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Detained Ekiti lawmaker hospitalised after release from DSS custody (PHOTOS)

Afolabi Akanni, the Ekiti Lawmaker that was last week, alleged to have died in the custody of the Department of State Services facilities, has been released. The state government had claimed that credible information suggests that Akanni had given up the ghost while being held by the security agency. The DSS responded almost immediately, by... Read More

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Buhari holds late night private meeting with Tinubu, Atiku, Saraki, APC leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, held a late night meeting with leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some public officers at the Presidential Villa. National Leader of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were in attendance at the meeting. Also present at the meeting... Read More

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EFCC boss, AGF in Dubai to recover ‘over $200bn’ stashed away by corrupt Nigerians

Over $200billion stashed in the in the United Arab Emirates by some former governors, ex-ministers and other public officers would soon be recovered by the Nigerian federal government. The Nation reports that those under the radar -for stashing funds and acquiring properties in the UAE- are seven former governors, six former ministers, an ex-presidential aide... Read More

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‘We’ve recovered stolen funds from them’ | AVM Amosu, others released on bail by EFCC

The immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior officers arrested over the $2.1bn arms deal scam, have been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Amosu, as well as a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun and... Read More

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Ali Modu Sheriff might just be a sit-tight PDP Chairman – Here’s why

The Peoples Democratic Party may soon be thrown into another crisis, owing to the acting National Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff’s failure to do what’s expected of him. Sheriff is said to have failed to heed the directive given to him by the party’s National Executive Committee -to set up a committee that would determine... Read More

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Rivers rerun: Murdered corps member was ‘an orphan’ – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps has revealed that Okonta Samuel, a youth corp member who was killed during the re-run elections in Rivers State, was an orphan. Samuel, who served at GCSS Ukpeliede, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ahoada West Local Government Area, on Saturday. While announcing the death of Samuel in a... Read More

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Orubebe’s CCT trial is still ‘ongoing’

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has said the charges against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Peter Orubebe, have not been dropped. The Tribunal stated on Monday, that Orubebe’s false assets declaration case was simply substituted with a newly filed charge by the prosecution. Ibraheem Al-hassan, Head, Press & Public Relations at the CCT,... Read More

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Okupe advocates ‘death sentence, life imprisonment’ for perpetrators of election violence

Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to stop deploying youth corpers for electoral services. While condemning the spate of violence in last weekend’s Rivers rerun election, Okupe called on the stakeholders in the polls to take responsibility for the lives lost. “The... Read More

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Who shot who… between Dakuku Peterside and Wike’s Chief of Staff? (READ)

Reports emanating from Rivers state suggests that the Department of State Security prevented Peterside Dakuku, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 2015 governorship election in the state, from being assassinated on Sunday. Chukwuemeka Woke, the Chief of Staff to Governor Nyesom Wike, was accused of leading a killer squad in two Sport Utility... Read More

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INEC suspends ‘all further activities’ concerning Rivers rerun election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended all activities relating to the rerun elections in Rivers state pending the receipt of a comprehensive report from its field officials and monitors. The electoral body, in a statement released late on Sunday, cited the disruption of voting process as well as threats, violence and intimidation of election... Read More

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Rivers rerun: INEC cancels result in Etche And Asaritoru LGAs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cancelled results of the rerun elections held in Etche and Asaritoru Local Government Areas of Rivers State. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aniedi Ikoiwak, who announced the cancellation, cited series of irregularities at the affected Local Government Areas, as the reason for the decision. Ikoiwak stated that- violence, snatching of... Read More

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We eat our hides and skin, yet import leather shoes – Emir of Kano

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says Nigeria must stop the practice of importing products that it has and can produce. Sanusi said the current economic crisis caused by the crash in global oil price, should serve as a warning that Nigeria must henceforth, utilise its resources judiciously. The Emir stated this on Saturday,... Read More

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Fayose to Buhari: ‘You’ve destroyed Jonathan’s legacy’

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of destroying former president Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy of ‘free, fair and transparent’ elections. Fayose said the discovery of fake Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) result sheets in some local government areas is indicative of what will happen in future and subsequent elections. In a statement... Read More

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Senator Kwankwaso and Governor Ganduje are ‘brothers and friends’, again

The brewing rift Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, appears to have been settled by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress. The pair’s acrimony started during Kwankwaso’s visit to Kano last weekend to felicitate with the governor at the burial of his deceased mother. Subsequent to the visit,... Read More

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DSS agent killed, 2 others die as security forces, thugs face off in Rivers

Not less than three people were killed on Friday during an intense firefight between joint security forces and thugs in the Obagi axis of Egi community, Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government area of Rivers state. During the gun battle, an operative of the Department of State Services, was reported to have been shot dead. The... Read More

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Rivers rerun: PDP claims presidency released ‘N5bn rigging money’ to APC chieftains (PHOTOS)

