Idowu Sowunmi
Ahead of tomorrow's virtual meeting of the National Executive Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) called by the party's Acting National Chairman, Victor Giadom, the factional leaders of the party Wednesday said they would boycott the meeting, which President Muhammadu Buhari has signified his interest to attend.
The...
Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been accused of re-looting funds recovered by the commission as well as bribery.
Magu, who is currently being interrogated by a Presidential Investigation Committee on the EFCC-Federal Government Recovered Assets and Finances from May 2015 to...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said he would appeal Monday's ruling of the state election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja and has consequently instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers.
The tribunal, in a majority judgment delivered by Justice Yunusa Musa in the petition brought before it by...
By Tobiloba Kolawole
The Presidency has refuted media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari reversed 150 memos signed off by the former Chief of Staff to the President, Late Abba Kyari.
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Tuesday, the...
The Alleged certificate forgery suit against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki by his erstwhile political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its members, Edobor Williams, been dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja..
In a judgement, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held that the plaintiffs failed to prove...
President of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina; Chair of the Graça Machel Trust, Graça Machel; and a musician, businessman and former Culture and Tourism Minister of Senegal, Youssou N’Dour, have reaffirmed the need to engage the civil society organisations (CSOs) towards building back Africa following the devastating effects of...
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has welcomed the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and congratulated him for taking a good step in the right direction.
In a statement issued in Abuja, Saraki noted that the bigger commendation and appreciation should...
Idowu Sowunmi
The Nigeria American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC) in New Jersey, the United States of America has expressed support towards the "Black Lives Matter" movement, saying it could no longer keep quiet in the face of oppression.
While noting that Blacks are Blacks everywhere in the world, NAPAC condemned in...
Idowu Sowunmi
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Friday described as unfortunate and disheartening his disqualification by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee from participating in the June 22 guber primary in the schedule.
The governor said the situation was quite saddening because APC has failed to live up to...
Relying on the Freedom of Information Act, 2011, an Ogun State indigene, Mr. Adetilewa Adetomiwa, has given the Governor Dapo Abiodun administration a seven-day ultimatum to disclose detailed information about the concession of Ijebu-Ode-Epe Expressway or legal proceedings would be initiated against the state government.
Adetomiwa, in two separate letters...