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Gov.Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has stated that the purpose of governance is to protect lives, and property, and provide essential amenities for the people. Fubara remarked on the inauguration of the renovated Fire Service headquarters, located near Isaac Borough Park at Mile 1, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said that this knowledge had spurred his …
Veteran journalist and columnist Sam Omatseye has narrated how President Bola Tinubu’s relationship with his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, went sour before the former ascended power. Omatseye said Buhari and his cabals plotted against Tinubu because they did not want him to become president. Speaking on Edmund Obilo’s podcast State Affairs, the columnist said the ex-president …
Former Presidential Adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has faulted Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment claim, saying once women become senators, they can’t be sexually harassed. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had recently claimed on a live television programme that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, frustrated her moves to raise motions about Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she refused …
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed why his administration did not implement the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference, citing political tensions and internal crises within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2015 elections. Speaking during a condolence visit to the family of the late Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Lagos, Jonathan …
Former Governor of Enugu State and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo is a scion of the Nwodo political dynasty. He is the second son of Igwe J.U. Nwodo, a traditional ruler who hailed from Ukehe, in Enugu State. J.U. was appointed Minister of Commerce in the former Eastern …
Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep concern over the ongoing controversy in the 10th Senate involving Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central. In a statement issued by Prof. Tukur A. Muhammad-Baba, the ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, the group acknowledged the serious nature of the allegations of …
Ukraine’s European allies, set to gather in London on Sunday, rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump threw him out of the White House and accused him of not being “ready” for peace with Russia. Stunned by Friday’s altercation in the Oval Office, which saw Zelensky depart the White House without signing an expected …
The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA Lanre Issa-Onilu, has called on Nigerian Muslims to pray for peace, unity, and national development in the month of Ramadan. Onilu made the call in a statement issued on Saturday by the agency’s Deputy Director of Media and Communication, Paul Odenyi. He encouraged Muslims to use the …
ABUJA– Legal practitioners, on Friday, demanded an urgent probe of the allegation of sexual harassment that was raised against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by the female lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. In separate interviews with Vanguard, the lawyers, described as weighty and grave, the female lawmaker’s claim that she was …
A Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday, ruled in favor of the prosecution’s request to remand Mr. Austin Okai over allegations of cyberstalking and criminal defamation against Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. The Department of State Services (DSS) sought the court’s approval to remand Okai while they conclude investigations into the allegations. The request …