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These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it may not honour further calls by the Federal Government for a meeting on the way forward over the current strike by its members, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Speaking on Sunday after a a news... Read More
These are the stories that drove conversation today. The presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, in an interview with Premium Times, laid out his plans if he wins the election in 2019. He also said, “Let me tell you something. This campaign is operating at three levels. There is a level of... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is alleging that there is a fresh plot to use the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to forcibly remove Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, from office and scuttle the success being recorded by its Presidential Campaign Organisation in... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has responded to statements by the candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje who in a series of tweets on Tuesday, questioned his capacity to govern the nation’s economic capital.... Read More
Call Oshiomhole to order, his words have become irritating to most Nigerians – Okorocha tells Buhari
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo says the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has in less than six months, enthroned the culture of rascality into the party, and has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the party chair to order. Reacting to a recent statement by Oshiomhole where he said... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, a N1.4 billion fraud charge against the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Paul Usoro (SAN), for allegedly converting and laundering the fund belonging to the Akwa Ibom government, “sometime... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday preside over a ‘Special Federal Executive Council’ (FEC) meeting to deliberate on the 2019 draft budget proposal. Presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, who disclosed this to State House correspondents after Wednesday’s FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the... Read More
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These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday arrived in N’Djamena, Chad for consultations with Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and to review the security situation in the region, as well as intensify efforts to end the insurgency. According to a tweet on... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced the outbreak of yellow fever in Edo. In a statement by the Chief Executive Officer of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, in Abuja said that following the report of an outbreak of fever of unknown origin public... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Governors of the South East geopolitical zone on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi who spoke with journalists after the meeting, said the visit of... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Following the loss of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at Saturday’s bye-election in Kwara, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has mocked the National Leader of the PDP, Bukola Saraki, saying his political burial is imminent. Speaking on Monday in Abuja,... Read More
These are the stories that drove conversation today. The National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babatunde Ogala has written an internal memo dated November 6 accusing the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole of belittling the party’s legal department. According to The Cable, Ogala said since he became the party’s legal adviser on June 25, his... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Chairman of Forte Oil PLC, Femi Otedola, speculated to be running for governorship in Lagos, has endorsed the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu for governor. In a post on his official Instagram handle on Saturday, Otedola described Sanwo-Olu as his childhood... Read More
These are the stories that drove conversation this week. Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo reacted to a report by a House of Representatives committee indicting him for allegedly illegally approving N5.9 billion for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), for which its Director General, Mustapha Maihaja, is currently being probed by the lawmakers. As contained in a statement, Osinbajo... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is investigating the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) over an alleged misapplication of N2.5 billion seed grant released to the agency by the federal government for its digital switch-over programme. The commission, in a statement signed by its... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has dragged online medium, Daily Nigerian, and its publisher, Ja’afar Ja’afar before a Federal High Court in Kano, instituting a N3billion suit against them for alleged defamation of character, slander and libel through publications and release of video clips alleging that the governor was involved in... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Some Igbo leaders comprising members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Igbo Leaders of Thought, the intelligentsia among others, on Wednesday, resolved to support the candidacy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi in the 2019 election. According to the... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: An Abuja High Court has ordered the Senator representing Abia-South, Enyinnaya Abaribe and two others who stood as sureties for the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to deposit N100 million each as bail bond into the court’s account within two months.. Justice Binta... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: There are indications that the Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal may not be contesting next year’s election as a list of 34 governorship candidates for the 2019 governorship elections in the state as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) excludes the Governor’s name. According... Read More
These are the stories that drove conversation today. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar returned to Nigeria on Sunday morning from a trip to Dubai. In a tweet, Atiku said he was subjected to an intimidating search by security agents. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, on Sunday... Read More
Embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday returned to the country from the United States of America where he went for a private visit, dismissing reports that he was arrested, detained and granted administrative bail by the Department of State Services (DSS), after a nine hour interrogation on Sunday. Stating his account... Read More
These are the stories that drove conversation this week. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started an indefinite strike to protest what it described as years of continued re-colonisation under an alleged democracy. According to the National President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who briefed journalists after the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at... Read More
While the name, Adams Oshiomhole or more recently Osho Baba is not new on the country’s political terrain, the recent developments may have revealed a lot more than majority of Nigerians ever knew about the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). More so, if reports in the last few days indicating that... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo may cost the party its quest to retain the governorship of the state as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to publish the name of any governorship candidate for the party in the state.... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Ogun Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has denied colluding with his Imo counterpart, Rochas Okorocha in seeing to the alleged detention and grilling of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the fallout of the APC... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has approved N33,000 as minimum wage for all staff in his conglomerate. According to the Managing Director of Gotel Communications (a media outfit owned by the former Vice President), Mohammed El-Yakub, who confirmed the development to Sahara... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said that the Kano House of Assembly lacks competence to investigate Governor Abdullahi Ganduje who was allegedly caught on camera collecting bribes from contractors. Speaking with Punch in an interview on Tuesday, Sagay said that an... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The public altercation between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun continued on Saturday as the Governor slammed the chairman over his statement that he was positioning himself as an emperor. In a statement by the Ogun Information... Read More
