The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), will today, launch an investigation into fraudulent procurement practices in the award of contracts for the constituency and executive projects across 16 states of the federation. Its spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, who made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja, listed the affected states to include Rivers, Delta, […]
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu on Monday emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 19, Edo Governorship Election. In the party’s primaries conducted across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, Ize-Iyamu, defected two other aspirants to clinch the APC ticket. He scored 27,838 votes to beat the state former deputy […]
A federal high court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, has stopped Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, one of the PDP aspirants, filed the suit seeking exclusion of the governor from contesting in the PDP primary election rescheduled to hold on Thursday, June 25. […]
In protest against incessant kidnappings in Cross River State, traders in Calabar and environs yesterday shut their shops in a two-day walkout. Under the auspices of Calabar Traders Union (CTU), the traders lamented that over 18 of their members had been kidnapped in the last 10 months, adding that the development came to a head […]