Hope Uzodinma, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state at Nnamdi Azikiwe airport in Abuja on Sunday. Okoi Obono-Obla, chairman of the Operatives of the special presidential investigation panel for recovery of public property panel, confirmed this to The Cable on Monday. He said Uzodinma was arrested over a breach of contract. […]
Fresh information at our disposals has revealed that the Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its senatorial candidate for Kogi East district in the 2019 general elections, Alh. Jibrin Isah Echocho have enlisted thugs to disrupt the forthcoming senatorial election in the zone, this newspaper gathered. According to sources, the APC […]
Tonye Cole was one of the few oil magnates who benefited immensely from former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke sleazy administration. In the mafia-esque oil and gas industry, with its unwritten and understated Omerta, Tonye Cole, Tope Sonubi and Ade Odunsi are notable cowboys. Though successful young men whose storied and sensational life would make many of their […]
Dele Momodu on Anenih and Baba Gana Kingibe in 1995:There is this elderly man that walks like slow poison. He looks very harmless, but he was a police officer. The old man later joined politics and rose to become the chairman of his party. Miraculously, against all permutations, the party won a free and fair […]
Nigerian Senate President,Dr. Bukola Saraki who is standing trial for false asset declaration at the code of conduct bureau has hired 66 lawyers to boost his defense team. Saraki’s lead counsel,Mr. Kanu Agabi SAN is a one time minister of justice and Attorney General of the Federation.He read out the names of lawyers on the […]
A three-storied office complex, Millennium Builder’s Plaza, belonging to the late former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, was gutted by fire on Friday in Abuja. The top floor of the building, adjacent to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Towers on Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, was completely destroyed, including a Toyota Camry […]
The world’s oldest leader, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turned 92 on Sunday, with no plans to step down as feuding over his successors threatens to tear his ruling ZANU-PF apart. The veteran leader will mark the day with a public celebration on Saturday. Last year’s party was a massive feast with several elephants slaughtered and […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday, in Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, publicly revealed how God used the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to win the battle associated with his election as Speaker. Giving his testimony at a special pilgrimage programme: “A day with Jesus for Nigeria in […]
Why is Senator David Mark always silent in the 8th assembly?.This is a very hilarious question, just as it should be taken seriously. A nairalander,Udeghe asked the question recently.Mark was the Senate president durning past administrations. He was re-elected to the House of Senate on the platform of PDP, a leading opposition party in the […]
The Nigeria senate has moved the screening of ministerial nominee, Rotimi Amaechi to Wednesday. Amaechi’s name was initially on the screening list circulated this morning but the list was later amended. Amaechi is a former governor of River State. Some other ministerial nominees and sitting senators are facing cases of corruption.Who is blocking Amaechi’s confirmation?