The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold President Muhammadu Buhari culpable for “violating” provisions of the electoral act. This position is occasioned the donation of presidential nomination form bought for Buhari by a group known as the National Coordinator of Nigeria Consolidation Ambassador Network (NCAN). On […]
Continue Reading
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says Godswill Akpabio, former minority leader of the senate, is still under investigation despite his defection to APC. Akpabio, who left office as governor of Akwa Ibom state in 2015, had been grilled on several occasions by the EFCC over allegations of […]
Continue Reading
Gunmen have killed five persons at a mining site in Gana-Ropp village of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jos. “On Tuesday at about 12:30.p.m, we […]
Continue Reading
The Borno state command of the Nigeria Police Force says the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), a faction of ISIS, has its spies operating from internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Borno state. Ahmed Bello, an assistant commissioner of police in Borno, disclosed this while giving update on the security in the state. […]
Continue Reading
The Chairman of the all Progressives Congress (APC), in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr. Henry Ashofor, has reportedly regained freedom from his abductors after spending three nights in captivity. He was released by his abductors on Tuesday evening after an undisclosed sum was paid. It would be recalled that his abductors had […]
Continue Reading
The Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors’ Network, a group, on Wednesday in Abuja picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for President Muhamnadu Buhari to re-contest the presidency in 2019. This made President Buhari the first aspirant to pick the forms as the APC commenced sales of the forms to aspirants for […]
Continue Reading
Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anthony Okoh, has called for the enforcement of eye, blood pressure and blood-sugar-level tests for commercial, trucks and other logistics drivers in the country by their employers. Okoh made the call on Wednesday in Benin, during the 2018 Guinness Nigeria Plc, Transport/Safety week, with the […]
Continue Reading
The leadership of the Church of God Mission International, has said that the late founder of the Church, Archbishop Benson Idahosa, deserves a national posthumous award in recognition of his numerous contributions to the social-economic development of the country. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Church’s 50-year anniversary, Prof. John Okhuoya, made the assertion […]
Continue Reading
The special adviser to Senate President Bukola Saraki on media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, has wondered what the business of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is with his principal’s aspiration to be president. Yekini Nabena, APC’s acting spokesman, had described the presidential aspiration of Saraki as a joke on Wednesday. But in a statement, Olaniyonu said the […]
Continue Reading
The Department of State Services (DSS) has explained why it complied with the directive to reverse postings of some officials transferred out of the headquarters of the service in Abuja. There were reports that the presidency mounted pressure on Mathew Seiyefa, acting director-general of the DSS, to recall the redeployed officers. In a statement on […]
Continue Reading