A governorship aspirant in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has dismissed rumours of a misunderstanding between him and the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Adams Oshiomhole. Ize-Iyamu said he and Oshiomhole have a cordial relationship. “I will tell you categorically that we are on good terms. There is no quarrel between myself and…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit. The court held that the appellant did not prove the allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act among others. The court held that the appeal…
The trial of an undergraduate Chidinma Ojukwu who was accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga resumed on Wednesday at the Lagos High Court with the testimony of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Olusegun Bamidele. He told Justice Yetunde Adesanya, that Chidinma the murder suspect told him she spiked…
Residents of Bodija Estate Ibadan where an explosion happened, say about 10 people are still missing following the January 17 explosion in the area. Five people died, 77 sustained injury and 58 houses were damaged during the explosion that rocked Dejo Oyelese Street in Ibadan, Oyo State. State Governor Seyi Makinde presented the preliminary report…
Members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday visited Governor Makinde to commiserate with him and the people of the state over the explosion. The BoT led by its chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, met the governor at his office, in Ibadan. Wabara commended Makinde on behalf of the board for…
The Nigerian Army has expressed shock over the video circulating on social media claiming that troops deployed to Plateau are supporting a particular group against the other Acting Director, Defence Information Brigadier General Tukur Gusau,, in a statement on Thursday, described the video made by the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Mangu Chapter, Reverend Timothy…
The federal government has slammed terrorism charges against four Port Harcourt-based men who allegedly invaded, vandalized and burnt down Rivers State House of Assembly last year. The accused persons, suspected to be loyalists of Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers State, are accused of committing the alleged terrorism offences during the wake of political upheaval that rocked…
Nigerian Politician, Dino Melaye, has taken to social media to react to a video of some people believed to be Nigerians praying for their faulty transformer. In the video, the men and women could be seen praying fervently for their faulty transformer to start working. Disturbed by this development Dino wrote; ‘’We are sick in…
As Abia State holds January edition of the monthly sanitation exercise, the Mayor of the Local Government Councils, Traditional Rulers, Town Union Leaders, Religious Leaders, Youth and Women Organizations in the State have been required to monitor and sensitize their people on the importance of the exercise and to participate as well. In a press…
A popular Nigerian pastor has been nabbed by the police for murdering one of his female church members, a mother of five burying her remains inside his church for rituals According to the pastor, he was made to commit the heinous crime based on the instructions of their secret society leader. He explained that he…
