The Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has given the immediate past Governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha up to midnight of Tuesday, June 4, 2019, to do a proper handover to his government. Ihedioha spoke at the Government House in Owerri, during the swearing into office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Uche Onyeaguocha…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, received the report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. On the verified Twitter handle of the Presidency, Buhari said, “Today I received the Report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. We constituted the Panel as a result of…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested a pastor of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Gwarinpa branch, David Onyekachuku, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. Onyekachuku, 48, who hails from Nsukka in Enugu State, had met the victim, a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil…
A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, has criticised the leadership style of his successor and incumbent National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. According to him, Oshiomhole lacks the temperament and capacity to run a political party. Odigie-Oyegun stated this in his response to a communique issued by the South-South APC State Chairmen,…
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have appealed to the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, to appoint her replacement on the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. They stated in a letter sent to Bulkachuwa on Friday (May 31), a copy of which was…
The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party will meet in Abuja this week to determine who to support among those aspiring to lead the two chambers of the Ninth National Assembly, our correspondent learnt on Sunday. Those expected to be at the meeting are members of the party’s National Working Committee led by its…
The desire of the All Progressives Congress to go into the elections of a new leadership of the National Assembly as a united house has put on hold threats to the position of Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the ruling party, our correspondent has learnt. It was learnt that party leaders across geo-political zones were reaching…
Senator Dino Melaye has announced his interest to contest Kogi State governorship race. Melaye, who represents Kogi West in the Senate, declared his intention to stand for the November 16 poll at a Peoples Democratic Party meeting held at Maj Gen David Jemibewon’s Ayetoro country home on Saturday. The lawmaker’s media aide, Gideon Ayodele, confirmed…
No fewer than 60,000 candidates on Saturday sat for the Computer Based Test of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation recruitment exercise in the country. Mr Isaiah Inuwa, Chief Operating Officer Corporate Services, disclosed this to newsmen while monitoring some of the CBT centres in Abuja. He said that the exam was ongoing in about 94…