urgency, release their children allegedly kept in a Yola detention facility in Adamawa State. […]
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday stormed the residence of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Channels TV has reported. The anti-graft agency operatives had stormed the residence of the former governor in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to arrest him. According to Channels, the EFCC […]
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Nigeria’s ruling, All Progressives Congress, APC, has issued a revised timetable of activities for its governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives primary elections. This was contained in a statement which was signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. According to Morka, governorship primary election would hold on Thursday, 26th […]
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