DIEKIVIE IKIOGHA (L) AND GOV. SERIAKE DICKSON A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Chief of Staff, Bayelsa State Government House, Chief Diekivie Ikiogha, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. Ikiogha, who was redeployed in controversial circumstances from his position as Chief of Staff, Bayelsa Government House to the State’s Liaison office in Abuja, in a move interpreted as Governor Seriake Dickson’s way of easing him out of the mainstream politics of the state, spoke at a news conference in Yenagoa on Thursday. The former Chief of Staff said he had left the PDP…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Basking in the euphoria of his recent election as Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDPGF, Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Thursday said that the opposition party would reclaim power at the centre come 2019. Mimiko said the PDP had in fact begun the process of taking back power from the All Progressives Congress during the next general elections. He made the claim at the Akure airport during a mini-reception organised in his honour on his return from Abuja, where he was elected as the PDPGF chairman on Wednesday. Mimiko said the governors were determined to give…
The South-West zonal chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed its defeat in the April 11 governorship election in Lagos State on financial mismanagement. The party also said the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that old age would limit his performance in office did not come to it as a surprise. In a statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti the Ekiti State capital on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Dare Omotosho, the zonal executive said it set up a three-member committee, which looked into the crisis in the party and submitted a report for review to…
The war of words between Governor Ayodele Fayose and the Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, might not be ending anytime soon after the party accused the governor of awarding N720 million to himself as the arrears of his unfinished first term. The governor was removed in controversial circumstances on October 16, 2006 by the State House of Assembly, purportedly on the orders of the then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. But the Supreme Court in a recent judgment, said the impeachment was null and void as it did not follow constitutional process. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo…
After a day of sightseeing with their mum in Italy, the beautiful Obama daughters, Malia, 16 and Sasha, 14 were spotted shopping, walking together in the Corso Como shopping street in the city center on Wednesday afternoon.. They were both rocking trendy outfits…
The latest fashion trend for ladies is rocking the male inspired ‘agbada’ with a low heel sandal or a court shoe. It has simply been breath taking as every trial turns out amazing. Agbada is a long, flowing robe with wide sleeves worn by men is mostly found among the Yoruba of the Southwestern Nigeria and the Republic of Benin, West Africa. It is often decorated with embroidery. Agbada used to be a traditional outfit for a typical Yoruba man and it soon became an attire for all tribes. But gone are those days when this outfit was considered strictly…
Barely 2 months after giving birth, Nadia Buhari is back on location. She reunited with her co-star, Vanvicker for a new movie.. Didn’t this woman give birth to twins? Her figure looks hotter than ever!
While other telecommunication brand ambassadors have been busy flaunting their contract renewal, Ayo Balogun popularly known as Wizkid who is under a new management kept his cool. The likes of Davido, heavily pregnant Tiwa Savage, Chidinma Ekile, Iyanya, the Mavin Crew led by Don Jazzy among others had renewed their contract with giant telecom company but Wizkid have been silent on his been silent on his contract renewal. Reports just coming in has it that 24 year old Wizkid has abandoned MTN having been its brand ambassador two years for indigenous telecom company, Glo. It was gathered that the deal…
Members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly have agreed to contribute 50 per cent of their salaries to the development of the state. The Majority Leader, Alhaji Musa Mahmud, made this known yesterday in Yola while speaking to newsmen in the state capital. Governor Mohammed Jibrilla had on Monday said 50 per cent of his salary and that of his deputy would be donated to the state. He also urged the state’s lawmakers to consider donating part of their salaries to the state. He said the lawmakers made the sacrifice willingly in view of the financial condition of the…
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Edward Pwajok (Plateau, PDP), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to appoint less than 37 ministers into his cabinet. Pwajok, who was Plateau State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, said the president would be contravening the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria if he should skip any of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the appointment of his ministers. Speaking to newsmen in Jos, the member representing Jos East/Jos South Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the National Assembly, said while the president is free to appoint…
