Buruji Kashamu Hides as FG Moves to Extradite Him to America; Fears He Might Have Contracted COVID-19
A former senator, businessman and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Buruji Kashamu has gone into hiding over renewed moves by the federal government to grab and extradite him to the United States where he has been a fugitive for over two decades over alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering. Kashamu has been fighting […]
Gunshots rock PDP campaign venue in Edo
Sounds of gunshots were heard at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Benin, Edo State on Saturday. The stampede led to the injuring of 10 people. The rally was held to kick off campaign activities for Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state and candidate of the PDP in the September 19 governorship election. The […]
Police, Shiites clash again in Kaduna
The Nigeria Police in Zaria, Kaduna State have clashed with members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). The group was on the streets commemorating the sixth anniversary of three sons of the group’s leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and 32 others. They were killed in July 2014 during a Quds demonstration in Zaria. It led […]
NDDC is home of corruption, says Kwankwaso
Senator Rab’iu Kwankwaso has said he resigned from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) due to the chronic corrupt practices there and in many government agencies. He traced this to the failure of the leadership of these agencies. The former governor of Kano State resigned as a board member of the commission in […]
APC is lawless, Obaseki declares
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared lawlessness in his former party was responsible for his dumping the party. The governor, during the flag off of his campaign in Benin City, promised not to return to the […]
Kwara governor loses dad
Nigeria’s first lawyer from the northern part of the country, AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho Abdul-Razaq, is dead. He was 93. Abdul-Razaq, is the father of the governor of Kwara State. A family announcement on Saturday said he died in the early hours of the morning. He was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He was called to […]
2023: Group Rallies Yoruba to Unite for Speedy Development
The Oranmiyan Dynasty Organisation (ODORG), has called for a strong synergy among the Yoruba leaders and the people, at large, so as to form a strong, impenetrable alliance that would lead to the development of the race Malaysia based businessman and Convener of Oranmiyan Dynasty Organisation, (ODORG) a Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Hon Jimoh Ibrahim, dropped […]
Breaking: Former Speaker, Dogara Returns to APC
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, is said to have officially decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The acting Chairman of the party, Mai Mala Buni, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday, after he and Dogara met with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the villa. The former Speaker said he would address […]
EFCC Arraigns Surety for Forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal office, on Friday, July 24, 2020 arraigned Belief Nathan Horsfall before Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on three count charges bordering on conspiracy and forgery. He however, pleaded “not guilty” to the charges preferred against […]
Mkapa, ex-Tanzanian president dies at 81
Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa is dead. He was 81. He died in a Dar es Salaam hospital, according the government. He was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962 and ruled from 1995 to 2005. President John Maguful in a television broadcast on Friday said, “I’m saddened by the death of […]
