There’s A Plan To Kill Me, Says Melaye
Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, has alleged that there is a plan to kill him. Melaye tweeted this shortly after the policeman attached to him were disarmed and withdrawn. The officers were taken away after Sadiq Bello, police commissioner in the federal capital territory (FCT), arrived at Melaye’s residence hours after his […]
Switzerland Returned Abacha Loot With $1.5m Interest, Says Envoy
Switzerland says it has returned all the money kept in the country by Sani Abacha, late Nigerian head of state. Pio Wennubst, assistant director-general and head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, told NAN that the money was returned with $1.5 million interest. Wennubst said Switzerland returned about $322.5 million dollars (N116.11 […]
APC convention: South-South States Chairmen Reject Oshiomhole
Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in all but two of the six states in the south-south have denied endorsing Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo state, for the chairmanship position of the party. At a press conference on Monday, they said John Oyegun, chairman of the ruling party, reserved the right to seek […]
Dino Melaye Released
Dino Melaye, the Kogi senator who was arrested in Abuja early Monday, has been released after a stand-off that lasted about two and a half hours, his spokesperson has told PREMIUM TIMES “Yes, he had been released almost an hour ago,” Gideon Ayodele told PREMIUM TIMES by telephone shortly after 11:00 a.m. Monday. Mr Melaye, […]
Kate Middleton And Prince William’s Welcome Baby Boy
Kensington Palace has announced that Kate Middleton was in early labor with her third child and shortly after she gave birth to a baby boy weighing 8 lbs., 7 oz. Moments ago, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took him outside for a photo op on the clinic’s steps and new mum Kate looked chic in […]
NDDC BOARD: Destabilizing A Peace Formula By Kesiye Newman
They were appointed to complete the tenure of their predecessors. And they tried to acquit themselves well in office as heads of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). But towards the twilight of the appointed term, a controversy began to build around the tenure of Nsima Ekere as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer […]
Prince William’s Wife, Kate In Labour With Third Child
Kate, the wife of Britain’s Prince William, was admitted to hospital in London on Monday in the early stages of labour, Kensington Palace announced. The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her third child, after Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The baby will be fifth in line to the British throne. The 36-year-old was admitted to […]
Melaye ‘Arrested’ At Abuja Airport
Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district, has been arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The lawmaker tweeted this on Monday morning. Melaye said he was on his way to Morocco for an official assignment when the police arrested him. I have just been arrested at the international wing of the Nnamdi […]
PDP To Buhari: Your CHOGM Trip, a Colossal Waste
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in United Kingdom as a colossal waste. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said while other Commonwealth heads of state used the occasion to negotiate businesses and showcase the potentials in […]
Four Killed, Eight Injured In Borno Mosque Attack
Four people have been killed and eight others injured in a suicide attack on a mosque in Bama Local Government Council, Borno state. The State Emergency Managment Agency (SEMA) chairman, Yabawa Kolo, confirmed the death toll to Channels Television. The incident occurred when two suicide bombers, a male and female between the ages of 13 […]
