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  By Soni Daniel & Adekunle Aliyu ABUJA — THERE were indications last night that detained former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, had begun opening up on the allegations of corruption brought up against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which took him into its …

The governing council, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has suspended the Executive Secretary of the scheme, Prof Usman Yusuf indefinitely to pave way for investigation into allegations leveled against him. Meanwhile Prof. Yusuf has called off an earlier scheduled press conference. He was expected to react to the story during …

  APEX Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari, against the use of Executive Orders when there is no state of emergency in the country, saying that such orders are intended to subvert the fundamental rights of the citizens. It said that Chapter 4 of the 1999 …

Barau Jibrin, sentor representing Kano north, says agents of darkness are out to tarnish the image of Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano. Jibrin said this in response to the comments on the video of Ganduje allegedly collecting bribe from some contractors. In the video which has been trending online since …

After some drama at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja, former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose was taken into custody yesterday. The anti-graft agency is questioning Fayose over the ongoing probe of the alleged diversion N4.685billion by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The …

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has disclosed that over 30 per cent of farmland in the Niger Delta region has been lost to this year’s ravaging flood. Uduaghan, a senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Delta South Senatorial District in the 2019 …

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not running the affairs of the country, stressing that it is unacceptable for the country to be “run through proxies”. The former speaker of the house of representatives said “it will be suicidal” for the president to …

  …As Tambuwal, Wike, Fayose, others named Zonal Coordinators By Anthony Ogbonna Senate President, Dr, Bukola Saraki has been named the  Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a confirmation to THISDAY, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, …

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it would seek ways to reduce the cost of elections in the country. According to the commission, the increasing cost of elections in the country is partly due to security and logistical reasons. At a validation workshop on the study of the cost …

A political pressure group, Buhari/Osinbajo Mandate Group, BOMG, vowed yesterday that no amount of unnecessary distraction from the opposition can stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s from winning his re-election bid in the 2019 presidential poll. The National Coordinator, BOMG, Ali Baba Mohammed said in a statement issued in Abuja, that, the …