Ex-PDP govs committed to rebuilding party, says Saraki

Published February 18, 2021 John Alechenu , Abuja THE Chairman of the National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party , Dr . Bukola Saraki , has said the meeting held with former Governors and Deputy Governors elected on the platform of the party was designed to strengthen the party and attract new […]

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Kwara APC youths ask Buhari to sack Lai Mohammed

Kwara APC youths ask Buhari to sack Lai MohammedPublished February 18, 2021Minister of Information and Culture, Lai MohammedTunde Oyekola, IlorinMembers of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara South , under the aegis of APC Youth Stakeholders , on Wednesday , urged the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , to sack the […]

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Court blocks Shell’s bank accounts over alleged oil loss

Published February 18, 2021’ Femi Asu The Federal High Court in Lagos has given an interim injunction directing Nigerian banks to block the accounts of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited over an alleged loss of 1 .02 million barrels of oil suffered by Aiteo Eastern E &P Company Limited.Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo , according […]

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Aisha Buhari birthday greetings absent as President’s wife clocks 50

Published February 18, 2021 Olalekan Adetayo , AbujaThe long absence of the wife of the President , Aisha Buhari, from the Presidential Villa, Abuja , and the country became more pronounced on Wednesday , when she attained the age of 50 .Outspoken Mrs Buhari had gone off the radar around September 2020 shortly after the […]

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Nigeria moving towards disintegration, Abdulsalami warns

Published February 17, 2021 Adebayo Ayinde , MinnaA former military Head of State , General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that the country may disintegrate if Nigerians do not remain calm and united in the face of recent challenges .While expressing dismay over the recent attacks in parts of the country , Abdulsalami called on governors […]

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Lai demands APC Kwara membership registration cancellation

Published February 16, 2021 Tunde Oyekola and Adebayo Ayinde The Minister of Information and Culture , Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and other aggrieved members of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Monday , called for the cancellation of the registration /revalidation exercise in Kwara State .They also demanded that the Senator John […]

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Marketers raise petrol price to N170, depots suffer shortage

Published February 17, 2021’ Femi Asu Fuel marketers have started adjusting their petrol pump prices amid the supply shortage facing private depots in Apapa .Our correspondent observed that some filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states increased the pump price of petrol to N 170 per litre on Tuesday from N 162 per litre .Some […]

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‘Gbenga Daniel, Omisore defected since 2019’, PDP mocks APC

Published February 16, 2021 Sodiq OyelekeThe People ’Democratic Party in the South -West has described the news of the defections of former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore , and former Governor of Ogun State , Otunba Gbenga Daniel , to the All Progressives Congress as “ funny and laughable” .The party in a […]

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History Made As Buhari Appoint Youngest EFCC CHAIRMAN

Abdulrasheed Bawa, a Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent with Nigeria’s flagship anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in what has been described as a record breaking appointment by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has been named the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC)Mr. […]

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