Put Party Interest First, Gov Yari Tells Oshiomhole, Obaseki
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has advised Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and Governor Godwin Obaseki, to put the interest of the party first as they go into the governorship primaries in Edo State. Yari, who was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on a private visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, called on Oshiomhole...
Buhari Is Not In Charge Of Aso Rock – Soyinka
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says he does not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country. Speaking on Thursday during an interview on PlusTv Africa, the renowned writer said the answer to the nation’s problem is decentralisation, adding that there’s a need for the people to be historically conscious. Soyinka was reacting to an open letter written by Umar Dangiwa,...
FG Write NASS, Seek Approval For $1.2Bn Agric Loan
The Federal Government, FG has written the National Assembly, seeking its approval for $1.2 billion agricultural loan from Brazil and Deutsche Bank; to set up mechanisation service centres in 632 local governments of the federation. The $1.2 billion loans would be deployed under The Green Imperative programme, which is a Nigeria-Brazil Bilateral Agriculture Development Programme. The programme would be implemented over a...
Buhari Is Not In Charge Of Aso Rock – Soyinka
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says he does not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country. Speaking on Thursday during an interview on PlusTv Africa, the renowned writer said the answer to the nation’s problem is decentralisation, adding that there’s a need for the people to be historically conscious. Soyinka was reacting to an open letter written by Umar Dangiwa,...
JUST IN: Abians In US Jubilate As Kalu Finally Re-unites With Family
Following the release of the senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu from the facility of Nigeria Correctional Service on Wednesday, Abians in the United States have joined in celebrating the former governor's release. Recall that the federal lawmaker since early December has been in prison on allegations bordering on corruption after he was wrongfully convicted by a Federal...
JUST IN: Abians In US Jubilate As Kalu Finally Re-unites With Family
Following the release of the senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu from the facility of Nigeria Correctional Service on Wednesday, Abians in the United States have joined in celebrating the former governor's release. Recall that the federal lawmaker since early December has been in prison on allegations bordering on corruption after he was wrongfully convicted by a Federal...
Senate Sends High-Powered Delegation To Visit Orji Kalu
In show of solidarity, the leadership of the Senate has despatched a high-powered team of lawmakers to visit Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu who was on Thursday released from Nigeria Correctional Service facility. The Senate President Ahmad Lawan led the delegation on Thursday night to visit the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in his Aso Villa residence, Abuja. Others who...
I Hold No Grudge Against Anyone, Kalu Finally Speaks [Video]
Following his release from the facility of Nigeria Correctional Service on Wednesday, the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has finally broken his silence. ABN TV reports that while addressing supporters who came to welcome him in Abuja on Wednesday, the member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu who spoke on behalf of the senator...
Senate Committee Uncovers Missing $3.3bn In Foreign Tax
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday said it had uncovered how $3.3 billion was missing from taxes collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Services and remitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2015. The Senate committee is probing the federation accounts from 2015 to 2018. CBN officials, led by Deputy Governor Edward Adamu, appeared before the committee...
Governor Obaseki Dragged To Court Over Certificate Forgery
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over an alleged forged certificate and perjury. In the originating summons sighted by Daily Independent, the plaintiffs are Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu while the defendants are the All Progressives Congress (APC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Inspector- General...
