The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu in an exclusive interview granted to IVOTES’ Editorial Board Chairman ,Edmund Obilo , has declared that he is not the president’s man. He spoke on a range of issues like the recent inconclusive elections in Kogi and Bayelsa …
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National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has expressed confidence that the party would regain its lost glory. Sheriff said the strength of the party would be restored after members would have resolved their differences. Sheriff said this on Wednesday in Akure, Ondo state, when he …
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TRAGEDY struck yesterday, as the Minster of State for Labour, Chief James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son died in a fatal auto crash along Abuja-Kaduna highway. While Ocholi, 55, and his son, Aaron Enojo, 20, died instantly, his wife, Blessing Fatima, a Registrar at Salem University, Sokoto, was said …
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APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun yesterday said internal sabotage in the government agencies mainly filled by PDP appointees was the reason behind the sack of 26 Director Generals of government parastatals by President Buhari on Monday February 15th. Oyegun disclosed this to State House correspondents after leading the party leadership …
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An inside source within Akwa Ibom State Government has spoken to SaharaReporters about a shady deal Governor Udom Emmanuel and his predecessor, former Governor Godswill Akpabio, struck with justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria prior to the apex court’s judgment on Wednesday February 3, 2015 validating the state’s …
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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has described the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the election of Governor Nyesom Wike as a temporary setback. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday affirmed Wike’s election, insisting that the governor’s appeal against the nullification of his election was meritorious. But the State …
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Some months ago, I came in contact with a cartoon on social media. This comic piece emerged from an English class where a teacher was asking a student a question. The teacher asked, “One day our country will be corruption-free. Which tense is it?” The student responded: “future impossible tense.” …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, on the condition that he pays N400 million as bond. Mr. Metuh is to also submit his international passport, and must provide two sureties with N200 million each. The sureties …
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A Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday ordered that the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, be remanded in prison till Tuesday which is the scheduled day for the hearing of his bail application with respect to the charges of money laundering preferred against him. Justice …
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The embattled spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday tore a statement he voluntarily made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission regarding his alleged involvement in the $2.1billion arms fraud being investigated by the anti-graft agency. Those familiar with the matter told PREMIUM TIMES Mr. Metuh tore the …
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