Renowned legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has written a second letter to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, urging her to withdraw her sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Agbakoba, who represents Akpabio through his law firm, Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), said the senator’s claims are riddled with contradictions and lack credible evidence. Speaking to journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Agbakoba explained that his latest letter...

Former Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has disclosed that former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is preparing to leave the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Dr Okowa made this revelation on Tuesday during an interview on Arise News. He noted that the former vice president had already informed him of his intentions. “And I also know that he is already heading out...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi over comments at Johns Hopkins University. The Lagos State Governor told the former Anambra State Governor that prominent Nigerians project the country positively overseas and not demarket it. A release on Monday signed by the Governor, noted that Obi made unflattering remarks not just about the incumbent Nigerian government, but also about Nigeria,...

240 Workers Receiving Double Salaries 217 Share Same BVN Govt Vows to Clean Up Civil Service The Kano State Government has uncovered major fraud in its civil service payroll, involving hundreds of questionable payments, officials announced on Sunday. At a press briefing in Kano, Sulaiman Sani, the special adviser to the Governor on civil service matters and chairman of the state’s coordinating committee, revealed that 240 employees were found receiving double salaries. At the same...

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called on the South East to rally behind President Bola Tinubu in 2027, urging the people to give him their full support at the polls. Kalu made the appeal on Saturday when he hosted the Abia State chapter of the Tinubu Mandate Support Group and Club 17 Initiative. His remarks were conveyed through a statement by his media aide, Udora Orizu. “We should invest our...