Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The lawmakers claimed that there were assassination attempts on the former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, which they see as a threat to the current governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo. They accused the anti-graft…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, and has vowed to challenge it The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, at a press conference on Monday, said the party will explore all legal and democratic means to retrieve “the stolen mandate”…
The recent brutal violence that befell the people of Enugwu-Ukwu Community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, where no fewer than three youths of the community were allegedly killed, with five others severely injured by unidentified persons over a suspected land boundary dispute with neighbuoring Nawfia community (also in Njikoka Local Government Area),…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State Governorship election, Asue Ighodalo has expressed his disappointment over the just concluded polls. Ighodalo came second after polling 247,274 votes as he was defeated by Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 291,667 votes. Speaking on the aftermath of the election, Ighodalo…
The Chairman of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to conduct an immediate re-collation and recompilation of the actual results from the Edo governorship election. Aziegbemi’s appeal emphasized the need for a comprehensive review of the collated results before…
If Ayomide Adeleye, a 23-year-old, 300-level philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), had understood the profound consequences of taking another person’s life, he likely would have chosen to stay in poverty. The lanky black complexioned young man who resides with his parents in Ikorodu in Lagos is now cooling his head inside the cell…
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, stated that the victory of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Edo State governorship election reflects the people’s support for his policies. Tinubu expressed this sentiment in a congratulatory message to Monday Okpebholo, the APC’s candidate in the election. The statement was released by the president’s spokesperson,…
Nigerian shipowners have said the country is losing about $86bn annually to foreign dominance in the freight forwarding business. They said the Federal Government’s inaction and unfriendly policies had stifled the growth of local operators, resulting in the county’s loss of billions of dollars in revenue to foreign-dominated shipping operations. Speaking at the 16th Marine…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has formally written to the Managing Director of SAIPEM Contracting Nigeria Limited, seeking information on the completion dates of the rehabilitation projects for the Warri and Kaduna refineries. He said the contracts, awarded by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the Italian engineering company,…
British-Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua has talked about why Daniel Dubois knocked him out in the fifth-round on Saturday to retain his IBF heavyweight title. Recall that Dubois produced a stunning performance in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. The 27-year-old knocked down Joshua four times before finishing him off in the fifth…
