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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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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Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has described Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as President Muhammadu Buhari’s number one confidante. El-Rufai said Osinbajo had earned the respect of Buhari, state governors, and Nigerians in general. He spoke during Osinbajo’s consultative meeting with delegates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna Monday. El-Rufai noted that Osinbajo has […]
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Some suspected political thugs and hoodlums on Monday attacked the campaign train of the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola. The thugs also attacked the bus of the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) ,which was in the governor’s convoy. The attack of the Osun NUJ correspondent chapel bus took place at Arapajo […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has assured of restoring peace to the country. Buhari said his administration would not relent until peace was restored in the country. The President gave the assurance at the 58th anniversary of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in Kano on Monday. According to Buhari: “The huge investment in the Nigeria Air […]
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Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.11 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, this is according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. In a tweet posted to its official Twitter page, @NBS_Nigeria, on Monday, the NBS wrote, “Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.11% (year-on-year) in real terms in the first quarter of […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of the victims of the the Kano explosion that claimed nine a week ago. Buhari who is in Kano for the Annual Airforce Day Celebration paid a courtesy call at the Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero at his palace. The President said he was in […]
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Ikengboju Gboluga, the incumbent member, representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that of the 69 delegates who voted at the primary on Sunday in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Gboluga polled […]
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