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Rotimi Akeredolu , Ondo State Governor, on Monday won the gubernatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).   Akeredolu beat other contestants with 2,458 votes. The nearest rival, Olusola Oke, polled 262 votes, while the third candidate, by Isaac Kekemeke who scored 19 votes.   Other contestants and their votes included Olayide Adelami and […]

A close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Ismaila Isa Funtua, has died after a brief illness. He was aged 78.   Funtua died on Monday allegedly from cardiac arrest while undergoing what was supposed to be a routine medical checkup in Abuja.    In his condolence message, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed deep sadness over the […]

Godswill Akpabio, Nigeria’s Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, on Monday declared that most of the contracts being executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission are corned by members of the National Assembly. “That is how it has been,” Akpabio said, as he was being drilled by the House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC in […]

As the contentious probe of the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission resumed Monday in Abuja, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the commission, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,  has stepped down.   This was a condition given last week by the leadership of the NDDC, led by acting managing director,  Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel […]

Adams Oshiomhole, the immediate past National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress, declared over the weekend that he returned to Edo State with the singular mission to get Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the party’s candidate elected.   Achieving that mission, he said, would correct the mistake he made four years ago when he supported Godwin Obaseki, […]

Nigeria Air Force on Sunday revealed the identity of the former classmate of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the country first and only female combat Jet pilot, who drove the car that killed her last week.   Director Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, identified the drive as Nehemiah Adejoh, a […]

 Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has tested positive for the coronavirus.    Announcing the result of his fourth test for the virus on Sunday via his Twitter handle, Onyema said he would go into self-isolation    “Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of throat irritation and unfortunately this time […]

Nigeria continued the evacuation of its nationals who are stranded in different parts of the world by the coronavirus pandemic by the repatriation of 324 citizens on Saturday from the United States.   The evacuation was announced in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by Tilahun Tadesse, Ethiopian AirlinesTraffic, and Sales Manager.   The […]

  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of the railway terminus in Agbor, Delta State, after  Goodluck Jonathan, his predecessor.   Chibuike Amaechi, the Minister of Transport, disclosed this on Saturday in Agbor, while taking a test-run ride on the newly constructed Warri-Itakpe rail track.   The terminus, to be known as Goodluck […]

…Kokumo assures violence-free election   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state would continue to strengthen its security architecture to protect the lives and property of Edo people.   The governor said this while inspecting a newly procured Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) in Government House, Benin City, the state capital.   […]

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has denied reports that he is gearing up to run for the country’s presidency in 2023.   Lawan spoke a statement issued Saturday by Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, in response to media reports.   The media aide made this known in a statement on Saturday while reacting […]

Joi Nunieh, former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Friday heaped tons of allegations of wrongdoing on Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs as she testified before the committee of the House of Representatives probing the affairs of the commission.   According to Nunieh, with Akpabio’s instructions, some contracts […]