APC Governors to Push for Restructuring

Indications emerged on Monday that governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will be pushing for constitutional amendment to accommodate the burning issue of restructuring the federation. Rising from a meeting in Abuja on Monday, the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, steering committee on good governance said it would look into the Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai’s Committee on true Federalism. Recall that in late 2017, the National Working Committee of the ruling APC...

Edo APC crisis: Gov Obaseki petitions DSS, IGP, calls for arrest of Oshiomhole

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, Director General of the Department of State Security, Yusuf Bichi and other security agencies to arrest and  prosecute the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for what he called “breach of the laws of Edo state.” The Edo state deputy governor, Hon. Philip Shuiabu who made the demand on February 3, submitted petition to...

EFCC arraigns ex-NDDC boss, arrests others over employment scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  has arraigned a former House of Representatives Committee chairman on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Nicholas Mutu Ebomo, Airworld Technologies LTD, Oyien Homes LTD, and one Blessing Mutu (now at large) before Justice F. O. G. Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on an 11-count charge for alleged fraud and abuse of office. According to a press statement by the acting head of media and publicity of the...

Imo Supreme Court judgment: former Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulazizi Yari says PDP making empty noise

The former governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulazizi Yari has berated the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for staging nationwide protest against the judgment of the Supreme Court that on January 14, 2020 sacked Emeka Ihedioha as the governor of Imo state. Ex-governor Yari who surprisingly paid a visit to the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja said that PDP was making noise...

EFCC arrests 11 cyber criminals, gets FBI commendation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has effected the arrest of 11 suspected fraudsters including a female at Airport View Estate Thinkers Corner, Enugu State. Tony Orilade, acting head of media and publicity at the Commission disclosed this in a press statement he issued in Abuja January 31. According to the statement, the arrest followed several calls by the residents to the increasing activities of internet fraudsters in the area. After several intelligence reports on the...

States, FCT record significant fall in IGR in Q3 of 2019, NBS data reveals

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS has released the performance of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja on internally generated revenue in Quarter 3. According to a summary of how the states and FCT performed as published by NBS in its website, there was a 25.12% decline in IGR of states and FCT in Q3 ending in September of 2019. According to NBS, in Q2 the 36 states and FCT generated...

Obaseki dares Oshiomhole, vows to deal with him

The political feud between Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state seems to be taking a dangerous turn ahead of the election coming up later in d year. Comrade Oshiomhole, who is currently the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and his erstwhile political protégé Gov Obaseki are at daggers drawn owing to what many political watchers have described as “irreconcilable differences”. While Oshiomhole has vowed to deny the...

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