Former Inspector General of Police, Mustafa Adebayo Balogun, also known as Tafa Balogun is dead. The former police boss died at Reddington Hospital in Lagos Island. Balogun was the Inspector General of Police during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. READ ALSO: Atiku, Wike meet as PDP Kick Off Reconciliation Moves He had issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission while Nuhu Ribadu was in charge. The manner of his arrest drew comments from the public as he was handcuffed and embarrassed by the EFCC operatives as a sitting IGP. Shortly after his court trial, he went underground…
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About two months after the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, aggrieved Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday met behind closed doors in Abuja. Although the details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of this report, sources in the PDP said the meeting between Atiku and Wike was held at the residence of a former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana, signalling what observers believed were reconciliatory moves to pacify the governor. The source said, “Atiku and Wike met this (Thursday afternoon) at…
The All Progressives Congress and the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola have concluded plans to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke to the elections petitions tribunal. Chairman of the party in the state, Gboyega Famodun disclosed this at a press conference held at the Party secretariat in Osogbo, on Thursday. READ ALSO: N1.14bn donation: HURIWA tackles Buhari alleges loyalty lie in Niger Republic Senator Ademola Adeleke was the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in the July 16, Osun gubernatorial election where he defeated the APC candidate and…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Thursday, flayed President Buhari over his donation of 10 SUVs worth N1.14bn to the Republic of Niger. HURIWA National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said the nepotistic gesture to Niger Republic shows where Buhari’s original allegiance and patriotism lie as evident in his many constructions linking Nigeria to the desert country. The group said the action like many others is antithetical to the oaths of office sworn to by President Muhammadu Buhari because he has allowed his personal interest to undermine National interest. Niger Republic is bordered by Libya to the…
Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Senator Dino Melaye and Dr Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for 2023 presidential campaign. Abubakar, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Thursday, said that the appointment took immediate effect. READ ALSO: World Breastfeeding Week: Prioritise Exclusive BreastFeeding Brodas Across Nigeria urges Mothers Melaye, who hails from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi, was a member of the 8th Senate, who represented Kogi West Senatorial District. Bwala, who hails from Adamawa, is a…
The Brodas Across Nigeria a Non-Governmental Organisation has urged nursing mothers to make exclusive breastfeeding a top priority to reduce the child mortality rate. According to the Osun State Chapter of the Organisation, 60 percent of under-five deaths happen as a result of malnutrition brought on by poor breastfeeding practices. The Brodas Across Nigeria Non-Governmental Organisation stated this on Wednesday at the Adeti Maternity Health centre Ilesa, Osun state when donating some relief materials to nursing mothers and medical personeels to celebrate the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week. Speaking at the occasion, the Chairman Osun State Chapter of Brodas Across Nigeria,…
A staunch political figure of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Maiyama local Government Area of Kebbi State, Alhaji Kurun Kuku Maiyama alongside Four Thousand Two hundred and Nineteen of his supporters have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The decampees were received at a grand rally in Maiyama town yesterday. The event was attended by mammoth crowd and stakeholders of the party. READ ALSO: Arsonists Set Ablaze ‘Young Alhaji’ House In Benue Announcing his defection alongside thousands of decampees from PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kurun Kuku said the sterling leadership qualities of Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu…
Arsonists early hours of Wednesday set ablaze the house of an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Usman Abubakar, popularly known as ‘Young Alhaji’. Our correspondent reports that the house located in Otukpo town in Benue State was torched between 3am and 4am. By the time, residents gathered to contain the inferno, the security post and a part of the building had been razed to rubble. A witness, Kole Aboje, said the fire might not be unconnected with the disagreement among party stalwarts of the APC in Benue South senatorial district over the choice of a running mate for the governorship…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the train services on the Lagos, Abuja, and Ajaokuta routes over safety concerns. The Managing Director of the NRC Fidet Okhiria confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday. He said this followed a report of an attempted kidnapping of passengers that left the Ajaokuta Station by road on their way to Abuja. According to him, the passengers and their vehicles were shot at in the process but he said they escaped from the attackers. Okhiria explained that the passengers have been advised to use any of the adjacent stations in Itakpe (north) or…
Former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and former Governor of old Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that contrary to reports making the rounds, he has not at any time endorsed the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for the presidency come 2023. Onu, who himself sought and lost the bid to become presidential flagbearer for the All Progressive Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 election, said his loyalties remain with the ruling party and as such, all reports of his involvement in any form of anti-party activity should be disregarded. READ ALSO: PDP seeks…