It’s Over as Supreme Court Shatters APC’s Ambition in Rivers State
The Supreme Court has finally shattered the ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to present candidates for the forthcoming elections in Rivers State. The Apex Court on Tuesday struck out an appeal filed by the party challenging the judgment of a High Court in Rivers State which barred it from conducting any primaries in […]
PROBE MARILYN AMOBI, NBET BOSS NOW – CACOL TELLS EFCC, ICPC
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has called on the two corruption fighting agencies in the country, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related offenses Commission (ICPC), to immediately probe the Managing Director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc. (NBET), Marilyn Amobi, for alleged fraudulent payment […]
Fayemi Approves N100m Monthly to Clear Arrears of Workers’ Gratuity
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has approved monthly release of N100 million naira to clear accumulated gratuities of retired workers in the state. The Governor had last month approved a hundred per cent increase in monthly gratuity payment from N10 million to N20 million. However, taking into consideration the current plight of many retired […]
NFF Mourns Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed utter shock at the death on Monday of former NFF Secretary General and one –time Member of the NFF Executive Committee, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi. Reports on Monday morning said the 66 –year old former international defender passed on after a brief illness. “I cannot find the words as much […]
Elections: Bill Clinton, Former US President, Cancels Trip to Nigeria
Concerned that politicians may twist his motive and politicise his intension, former US President Bill Clinton, on Monday, cancelled his much trumpeted trip to Nigeria. During the planned visit, facilitated by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the National Peace Committee, NPC, Clinton would have, among others, met with the two political gladiators- President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
The Guardian (of London) Editorial on Nigeria’s Elections
Nigeria’s 84 million voters will go to the polls next weekend to give their verdict on Muhammadu Buhari. The country is Africa’s most populous, and by some measures has the largest economy on the continent. Nigeria celebrated Mr Buhari’s election in 2015 as not only a resounding rejection of the unpopular Goodluck Jonathan but also […]
Amosun Gloats over Ogun Rally ‘Show of Shame’
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, incredibly celebrated the near-riotous show at the Presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress in Abeokuta on Monday. According to a post on his Facebook page on Monday reporting on the event, Amosun gloated over the ‘protests’ by members of his Allied Peoples Movement(APM) and that the National chairman […]
NJC Sets Up Panel on Onnoghen, Acting CJN Muhammad
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up a preliminary complaints assessment committee to review the responses given to it by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and the Supreme Court Justice Ibrahim Muhammad who is acting in his stead. Onnoghen is accused of failing to fully declare his assets, while Muhammad is […]
Tinubu Labels Saraki a Traitor, Calls for Freedom of Kwarans
National Leader, All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the mammoth crowd and party supporters the presidential campaign rally Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to liberate Kwara from the state from the clutches of Bukola Saraki, in the forthcoming general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the rally was attended […]
Ogun APC rally marred by protests
*Buhari asks voters to vote for candidates of their choice *Oshiomhole, Amaechi, Aregbesola booed, stoned *Asiwaju Bola Tinubu escapes through backdoor The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State boiled over today (Monday) when protests by party members marred the presidential campaign rally as party members booed the National Chairman of the […]
