Clara, estranged wife of former Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime, on Monday told an FCT High Court in Apo, Abuja, that she left her matrimonial home for fear of her life, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Clara made the allegation while being cross-examined by counsel for Chime, Paul Onyia,Continue Reading
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declared that he was ready to give up his immunity if found guilty of any corrupt practices while in the office. Makinde made this declaration during a two-day induction programme organised for members of the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly. The governorContinue Reading
The government of Italy yesterday in Abuja pledged to assist Nigeria in its efforts to repatriate illicit assets illegally deposited in foreign countries to Nigeria Making the promise in the State House while conveying the message of the government of Italy to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria,Continue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced Ali Ndume and Umar Bago as its choice candidates for senate president and speaker of the house of representatives respectively. In a statement on Tuesday, Umar Tsauri, PDP national secretary, said the party’s national working committee (NWC) took the decision after consulting withContinue Reading
Orji Kalu, Abia North Senator-elect, has backed down on his ambition to become the Deputy Senate President of the 9th Senate. This is coming barely 24 hours after he denied stepping down and endorsing Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for the position. However, the former Governor of Abia State explained that he droppedContinue Reading
Immediate past governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha has arrived National Assembly premises at 7:40.am ahead the inauguration. Okorocha who was declared winner of the Imo West Senatorial District was not issued certificate of return by INEC. However, a federal high court in Abuja last week ordered that Okorocha beContinue Reading
Oluremi Tinubu, the Senator representing Lagos Central District, has said the National Assembly is gradually turning into an ‘exclusive gentlemen’s club’. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, at her induction and into the Hall of Fame, Senator Tinubu decried men’s insatiable quest for presiding offices in the National Assembly, saying they haveContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will meet on Tuesday, regarding judgments and orders issued or served on it from various Courts of Law on issuance of Certificates of Return. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in an interview withContinue Reading
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a former Minister of Transport, has said that what is being played in Nigeria is ‘Chop I Chop’ politics. Amaechi said this when he fielded questions from reporters on the state of the nation. He said that the fact President Muhammadu Buhari was “trying to stop theContinue Reading
A helicopter crashed onto the roof of a Midtown Manhattan building in a hard landing on Monday, sparking a fire, according to a New York Fire Department official. The fire has since been extinguished, the New York Police Department said. “People who were in the building said they felt the buildingContinue Reading
