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Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is still surviving because of the respect the party stalwarts have for President Muhammadu Buhari. Okorocha, who spoke with select journalists in his Abuja home, also said that unless the party goes back to the four pillars that formed the APC, namely the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the All Nigeria People Party (ANPP), the party will continue to struggle. The senator lauded the Edo masses for once again demonstrating people’s…

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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has given the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, two days to respond to allegations of land racketeering against him. The commission in March, asked Sanusi to appear before it for allegedly ordering the illegal sale of several hectares of land in the state. The Cable quoted the agency as saying that the “proceeds of the sales remitted to the emirate council bank account can be traced to the companies of interest to His Highness”. It is gathered that charges would be filed against the former monarch soon, and that the…

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Four years ago, philosophical Adams Oshiomhole invoked Godwin Obaseki’s first name against Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s chi. He said “you have heard from Godwin. Who says God must not win. Even death can’t say so. God must win. Let any man living raise his hands and say, ‘No, God will not win.’ E no go finish? God must win.” He went further into the metaphysics of names and naming and warned that “when you are giving your pikin name, check am well well…” Adams’ mouth has been his greatest asset. Unfortunately, it has also crashed the world around him – on his…

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THE Punch newspaper on Sunday, September 20, 2020, reported that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the just-concluded Edo State gubernatorial election has conceded defeat and congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his major opponent’s party for winning the election. Edo, a state in southern Nigeria held it governorship election on Saturday, September 19, 2020. The Punch Newspaper in the now-deleted news published on their website and archived here stated that Osagie Ize-Iyamu has admitted that he lost the election and has congratulated his main opponent’s political party. “The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2020 Edo State…

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New evidence obtained by BBC Africa Eye contradicts the official explanation for the cause of an explosion which killed 23 people and destroyed a girls boarding school in Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the country’s state-owned oil firm, claimed the explosion occurred as a result of a truck that hit gas cylinders near one of its petroleum pipelines. But new evidence indicates this official explanation for the cause of the blast, that decimated over 100,000 square metres of Lagos, is incorrect. The blast occurred in Soba, a residential neighbourhood of Lagos on March 15, 2020 at 8:56am. New…

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Villarreal of Spain star, Samuel Chukwueze, and a host other stars on Sunday unveiled the new designs of Super Eagles jerseys. Some other players posted on Super Eagles official Twitter handle included Wilfried Ndidi, Alex Iwobi and the national team’s Assistant Captain, William Troost-Ekong. Meanwhile, Ndidi and Chukwueze have fired warning ahead next month’s international friendlies against Ivory Coast and Tunisia in Austria. The duo, who are currently eying a call up from coach Gernot Rohr, gave the warning. Ndidi, a strong man in the defensive role of Leicester City, took to his Instagram handle to talk tough as he…

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The Governor of Imo State and the Deputy Chairman of the APC Edo State Governorship Campaign Council, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has rejected the results of the Edo State Governorship Election. The Governor made this known when he arrived the Imo State Government House Owerri on Sunday morning after the election which held on Saturday, 19th September, 2020.. Governor Uzodimma disclosed that the entire process in Edo State was marred by irregularities from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who sabotaged the system, making it difficult for the APC votes to count. Governor Uzodimma went on to describe the…

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The Oniru of Iru Land, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, has lamented the old and dilapidated condition of states’ liaison offices at the Oniru beach front, Victoria Island, Lagos State.aHe said the facilities had become hideouts for hoodlums and were contributing to insecurity in the community. A statement on Sunday said the monarch spoke during a courtesy visit of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to his palace. “We have written to the police and I will like you to use your office as the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to look into this. Let us see how the…

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A body that chooses to spearhead the re-election bid of the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been inaugurated in Osogbo, the state capital.According to the state Co-ordinator of the group, Oyetola Consultative Forum(OCF), Rt. Hon Olanike Omoworare, which has its local government chapters’ co-ordinators inaugurated recently, part of the objectives of the new forum is to reconcile all the aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a view to fortifying the party in preparation for future elections in the state.Omoworare who was the first female speaker in the State House of Assembly, also disclosed that…

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