Sundry allegations of forgery may make the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to have a gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 election. Online reports suggest that candidate Dapo Abiodun has a case to answer over discrepancies in his academic qualifications. Efforts to get Abiodun’s reactions proved abortive, as he neither picked his calls nor replied to […]
Presidential candidates for next year’s polls yesterday signed a peace accord to be law-abiding before, during and after the exercise. However, the candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, was absent from the ceremony, which held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Others who boycotted the event were Oby Ezekwesili of […]
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his Borno State counterpart, Kashim Shettima, yesterday, in Ibadan, met with aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south west over the outcome of the recent party primaries. The two governors, who are members of the National Peace and Reconciliation Committee set up by the APC […]
The Senate yesterday refused to confirm four nominees picked by President Muhammadu Buhari on the ground that the south-south and south-east regions of the country were not represented. It also declined to confirm the appointment of nine others onto the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC), saying the nominations were […]
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed his wife, Aisha, and the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo, as members of Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse. The committee has the former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) as its chairman. Buhari said the appointment of Aisha and Dolapo as […]
As the 2019 general elections inch closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has foreclosed the use of incident forms, insisting that the measure was aimed at correcting abuses in previous elections. The commission said its decision was based on its promise to deliver a credible and hitch free elections that will deepen the country’s […]
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has suspended its planned shutdown of depots nationwide. The decision was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Lagos by the association’s Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole. The oil marketers had been at loggerheads with the Federal Government over the N800 billion being owed them in subsidy. The […]
The absence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel on Monday, stalled the trial of former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State. Aliyu is standing trial alongside a former Commissioner of Environment, Umar Nasko, on a eight counts bordering oncriminal conspiracy and money laundering. At the resumed hearing, counsel to the first defendant, […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the problem with Nigeria is not about resources or planning, but the poor management of resources in the past. This was contained in a statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, on Monday in Abuja. Fielding questions from a […]
PDP said authorities had frozen the bank accounts of its vice presidential candidate in the run-up to elections next February. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said late on Saturday accounts belonging to Peter Obi, its vice presidential candidate, his wife, family members and their businesses had been blocked by government agencies. The PDP did not […]
Some legislative aides to federal lawmakers have accused Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori, of diverting funds appropriated to them. In a petition written to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, the aides […]