EDO State Media Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Godwin Obaseki administration of emptying the treasury by sponsoring nefarious political activities, fake protests and campaigns of calumny. It said the government was chasing shadows, while neglecting important governance issues, especially the management of flood and protection of lives and property. […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday spoke on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) N40 billion probe, which has sparked a row between the National Assembly and the agency’s Interim Management Committee (IMC). The President ordered a “speedy” and “coordinated investigation” of the activities of the NDDC management. He said there should be a better coordination […]

KOGI State Governor Yahaya Bello has been appointed by the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CEONCPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to head a nine-man Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee slated for Monday. The party also approved Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe to head a nine-man Primary Election Appeal Committee. A statement on Thursday […]

Imo State government on Thursday said former Governor Emeka Ihedioha intended to return to the office to avoid being probe for his administration’s alleged misdeeds. A whistleblower, Obodozie Ihezue, had alleged in a May 8 petition to the House of Assembly that over N78.4 billion spent in seven months by the Ihedioha administration cannot be […]

GOVERNORS of Southsouth states on Thursday declared support for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The states’ chief executives under the auspices of the Southsouth Governors’ Forum, however, decried the festering crisis rocking the interventionist agency. They hoped the audit would put the NDDC on […]

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Monitoring Sub-committee of the National Campaign Council for Edo State Governorship Election met on Friday to strategise on the September 10 governorship election. The meeting, held behind closed doors at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, lasted for about 45 minutes before it was moved to an […]

• Candidate asks court to disqualify Ize-iyamu as PDP denies attack on Gani Audu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have met in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with a resolve to ensure electoral victory for Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Part of the resolution at the meeting, which was hosted by Rivers State governor, […]

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram camp in Borno, killing several terrorists in massive airstrikes on July 15. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Thursday, said the air raid took place at Ngwuri Gana along the Gulumba Gana-Kumshe […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, says it has secured 67 convictions out of the 97 criminal cases recorded in the state in the past six months. The spokesman of the Corps, Mr Adamu Shehu, stated this in a statement in Dutse on Thursday. Shehu said the cases were recorded between […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the country’s first artisanally- mined gold. ⁦ “With the implementation of the PAGDMI scheme which will result in the set-up of accredited gold buying centres across key mining areas, artisanal miners and SMEs engaged in mining will be able to capture the value of their work,” Buhari said […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has said his boss has no reason to harass anyone. He said the claim by the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that some persons were being harassed to defect to Obaseki’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was mere propaganda. Osagie […]

Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has warned security operatives not to harass or extort money from the public under the guise of enforcing compulsory use of face mask. The governor gave the warning on Wednesday when he donated masks to representatives of bankers, traders, transport operators, maritime workers and others at the Government House in […]