A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has resigned as the Minority Leader of the 8th Senate. Akpabio, who represents Akwa Ibom North West, is set to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC) on Wednesday. Sen. Akpabio’s resignation letter According to a …
Read More »Access Bank staffer arraigned for stealing customers’ N13 million
A staffer of the Herbert Wigwe’s led Access Bank Plc, Kolawole Agboola, has been arraigned at the Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Island on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and theft. THE WITNESS gathered the accused allegedly stole N13.6 million from the accounts of two customers of the Bank. …
Read More »NNPC denies funding alleged impeachment plot against Saraki
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday denies that its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru is funding alleged plot to impeach Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki . The Corporation in a terse statement issued by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, …
Read More »SPECIAL REPORT: How FMBN will change housing mortgage by end of 2018
By Abimbola Johnson-Idemeto If you’re a Nigerian still agonizing about owning your own house because you can’t save enough cash to buy a house and no financial institution is willing to give you a mortgage because you still cannot afford the percentage payment, I have good news for you. …
Read More »APC lawmakers offered N150m each to impeach Saraki, Dogara – Timi Frank
…State legislators to get N50m each against Ortom, Tambuwal, other The immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progresives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has accused the presidency and the leadership of the APC of a plot to induce its Senators, House of Representatives and State House of …
Read More »Oshiomhole to meet Edo APC leaders over alleged neglect by Obaseki
National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, will this week meet with leaders of the party in Edo State to address disenchantment among leaders over alleged abandonment by Governor Godwin Obaseki since his election as governor. The essence of the meeting, it was gathered, was to find …
Read More »Nothing will make me abandon clamour for better Nigeria — Obasanjo
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, says no amount of threats and intimidation will make him abandon his clamour for a better Nigeria. He said this on Sunday while receiving a former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, who came to consult the former president on his (Bafarawa’s) presidential ambition. …
Read More »Kaduna APC defies Oshiomhole, says Shehu Sani’s suspension stands
The Kaduna State Executive of the All Progressives Congress has said it is not backing down on the indefinite suspension it imposed on the senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani. The state APC rejected the directive of the party’s National Working Committee that Sani’s suspension should be called off. …
Read More »Kano Deputy Gov Resigns, Set to Join PDP
The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Professor Hafiz Abubakar on Sunday, resigned his position as deputy Governor under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The immediate Deputy Governor, resigned from his position as he got hint that 31 members of the state House of Assembly signed his impeachment which will …
Read More »Presidency Appeals to Saraki, Dogara to Reconvene N’Assembly
Senate President Bukola Saraki, President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Speaker Yakubu Dogara, shortly before the president left for his medical check-up the second time The presidency has appealed to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, …
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