•Late Senator Ayogu Eze A former Senate spokesperson, Ayogu Eze has reportedly died at the age of 66. Eze, who represented the Enugu North Senatorial District between 2007 and 2015, passed away today in an Abuja hospital after suffering from an undisclosed illness. Eze, who is also one of the founding members of the Peoples […]
•Hadi Sirika Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, quizzed a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over alleged N8bn Nigeria Air fraud. A top EFCC operative told our correspondent that the ex-minister came on invitation to the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja today, reports Channels TV. Also, ...
•Emeka Ihedioha A former governor of Imo State Emeka Ihedioha has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 26 years after joining one of Nigeria’s leading political parties. Having been one of the party’s founding members, Ihedioha cited a variance of “personal beliefs” as part of his reason for quitting the PDP, reports Channels TV. “Regretta...
•Mrs Abigail Orbunde and Ms Patience Ogute The wife of former Chief of Staff to Benue Governor Hon. Terwase Orbunde and a domestic aide abducted by gunmen in Makurdi last Friday evening have regained freedom. Mrs Abigail Kashimana Orbunde and Ms Patience Ogute, regained freedom yesterday afternoon after payment of an undisclosed ransom to abdu...
•Jackrich The 2023 governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in Rivers State, Sobomabo Jackrich has been arrested. Jackrich, an ex-Niger Delta agitator was arrested by men dressed in military camouflage from his residence in Usokun in Degema Local Government Area of the state, reports Channels TV. According to sources familiar wit...
•Maj Gen Olarenwaju (rtd) The Ijaw Youths Network yesterday faulted a former Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Tajudeen Olarenwaju, on the grisly murder of 16 personnel of the Nigerian Army by Okuama youths on March 14, 2024 over alleged land dispute. In reacting to the killings which shocked the entire country, according to the IYN, […]
•Trump and Pence Former US Vice President Mike Pence said yesterday he would not be backing Donald Trump as his old boss runs for a second term in the White House. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence said in an interview with Fox News. […]
•Theresa May Former UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, today announced that she will stand down as a member of parliament at the next general election, due to take place later this year. May, 67, is the most senior member of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party to announce they will not seek re-election, reports AFP. […]
•Buhari and Tinubu A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad said former Presidents Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan never criticized the former President Olusegun Obasanjo because they were from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ahmad stated this in a statement via his X handle yesterday. He added that the PDP was...
•Late Ali Hassan Mwinyi Former Tanzanian president Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who introduced multi-party democracy to the East African nation, died yesterday aged 98, the presidency said. “I’m saddened to announce the death… around 5:30 in the evening,” President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on state television TBC1, adding that he had been receiving trea...