The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, of allegedly receiving N250m from the office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of the embattled former, NSA, Sambo Dasuki. According to Punch, Secondus was said to have allegedly received the money during the […]
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The senator representing Osun west senatorial district, Ademola Adeleke, has declared his interest to contest the September 22 governorship election in his state. Adeleke made this known in a letter he addressed to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Aleleke, who has spent barely a year in the senate, replaced Isiaka, his elder brother, who died […]
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It was with great amusement that I received news that the minister for propaganda, the rightly and prophetically named Lai Mohammed, was planning on releasing a new looters list. The nation was witness to the flop of the pathetic looters lists he had earlier drawn up which read more like a list of noise makers […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the federal government of plotting to clamp down on opposition figures in order to pave way for Buhari’s self-succession bid. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP spokesman, said the government has set up a committee to “persecute” its leaders. He accused the All […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has taken the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to court for defamation and is demanding N1.5 billion in damages. This follows the release of a list of alleged looters of the nation’s treasury by the minister. The list contained prominent names of […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it would commence sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to aspirants for the July 14 Ekiti State governorship election on Monday. A schedule of activities released by Organising Secretary of the party, Sen. Isita Izunaso, on Friday in Abuja, indicated that the forms would be on sale […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the presidency of planning to divert the $1 billion approved for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgents. On Wednesday, Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the release of the money. The money had been earlier approved by all the […]
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A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the two lists of alleged looters released by the administration. The Minister had on Sunday circulated a statement containing a fresh list of 23 individuals undergoing trials for alleged corruption. But […]
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Former deputy senate president, Ibrahim Mantu, has revealed why he confessed to rigging elections for the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). During an interview on Channels Television, Mr Mantu, a former member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, said he was actively involved in compromising election officials, security officers and even agents of rival […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has challenged the Minister of Culture and Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed to be ready to proof in court that he collected N200m from the National Security Adviser (NSA). Secondus made the challenge in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Ike Abonyi, on […]
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