The People Democratic Party, on Friday night, alleged that the federal government had brought into Rivers state, N5 billion for the All Progressives Congress, to rig the rerun elections in the state, on Saturday. The opposition party claimed that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachi Lawal, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and... Read More

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Detained Ekiti lawmaker ‘is terribly sick, needs urgent medical attention’

According to the government of Ekiti state, Afolabi Akanni, the lawmaker who is being detained by the Department of State Services (DSS), requires urgent medical attention. The Ekiti government had on Thursday alleged that the lawmaker had died in the custody of the security agency but the DSS would subsequently produce him alive, in a... Read More

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Christian Elders to Buhari: ‘Don’t make Nigeria a satellite state of Saudi Arabia’

The Nigerian Christian Elders Forum, has criticised the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on a number of issues- one of which is the decision of the government to join the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against terrorism. Chairman of the NCEF, Solomon Asemota, while addressing journalists on Friday, accused the present administration of trying to make Nigeria... Read More

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BREAKING: ‘Discharge Saraki like you did Tinubu’ | Lawyer tells Conduct Tribunal

Kanu Agabi, the Lead lawyer in the assets declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki has demanded that his client should be discharged and acquitted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal- in the same vein as Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The lawyer, during the hearing of the case on Friday,... Read More

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‘We shall win, there are 80 of us’ | Saraki’s lawyer boasts as CCT trial begins

The false assets declaration trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has commenced. Saraki, in usual fashion, came to court with an army of lawyers- numbering 80. The lawyers are attempting to stop the trial of the Senate President, who is facing a 13 count charge of false asset declaration.... Read More

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The Gionee P5 isn’t small, it just fits… perfectly

Following anticipations and speculations, the new phone from Gionee was officially unveiled in Nigeria this morning. Despite its initial meeting with its consumers, it was love at first sight. On the various mini stages, the P5 mini in all its colours elicited sparkles of admiration. All wanted a feel of the sleek paragon of technology... Read More

‘Political enemies are using my name to try and destroy Jonathan’ – Labaran Maku

Labaran Maku, the former Minister of Information has denied ever issuing any disparaging statement against the person of his principal- former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Maku, in a statement released on Friday, said his ‘political enemies’ are attributing a false statement to him, in order to paint him as a traitor ‘who betrays his master’. The... Read More

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‘I was asleep when Fayose called to say I’d be PDP Chairman’ – Sheriff

Ali Modu Sheriff, has lauded the efforts of Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose and other Nigerians who worked for his emergence as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Speaking on Thursday, at the PDP secretariat in Ekiti, the opposition party’s chairman said he was ‘sleeping in his room’ when Fayose called him and offered... Read More

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Chief Whip of Kano Assembly gets impeached… for being loyal

The Chief Whip of the Kano House of Assembly, Zubairu Mahmud was on Thursday, impeached for being loyal to the immediate past governor of the state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. The Assembly replaced Zubairu Mahmud from Madobi constituency with Labaran Madari, who represents Warawa constituency. Kwankwaso and his successor, Governor Umar Ganduje have been on a... Read More

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Rivers election: Gunmen lay siege on Emohua LGA, behead 1, abduct another

Pre-election violence has commenced in full swing in Rivers state, as gunmen have reportedly kidnapped one man and beheaded another. The unidentified gunmen laid siege to Mgbuitanwo, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Thursday morning, Vanguard reports. Emohua is the local government of the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, in the... Read More

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Jonathan to PDP chieftains: ‘Go and return your share of the N3.1bn’

The camp of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan is reported to be in disarray on how to refund the N3.145 billion allegedly shared by six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chiefs. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had recently uncovered how N3.145b was paid into the accounts of six PDP chieftains and the Goodluck Support Group by the... Read More

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The 24 sins of Wike, Jonathan and PDP in Rivers state – APC

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress has listed 24 sins committed against the people of the state- by Governor Nyesom Wike, former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and the Peoples Democratic Party. A statement issued on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, by the state chairman of APC, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, who said: “These, amongst... Read More

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BREAKING: FG suspends Pension DG over ‘scam exposed through BVN’ [UPDATE]

The director-general of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) of the federal ministry of finance, Nellie Mayshak, has been placed on indefinite suspension. The Cable reports that Mayshak’s suspension is as a result of an alleged scam running into billions of naira which was recently discovered in the Directorate. The PTAD oversees the management of... Read More

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Fayose to Buhari: ‘Cry over Nigeria’s problems before crying for other countries’

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s condemnation of Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D’Ivoire as a display of hypocrisy and an evident demonstration of his insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians. Fayose wondered why President Buhari chose to keep quiet for two days after Fulani herdsmen... Read More

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Falae denies sharing N3bn with Fani-Kayode, says EFCC aims to ’embarrass’ him

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae has denied receiving N100 million through his company account from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Monday, alleged that N100 million was traced to Marreco Limited- Falae’s company while N840million was traced to the account of Fani Kayode and some... Read More

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