The governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has blamed recent fire incidents that razed several markets in Benin, the state capital, on “activities of suspected arsonists, working in cohorts with unscrupulous politicians under the aegis of the disbanded Edo Peoples Movement (EPM).” The Governor who alleged that the incident was not an accident, but […]
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The executive governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the outgoing governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson concluded plans to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) but Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, blocked him. Sylva, a strong APC member in Bayelsa, ran against Dickson twice but lost to the incumbent governor […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Wednesday, dissolved his cabinet with immediate effect. According to The Nation, Bello told his former cabinet members to handover to the most senior officers in their various ministries. He thanked them for serving in his cabinet, saying he appreciated their efforts as commissioners. However, the Secretary to the […]
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President Donald Trump of the United States of America (USA), was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years. By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th US president […]
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The Supreme court of Nigeria, on Wednesday, upheld the elections of eight governors. They are: Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) Bello Masari (Katsina) Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa) David Umahi (Ebonyi) Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) Seyi Makinde Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna) In the case of Ogun, Mary Peter-Odili, the judge who led the seven-man panel, dismissed the appeal […]
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The acting chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not fighting corruption. Abdullahi spoke in an interview with journalists in Kaduna shortly after the opening ceremony of a public lecture on education, on Tuesday. He said the prisons would have been filled with corrupt politicians if the current administration is serious […]
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PDP Presidential candidate in the last presidential election and Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he cannot sit and watch the government of President Muhammadu Buhari “ruin the future of Nigerians” with his $29.6 billion loan request. Recall that Buhari had asked the senate to approve the loan, saying oil earnings are no […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension on Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, as well as Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Senator Rochas Okorocha. It also lifted the suspension on Osita Okechukwu and Pastor Uguru Usani. The National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu, announced this in a statement issued on […]
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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked speculations that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he would rather die than join the APC. Fani-Kayode described the allegations indicating that he had decamped to the APC as “insulting”. He wondered why some persons were […]
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The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday, assured his supporters that the rally to receive defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will still hold. The leadership of the party had organised the rally to welcome Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the PDP in 2016, into its fold […]
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