Wednesday, 1 August 2018

NigerianEye: “EFCC detains Deputy Senate President for alleged fraud and acquisition of 22 properties” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “EFCC detains Deputy Senate President for alleged fraud and acquisition of 22 properties” plus 29 more


EFCC detains Deputy Senate President for alleged fraud and acquisition of 22 properties

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:58 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for alleged fraud and failing to explain how he came to own 22 properties in Nigeria, the United...

'Real reasons why I dumped APC for PDP' - Saraki reveals

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 02:38 PM PDT

The real reasons why the President of the Senate Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged. In a statement personally signed by the President of the Senate,...

Power sector in deeper mess as distributors threaten to quit, resell firms at discounts

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:10 PM PDT

The disagreement between the Federal Government and power distribution companies continued on Tuesday, with the Discos threatening to quit the sector and expressed willingness to resell the power...

So what happens to Bukola Saraki after dumping APC?

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:30 PM PDT

While the Senate President Bukola Saraki's defection from APC was only made official yesterday evening, it had been coming for quite a while, and it was not beyond expectation. Anticipating Saraki's...

The APC Ship Is Sinking..

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:20 PM PDT

By Reuben Abati, When we wrote much earlier that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria's ruling party was a coalition of strange bedfellows and a one-chance special purpose vehicle to get rid...

Yoruba needs unity to remain relevant in Nigeria – Bode George

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:12 PM PDT

The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has called on Yoruba sons and daughters to unite and shun selfish interests in order to remain a formidable and...

We must flush out Buhari for a secure, prosperous Nigeria – Lamido

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:00 PM PDT

A former Governor of Jigawa State and the presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Tuesday, said Nigerians must flush out Buhari in 2019 for a...

Fayose advises Ekiti people

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 03:53 PM PDT

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged the people of the state to remain calm and law-abiding while his deputy, Prof Kolapo Olusola, seeks to reclaim his mandate at the election...

I receive news of Saraki’s exit from APC with joy – Atiku

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 01:50 PM PDT

A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he received the news of resignation by the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki from the All Progressives Congress with great joy....

Nigerians react to Saraki’s exit from APC

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 02:25 PM PDT

The social media space is agog with the announcement by Senate President Bukola Saraki that he has left the ruling All Progressives Party. I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive...

Senate President Saraki, Governor Ahmed dump APC

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:02 PM PDT

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has formally announced his departure from Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, made a...

Buhari emerges ECOWAS chairman

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 01:45 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday emerged the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States. His Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this in a message posted on...

Be law-abiding, we shall overcome – Fayose charges residents

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:56 AM PDT

The Ekiti state Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has urged the people of the state to remain law-abiding despite irregularities that marred the July 14 governorship election in the state which,...

Ekweremadu in EFCC custody

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:54 AM PDT

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, is currently at the head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), PREMIUM TIMES is reporting. He reportedly arrived at the anti-graft...

Court discharges, acquits 100 Shi’ite members

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:54 AM PDT

A Kaduna High Court has discharged and acquitted about 100 members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, otherwise called Shiites, according to a statement signed by the President of the movement's...

2019: "Buhari has given youths unprecedented sense of belonging"

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:46 AM PDT

 Door-to-Door Movement, a political movement promoting the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the general acceptance of the president by youths across the country would ensure...

No loss of life at Ecobank fire incident

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:13 AM PDT

The Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria, Mr. Charles Kie has said there was no life lost at the fire incident Tuesday morning at the bank's Lagos head office. Mr Kie said the incident caused when...

Ortom’s impeachment drama: Police chase out Benue Assembly workers from offices

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 09:08 AM PDT

Workers at the Benue state House of Assembly were Tuesday morning chased out of their various offices and duty posts by stern looking armed police personnel who also sealed off the Assembly...

Impeachment: I will respect court order, says Okorocha

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 08:26 AM PDT

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, Tuesday said he would respect the court order stopping the swearing in of the new deputy governor, Mr. Calistus Ekenze. According to Okorocha's Chief Press...

Amnesty International makes shocking revelations about Zamfara killings

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 08:16 AM PDT

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday raised the alarm that insecurity was escalating in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, with daily killings and kidnappings by armed bandits, leaving villagers in...

How operation ‘Python Dance’ killed my husband – Slain IPOB member’s wife

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 08:16 AM PDT

The wife of a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mrs Chizoba Agbaisi, whose husband, Mrs Ifechukwu Agbaisi, was killed last year by soldiers during the Operation Python Dance II, has...

Orji Kalu loses bid to stop N3.2bn corruption trial

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 08:16 AM PDT

Muhammed Idris, judge of the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, dismissed a no-case submission filed by Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia state, in his bid to stop his trial over...

Abuja-Kaduna rail: I want us to break even - Amaechi

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:27 AM PDT

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says his expectation for Abuja-Kaduna rail service after two years of operations is for the route to break even and not about profit...

Ladoja dumps PDP for ADC

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:23 AM PDT

Former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja has perfected plans to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) it Ladoja who rejoined the party after...

Defection will not deter us from voting PMB in 2019 – Kebbi APC

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:21 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Kebbi State has said that its members have unflinching support for President Muhammadu Buhari. It said that the recent gale of defections in the National Assembly...

Nigeria’s ambassador to South Africa resigns, leaves APC for PDP

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 07:18 AM PDT

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, has resigned. He has also renounced his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, and had crossed over to...

Buhari APC main problem, Oshiomhole visionless – APC chieftain, SKC Ogbonnia

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:45 AM PDT

A presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, has provided several reasons he believes the national Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, lacks the...

Kogi indigenes blocked state govt from accessing N11billion – Finance commissioner cries out

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:42 AM PDT

The Kogi State Government has accused some "unpatriotic" indigenes of the state of blocking the state government funds to the tune of N11 billion.  The Commissioner of Finance, Ashiwaju Idris...

Court stops swearing-in of Ekenze as Imo Deputy Governor

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:37 AM PDT

A High Court in Owerri, the Imo state capital, has stopped the swearing-in of Mr Calistus Ekenze as the new Deputy Governor of the state following the impeachment of Eze Madumere. The court ruling...

Senator Adamu reveals how Saraki allegedly plotted to succeed Buhari in 2017

Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:34 AM PDT

Senator representing Nasarawa West in the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu, yesterday alleged that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, plotted to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari when he was...

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