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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, has dismissed his purported suspension by a section of his ward executives over alleged anti-party activities as the handiwork of some desperate ignorant gamblers who lack the basic understanding of the PDP Constitution. Ayu said this in a statement signed by his Special […]
Femi Fani-Kayode the Former Aviation Minister has said ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s father might not be a Yoruba man. The Former Minister said the silence of Obasanjo over a recent statement by an Igbo businessman Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu that Yoruba people are “political rascals,” was an indication that the former president’s father was an Igbo […]
Some of the ex-agitators under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, have said they will not be intimidated by threats of arrest over their protest against the immediate removal of the interim administrator, Maj-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd), over non-payment of their six months allowances. The former agitators said they would protest in the nation’s […]
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has accused the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, of deliberately avoiding petitions they filed to nullify his election. Consequently, the duo have re-approached the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja with ex-parte applications, seeking to […]
In appreciation for her integrity and honesty, Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi, a chieftain of APGA has gifted the Returning Officer in Abia State, Prof. Nnenna Oti the sum of N100million, Udensi made this known to a journalist in Umuahia through a chat. This came hours after another son of the state, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced that it will go after some outgoing public officials after May 29. The Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, who disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust, published Friday revealed that at least two ministries were currently under the radar of the commission for fraudulent activities that […]
A court in the United Kingdom has found Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, guilty of organ trafficking. The couple were found guilty alongside a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta. They were convicted after a six-week trial at Old Bailey for facilitating the travel of a young man to the United Kingdom […]
There was clash between some of the House of Representatives members on Wednesday over a bill seeking to legalise cultivation, sale and use of cannabis, also known as marijuana, for commercial purposes. Two members of the House, Benjamin Kalu and Olumide Osoba, had sponsored a fresh bill seeking to amend the National Drug Law […]
Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has travelled to Europe to seek medical care. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu fell sick on Saturday after the gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections. Authoritative sources revealed on Wednesday that Tinubu left for Europe on Tuesday night. “He was attended to by local […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will today, Wednesday, 22nd of March, 2023 announce the winner of the just concluded March 18, Abia State governorship election. INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs. Rebecca Jim, told ChannelsTV on Wednesday that the collation of the Abia governorship election which was earlier suspended by […]
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