Publicity  Secretary to ex-Nigeria military head of state Ibrahim Babangida, Kassim Afegbua has dispelled rumours  death rumour of the former leader. “IBB is very much alive and bubbling,” Afegbua said in a statement. “The fake news bill would be a suitable response to this category of fake news carrier.” Prior to Afegbua’s statement, there were rumours on social that Babangida ...

Crisis is in the offing in the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the government of Dapo Biodun and that of the Aremo Segun Osoba’s political camp are locking horns over the commissioner – nominees list sent to the state House of Assembly by the Governor. The loyalists of former Governor Segun Osoba said they were ...

It was supposed to be a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, but some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors had other plans – the removal of National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. It took the swift intervention of Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum to kill the plot hatched by Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reportedly marked properties belonging to ex-Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. According to EFCC, the marking is to ensure that the properties are not dissipated, following the December 5, 2019 order of Justice Muhammed Idris sitting at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos that Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited, be wound ...

Kabir Marafa, ex-Senator, has revealed that some aggrieved Governors are making desperate move  to replace Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with AbdulAziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara state. Speaking with journalists in Zamfara, Marafa alleged that the governors nursing this idea are out to take control of the structures of the ruling party, However, the ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that God delivered the state from the evil machinations of deadly political foes who planned to destroy it. Speaking during the Commissioning and Dedication Service of the 14,000 seater capacity church building of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, South-South 1 Region at Rumuola, Port Harcourt on Friday, Wike said the evil ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday screened three r-nominees submitted by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The eight-member Ad-hoc Committee of the House also screened eight others nominated for the House of Assembly Service Commission and Lagos State Civil Service Commission. The three commissioner-nominees screened by the House committee on Friday included Mr Ganiyu Ayuba, Mr Olugbenga Oyerinde and Bamigbose ...

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has denied reports making the rounds  that he was placed under house arrest in Edo Oshiomhole debunked the reports while briefing newsmen at his residence shortly after receiving Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who defected to APC “I saw that they wrote a story that I was placed under house arrest. You ...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has attacked the Nigeria Police for allegedly providing shield for ‘thugs’ to ignite violence that rocked Bénin City on Friday. Comrade Oshiomhole said the police watched as thugs gained access to the Bénin Airport with the intention of preventing him from arriving Bénin City to attend a rally of the All ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has mocked the Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio for withdrawing from senatorial rerun. According to the party, he withdrew from the rerun poll to avoid another defeat. The PDP in the state described as a joke the former governor’s withdrawal from the rerun election, insisting that he and the All Progressives Congress(APC) must ...