I’m a victim of Okorocha’s one term agreement – Agbaso
The embattled deputy governor of Imo State, Mr. Jude Agbaso in an interview responds to the allegation that he obtained a N458 million bribe from a road contractor in the state. He asserts that the allegation was cooked up to muddle a one term agreement reached between Governor Rochas Okorocha and his elder brother, Martins Agbaso, the influential businessman and political broker who allegedly provided the structure for Okorocha’s 2011 election victory. Excerpts:
APC controversy: INEC meets merger parties today
ABUJA — As controversy continues to trail which political group has the acronym, APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will today meet with the four merger parties possibly to resolve the crisis and also deliberate on the issues and allegations of sabotage levelled against the Commission by the contending groups.
2015: Crisis looms over guber seat in kebbi
With Governor Saidu Dakingari bound to leave office in 2015 after two terms in office, the political atmosphere in Kebbi State is now full of jostling and systematic scheming ahead of the 2015 general elections.
Shareholders call for relocation of residents near tank farms
The Jetty and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners of Nigeria (JEPTFON) has called for relocation of all residents near tank farms in Lagos.
Two terror suspects arrested in Lagos
There were indications, yesterday, that the Boko Haram sect might have infiltrated Lagos State, following raid of a building in Ijora Badia area of Lagos, suspected to have been used as a hideout by the suspected terrorists.
LG polls: Edo Pdp, govt in verbal warfare over alleged rigging plans
BENIN—EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the state government of planning to use its vigilante group, Neighbourhood Watch, to rig the April 20, local government elections in the state.
