Explain your role in N9trn NNPC contract scam, PDP challenges Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday charged President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration to tell Nigerians what they know about the N9 trillion ($25 billion) contract scam allegedly perpetrated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, under their watch.
NYSC declares 3-day mourning for 9 drowned corps members
ABUJA—National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has declared a three-day mourning for the nine NYSC members that drowned, weekend, in River Mayo-Selbe near Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Akpabio’s uncommon defection
The planned defection of the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio to the All Progressives Congress, APC could set the tone for new political thinking in the South-South geopolitical region in the expectation of leaders of the country’s ruling party.
2019: Atiku, Turaki turn S-South, S-East to battle grounds
Two of the leading presidential aspirants on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have between them shared the loyalties of principal stakeholders of the party in its major strongholds in the South-South and South-East geo-political zones.
Court rejects application to vacate restraining order on former Benue Assembly leaders
The impeached Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, and two other principal officers of the House have failed in their bids to vacate the court order restraining them from parading themselves as leaders of the House.
NCC, NLRC sign revised MoU on electronic lottery
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC and the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC has signed the revised Memorandum of Understanding, MoU on electronic lottery system in the country.
