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Power Must Shift To The South In 2023 – APC Chieftain Insists.

  Organising Secretary of APC in Adamawa, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, has insisted that power must shift to the southern part of Nigeria in 2023. Lawal made the call in an interview in Yola, yesterday. He stressed the need to demonstrate ...

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PDP Reveals Those Allegedly Planning To Void Governor Wike’s Election In Rivers.

  The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fingered the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami in an alleged plot to void the March 9 Rivers State governorship election. The Independent National ...

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Saraki Leads National Assembly’s Delegation to IPU Meeting in Qatar

  President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Saturday morning arrived Doha, Qatar, as leader of the National Assembly’s delegation to the 140th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting that commenced on 5th April, and to end on 8th April, ...

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‘I Will Not Take Your Support For Granted’ – Gov. Wike Receives Gifts From Market Women In Rivers.

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he will never take the support of Rivers people for granted, saying that he will continue to work to improve their lives. The interaction between Governor Wike and Rivers people ...

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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair Meets With VP Osinbajo In Aso Rock.

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday had a private meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was, however, no interview after the duo ...

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APC; President Buhari Speaks On Adams Oshiomhole’s Leadership

  President Muhammadu Buhari has joined all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in felicitating with the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole on his 67th birthday. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, on Friday, added ...

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Alleged Certificate Forgery; ‘We Didn’t See Adeleke In Exam Hall, NECO Supervisors Tell Court

A Federal High Court in Abuja heard yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last year’s Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, did not sit for the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations in 2017. It was at ...

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Wike declared winner of Rivers State governorship election

  Governor Nyesom Wike has been declared winner of the Rivers Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Wike who contested under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 886,264 votes to win the polls 2019 governorship ...

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Algerians celebrate after president resigns (Video)

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned after weeks of massive street protests, leading to celebrations across the country. Mr Bouteflika, who has been ill since he suffered a stroke six years ago, has avoided public events ever since. The ailing, 82-year-old ...

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Rivers Elections; Wike Leads In 8 of 10 LGAs Announced By INEC.

  The Independent National Electoral Commission in Rivers State has begun the collation of results of the suspended Governorship and House of Assembly elections results in the state. Electoral and Returning Officers for the seventeen Local Government Areas where elections ...

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Saraki Reveals Why Senators Refused To Confirm Magu As EFCC Chairman.

  Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday explained the controversial refusal of the Senate to confirm Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Saraki said that Magu’s appointment may have been confirmed but ...

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‘Oshiomhole Wants To Fight A Battle He Can Never Win’ – Okorocha

  The Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said that his administration has completed over 1000 projects ready for commissioning by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Okorocha stated this in an interview with State House correspondents on Monday shortly after he ...

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Rochas Okorocha Visits Buhari In Aso Rock, Reveals What He Told Him.

  Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday met President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Okorocha speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting said he discussed with Buhari on the issue of the ninth National ...

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APC Senator Blasts Adams Oshiomhole, Calls Him A Liar.

  The Senator representing Zamfara Central District in the National Assembly, Kabiru Marafa, has advised the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to stand by the truth as regards the party’s 2018 October’s botched ...

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Rochas Okorocha Among Governors Accused Of Corruption, Set To Be Investigated By EFCC. See Full List.

  Ahead of May 29, 2019, handover date to newly-elected states helmsmen, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has set up teams to probe some governors accused of perpetrating acts of corruption, according to Sunday Punch. At least 12 states ...

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‘APC Leadership “Used” Okorocha And “Threw” Him Away Like Sanitary Pad, Amaechi Next’. – Reno Omokri

  The former spokesman to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has advised the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take a cue from what happened to Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in the party. ...

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Why Buhari Did Not Attend Tinubu’s Birthday Colloquium In Abuja.

  President Muhammadu Buhari could not attend the 11th colloquium commemorating the 67th birthday anniversary of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Although the colloquium held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, yesterday attracted virtually ...

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National Assembly Leadership Tussle; Aggrieved APC Senators, Reps Reach Out to PDP Lawmakers.

  According to reports, there were indications on Thursday that aggrieved senators-elect and newly-elected members of the House of Representatives from the All Progressives Congress (APC) had reached out to their counterparts in the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) in their ...

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Release my certificate of return – Okorocha cries out to INEC

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to release his certificate of return as the Senator-Elect for the Imo West Senatorial district election. According to the governor, there is no constitutional justification for withholding ...

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All APC members are god-fearing – Amaechi

Minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are all god-fearing. The former governor of Rivers State made this known during an interview with Channels Television where he buttered his point by stating that ...

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Ifeanyi Ubah dumps YPP, joins APC

  Just days after denying plans to dump the Young Peoples Party, YPP, Ifeanyi Ubah, senator who won the election Anambra south election on the platform, has dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Adams Oshiomhole, national ...

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