Former Imo State Governor and Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed the arrest to ait.live. Okorocha is being detained for interrogation over corruption allegations during his 8-year tenure as Governor.
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Former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Anayo Okorocha has been arrested by the Economic and Financial crimes commission, EFCC for Money Laundering. Okorocha was arrested by EFCC officials on Tuesday in Abuja.
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A member of Wike’s transition committee, now Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Prof. Henry Ugboma, has accused the Rivers State Governor of setting an agenda to discredit his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Speaking on Arise TV programme on Monday, Ugboma stated …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s major opposition political party, is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to return to power which it lost to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 presidential election, Daily Independent has gathered. One major way the Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee …
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The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has assured that the next council chairmen in the state would not be appointed, but democratically elected by the people, just as he also pledged that the forthcoming poll will be free and fair Penpushing reports that Abiodun made this known at an …
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As various interests strategise for 2023, the issue of zoning of presidential tickets by the two leading political parties is posing challenges to the Southwest. While stakeholders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) insist that a 2014 understanding of North, South rotation of the presidency be allowed to stand, …
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said he and others chose to overlook over-voting at the PDP Southwest zonal congress because of the interest of the party. In the election held on Monday, Governor Seyi Makinde’s candidate, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja narrowly defeated Fayose’s candidate, Dr. Eddy Olafeso to …
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The House of Representatives will on resumption from the Easter recess, commence debate on the general principle of a bill which seeks to increase 13 per cent derivation fund to 20 per cent. The private member bill was sponsored by Hon Kingsley Chima. According to the ‘Explanatory Memorandum’, the proposed …
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PDP Southwest Congress: Dr Eddy Olafeso concedes defeat, promises to work with Taofeek Arapaja
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The candidate presented by the camp of ex-governor Ayo Fayose for the post of youth leader at the PDP zonal Congress had been disqualified for being over-aged. Announcing the disqualification, Dr. Benson Abounu, said Aremo Femi Adetola from Oyo State from the papers presented to the screening committee, is 49 …
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