Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, claimed on Thursday that at least N11.9bn of public funds was looted from the treasury of the state between 2011 and 2019, under the administration of the immediate past governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed. The Governor, in a statement on Thursday, attributed the alleged malfeasance to a forensic audit report, adding […]
The National Chairman Northern Elders Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has highlighted qualities expected of a candidate the region will support in the forthcoming general election to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari. He explained that the North will not support a candidate who seeks to benefit from strategies that exploit the ethnic and religious […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to assist the Peoples’ Democratic Party lose the 2023 presidential election. Wike, who is having a running battle with Senator Iyioricha Ayu, National Chairamn of the PDP, said this at the commissioning of a road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers, on […]
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command said they have arrested a wanted kidnap kingpin who has been on the run for a long time. They said that a kidnapped victim was also rescued unhurt during the raid. The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Michael Abattam, said in a statement on Thursday that the […]
A native of Uruagu in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Peter Orji, has reportedly killed his elder brother, Godwin Orji, for allegedly disconnecting his power over non-payment of electricity bill. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday in Okpunoeze, Uruagu, following a heated argument that ensued between the two […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for parleying with former President Goodluck Jonathan, saying that the move will not help the candidate of the APC in 2023. PDP in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, […]
The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, who was arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Thursday morning and flown to Abuja, is still in the custody of the anti-graft agency, Thursday night. An impeccable source within the anti-graft agency confirmed […]
The Commissioner of Police in Cross River state , CP Aminu Alhassan on Thursday confirmed the abduction of a 24-year-old law student , Miss Dora Effiom from her residence at 17 Joseph Mkpang street, Calabar in Calabar Municipality Local government area of the state. Vanguard gathered that the girl was whisked away by her […]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Labour Party has inaugurated an 11-man committee to steer its Diaspora activities and ensure inclusiveness of members of the party outside the country. During the inauguration in Abuja, the National Chairman of the Party, Mr Julius Abure said the committee was born out of the need to […]
The arrest of the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, disrupted the sitting of lawmakers. The PUNCH reported that Oluomo was picked up by officials of the anti-graft agency, Thursday morning, at the Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, […]
