Barely any last minute change of plans, the elective National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may hold on Monday, May 15, 2018. In a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dated April 9, 2018 with the title, notice of conduct of congresses/national convention, the party it intend to conduct special local government congresses to elect delegates ... Read More »

…Challenges FG to publish voucher, says we will meet in court The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus Tuesday denied collecting N250million out of the $2.1billion arms cash allegedly squandered by the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA). He challenged the Federal Government to publish the voucher(s) which he allegedly signed to collect the purported ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered a total of N216,402,565.05 from Swiss Golden Investment, an online investment that purportedly deals in buying and selling of Gold Bars. The recovery was sequel to a petition the Commission received from thousands of complainants who alleged that they invested in Swiss Golden Investment which was advertised as an online investment ... Read More »

The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, his Finance counterpart, Kemi Adeosun and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over alleged payment of $462 million to an American firm for the purchase of helicopters – Helicopters Techno Fight. The upper chamber asked Dan-Ali, Adeosun and Emefiele to appear before its Appropriation Committee ... Read More »

The young twins of the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, have regained freedom from their abductors with payment of N10 million ransom. The five-year old children were kidnapped with their mother last week but the latter was pushed out of their vehicle after her mobile phone’s SIM card was seized. The children regained freedom Monday evening. The ... Read More »

Senators to ‘stand by’ Omo-Agege Fear over Adamu’s likely suspension Despite being banned, the Parliamentary Support Group (PSG) is spoiling for a fight with the Senate leadership. The PSG, which is backing President Muhammadu Buhari on the order of elections, said yesterday that its ban could only stand, if similar groups in the Senate were banned. It was learnt that ... Read More »

  Thirty four ships laden with petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos between Monday and April 27. The Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA ) stated this in its publication, ‘Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Lagos on Monday. 15 of ... Read More »

Globacom in court over $6.7m fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday docked telecommunications firm, Globacom Limited, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja for alleged $6,786,674.61 fraud. The company’s Chief Marketing Officer, Ashok Israni, was listed as the first defendant in the case. But Israini has been granted administrative bail by the Commission. ... Read More »

Breaking: 15 out of 113 remaining Boko Haram abducted Chibok schoolgirls alive – Salkida Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of the Boko Haram, says only 15 out of the remaining 113 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls with Abubakar Shekau insurgents group are alive. Salkida made this known in a series of tweet on his official twitter ... Read More »

The Urhobo nation and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state have described Thursday’s suspension of the Senator representing Delta Central District as political intimidation and an attempt to rob them of their voice at the centre. Stating this consensus at a gathering of Urhobo people and supporters of the APC in Ughelli, the headquarters of Ughelli North council ... Read More »