Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has officially declared his intention to contest for another term in office on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bello made the declaration on Wednesday while inaugurating the board of the State House of Assembly Service Commission at Banquet hall Government House,Continue Reading
Alan Garcia, the former president of Peru, has died after shooting himself in the head as police came to arrest him in connection with a corruption probe. Current president Martinez Vizcarra said the 69-year-old former head of state died on Wednesday after undergoing emergency surgery at the Jose Casimiro Ulloa HospitalContinue Reading
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the result from the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari. In his submission to the presidential election tribunal, the former vice president gave the “uniqueContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, presented a certificate of return to the re-elected Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. Gov. Wike was re-elected on March 9, 2019, with the collation of election results concluded on April 3. Speaking, Gov. Wike dedicatedContinue Reading
The fight against corruption will be intensified under President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term, Information, Culture & Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed has assured the international community. Mohammed, who gave the assurance in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington said the President would not compromise his anti-corruption programmes and policies.Continue Reading
Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party is determined not to entrust the leadership of critical committees in the house of representatives with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next parliament. Oshiomhole, who spoke at a dinner hosted by President MuhammaduContinue Reading
House leader, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC,Lagos) was yesterday endorsed for the position of speaker, House of Representatives in the ninth assembly. The decision was taken at the Presidential Villa at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC Reps-elect and the party executives. President Buhari hosted the Reps-elect to a dinner atContinue Reading
Donations to rebuild Notre Dame have exceeded 650 million euros as France’s richest man pledged 200 million euros (£170m) towards the restoration after Monday night’s inferno. Bernard Arnault of luxury goods group LVMH doubled the 100 million euros pledged by Hollywood actress Salma Hayek’s husband Francois-Henri Pinault. Other heavyweight donors includeContinue Reading
Igho Sanomi, a Nigerian oil trader, is set to lose his three apartments in London to a Swiss bank over $3million debt. Credit Suisse, the Swiss bank, has already seized Sanomi’s private jet, and has gone ahead to put it up for sale. According to Bloomberg, Sanomi was guarantor forContinue Reading
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has accused the National Assembly of towing with the nation’s security. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily in Lagos, Falana faulted the lawmakers for not creating state police. “With profound respect, the members of theContinue Reading