Ondo State Governor, Mr. Olusegun Mimiko, has emerged chairman the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ forum. He was elected at a meeting attended by eight out of the 13 PDP governors in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday. The five governors who were absent at the meeting were Governors Hassan Dankwambo (Gombe State), Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) Ben Ayade (Cross River State). Those in attendance were the elected chairman himself, Capt. Idris Wada (Kogi), Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba). Governor Seriake Dickson…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State chapter, has hailed the Federal Government for discontinuing the oil pipeline surveillance contracts, which the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan awarded the Odua Peoples Congress. The OPC had on Monday announced that it would withdraw its men from guarding all Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipelines nationwide because three months after the award of the contract, the corporation had yet to start paying for the work its men were doing. Former President Jonathan had, shortly before the elections, awarded a pipeline surveillance contract to the OPC and other ethnic militias to the…
A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has raised the alarm over a plot by some people to set him up against President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Lagos governor raised the alarm in a statement issued by his media office, while reacting to a report by an online medium. The medium had claimed that Tinubu not only rejected the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively, it also claimed he accused President Buhari of moving against the party by assisting the duo…
A Senior Lawyer, Mr. Paul Erokoro (SAN), has accused a fellow Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Joe Agi, of inundating the media with distorted facts about his age falsification case against Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Erokoro, who is Ayade’s lawyer in the suit, also charged the media to be mindful of how they report the matter since it is still before the court. He also accused Mr. Agi of subjecting the governor to a media trial, and in the process, distorting the facts of the case. According to the learned silk, “Any suggestions that Prof Ben Ayade…
A former Minister of Power and renowned Professor of Robotics Engineering, Prof. Bart Nnaji, has warned the Federal Government not to contemplate taking over the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria from Manitoba Hydro International of Canada, at the expiration of its contract next month. Nnaji, who spoke on the sidelines of the 2015 West African Power Industry Convention organised by IRN in Lagos on Tuesday, said interferences from government officials had affected the work of the Manitoba personnel. The Federal Government had in 2012, while Nnaji was minister, entered into a three year contract with Manitoba, after it…
The Coalition of Civil Society Group, COCSG, has described the recent report by the Amnesty International that indicted top serving and retired Nigerian military chiefs of gross human rights violations in the fight against Boko Haram, as lopsided and lacking in basic facts. The President, COCSG, Etuk Williams, who stated this on Tuesday, when his group paid a solidarity visit to the Defence Headquarters IN Abuja, explained that their own analysis and assessment indicated that the report is devoid of truth and aimed at discrediting the military’s onslaught against terrorism. Drawing analogy with the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus…
A group known as Women Coalition Group (WCG) in Kebbi, has appealed to the Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, not to scrap office of the first lady in spite of the feud over the office among his wives. Hajiya Fatima Mustapha, who is the state chairperson of the association, made the appeal yesterday in Birnin Kebbi, the stat capital, while fielding questions from journalists. According to Mrs. Mustapha, the office of the first Lady during democratic regime is important as it caters for the women and children in society. She said, “As a woman, I am duty bound to…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday decried the HIV prevalence in the state which is the second highest in the country. He also lamented the fact that only 36 per cent of mothers have the benefit of being attended by skilled birth attendants. The governor, who made the disclosure in his speech at the Kaduna State Healthcare Summit in Kaduna, said the present situation is unacceptable. “Kaduna State has the second highest HIV prevalence in the country, and only 36 per cent of mothers have the benefit of being attended by skilled birth attendants”, he said. The governor…
Godswill Akpabio Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel may sell a private jet acquired by former governor Godswill Akpabio, it has emerged. The governor, who apparently does not see the private jet as necessary for the oil-rich state is contemplating the disposal of the aircraft, Vanguard reports. “Governor Emmanuel is not comfortable with the idea of sustaining the ownership of the jet and is contemplating selling it, more so, because of the slash in states’ allocations and the high cost of aviation fuel,” Vanguard quoted a State Government House source to have said. Udom, had upon his assumption of…
Senator Robert Boroffice, yesterday said that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu never imposed Senator Ahmed Lawan and Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila on the party. The two APC members had emerged as the party’s preferred candidates for the National Assembly leadership seats but President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, emerged after running for the seats despite their party’s position. For many, the APC candidates were imposed by influential party leader, Tinubu. However, speaking with Journalists yesterday in Abuja, Boroffice, who represents Ondo North Senatorial District…