Politics

Governor Sierake Dickson of Bayelsa State’s Deputy,John Jonah,the Secretary to the State Government, Kemela Okara and the Chief of Staff Talford Ongola have all picked governorship nomination forms. Also a serving senator, Diri Douye and a member of the House of Representatives, Fred Agbadi have both paid the mandatory N21 …

The National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress, Inuwa Abdulkadir, has dragged the party before the court. He has also given the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, a seven-day ultimatum to retract an alleged defamatory publication against his person, tender a public apology and pay N500m as …

A company in which Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has a stake, Simmons Coopers Partners, has been linked to another firm, Ocean Trust Limited, which was fingered in an alleged N100bn scam involving Alpha Beta Consulting Limited and Alpha Beta LP. Ocean Trust Limited, which was accused of being a conduit for …

Deji Adeleke, elder brother to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 22, 2018 governorship poll in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, said many promises made by the PDP before the family accepted the party’s governorship ticket were not kept. Adeleke, in a statement he signed …

A former Senator from Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, faulted the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission’s claim on the recovery of constituency project equipment, describing it as a mischief fuelled by political jobbers and taken too far. The ICPC had on Wednesday led journalists and …

President Muhammadu Buhari admitted on Thursday night that he had been under unprecedented pressure to release the names of his ministerial-nominees. The President, who made a brief remark during a dinner he had with the leadership of the National Assembly, however, maintained that he would not be stampeded into releasing …

Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State says his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, operated 250 bank accounts as opposed to the Treasury Single Account being implemented by the Federal Government and many other states. Ihedioha said of the 250 accounts, 150 were domiciled in Zenith Bank alone while others were scattered across …

Former Secretary to Delta State Government, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay has congratulated Isoko North Council Chairman, Hon. Emmanuel Egbabor on his birthday anniversary. In a message signed by his Media Assistant, Mr. Iteveh Ekpokpobe, Macaulay described Egbabor as a blessing to the local government, an astute politician and a dedicated party …

The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission has said that was not aware of any court order restraining it from the conduct of council elections in the state. Remember Ogbe, Acting Chairman of BYSIEC, said this on Tuesday, at a stakeholders’ meeting with representatives of political parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State …

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the biggest problem of the country. Akiolu spoke at the public presentation of Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics, a book by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba. The event held at the …