APC: Of the voice of Jacob and hidden hands
SINCE Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara emerged Senate President and Speaker, House of Representatives respectively, several narratives have emerged to justify, reject or accommodate what transpired on that June 9th morning.
Wife of former Bayelsa Speaker kidnapped
Yenagoa- Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Madam Martha Binabo, wife of former Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly and former Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Nestor Binabo.
INEC: Drama as Buhari overrules Jega on handover
ABUJA — It was the end of an era, yesterday, when the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, formally handed over to Amb. Ahmed Wali as acting chairman of the electoral body.
Alleged $2.1bn withdrawal: You lied, Okonjo-Iweala tells Oshiomhole
Immediate past Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy & Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday described as “false and malicious,” the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, that she spent $2.1 billion from the Excess Crude Account, ECA, without authorization.
APC’s plot to remove Deputy Senate President, futile – Sen Ohuabunwa
SENATOR Mao Ohuabunwa has said the plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to remove the Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, would end in futility, noting that only the Senate that elected him had the constitutional powers to do so.
Controversy trails death of housewife after birth of twins
LAGOS—Controversy is currently trailing the death of a housewife, Joy Bakare, 35, after she gave birth on Aya-Oye Street, Ejiigbo, a suburb of Lagos.
