Pondei’s collapse underlines weight of corruption in APC ― PDP
Insists on Akpabio’s suspension By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday, said the collapse of acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Professor Daniel Pondei, while being grilled by the House of Representatives, has underscored the weight of corruption bedevilling the All Progressives Congress, APC administration. This is as the […]
Amending the NBC Code: Between a minister and a board
By Alabi Akinrogun Strange things are known to happen all the time in Nigeria, and especially in matters of governance and public policy, mostly to the detriment of the population, despite occasional bright spots. As the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka once quipped, if he had written about these strange happenings in Nigeria as fiction […]
Edo Poll: APC Women assures Ize-Iyamu of victory
The Women Group of the All Progressives Congress, Edo State Chapter, has assured the governorship candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a resounding victory at the polls on the 19th September.
Dickson commends Ijaw Youths for conducting successful convention
…congratulates newly elected IYC president, Igbifa, others The Immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated the leadership of the Season Ijaw Youths for a successful quadrennial convention. The former Governor congratulated Mr. Peter Igbifa, who was elected President of the IYC at the just concluded convention at Oporoza, […]
Ondo Poll: Oyedele withdraws from contest in party’s best interest
A chieftain of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon. Daniel Orimisan, has said one of the leading contenders in the governorship race, Ifeoluwa Oyedele, withdrew from the race in the best interest of the party.
Herdsmen have taken over 400 villages in South-East, says ADF
By Anayo Okoli & Peter Okutu Elite Igbo group, Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF, led by Professor Uzodinma Nwala, has said no fewer than 400 villages in the South-East have been taken over by rogue herdsmen, and the governors in the region are to blame for it. ADF called the development “excesses of the herdsmen in […]
