Month: June 2019

Nigerians have been warned to be cautious of another civil war looming as long as equity and fairness is denied some sections of the country. President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, who gave the warning in a statement on Saturday said with the current structural imbalance in the political spectrum of the country, the nation…

As politicians in Ondo State are preparing for the governorship election next year, there are indications that the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), may not get the ticket of the All Progressives Congress on a silver platter as many of his aides and party members are said to be against his second term ambition.…

The Senator representing Kogi-west senatorial district, Dino Melaye, threw a pictorial insults to the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, calling him a Mace thief. Dino Melaye, who was re-elected during the February 19 general election to be a member of the 9th Senate, took to his Instagram page to share a picture depicting that the…

A report written by International Center For Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has released some fresh revelations about the controversy whether the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) made use of Servers in the 2019 general election or not. The report also confirmed the unconfirmed document earlier obtained by Starnews which indicated that the electoral body has budgetary…

Payment of overhead allowances to lawmakers inaugurated on Tuesday in the first three months will increase their total allowances to N19.89bn, investigations by Saturday PUNCH has shown. The PUNCH had exclusively reported that 469 lawmakers would get N4.68bn as welcome package to sort out accommodation and furniture issues. Further investigations showed that each senator will…

About three weeks after leaving office, former  governors, ministers and lawmakers have yet to return their diplomatic  passports. According to the  law, holders of such  passports  are  required to return them to  the Nigeria Immigration Service at the expiration of their tenure. But findings by Saturday  PUNCH on Friday indicated that most of the holders…

An unconfirmed document obtained by Starnews has revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) budgeted the sum of 5.7 billion naira for nation wide replacement of servers, e-collation, upgrade of server version and for National Data centre. The unconfirmed document sighted by Starnews revealed that the electoral body budgeted #5,767,642,580.00 for E-tracking and E-collation while…

Hi Operatives of the Abuja Head Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have apprehended seven internet fraudsters at the Sunshine Estate, Gwarinpa, a metropolis at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. A statement by Tony Orilade listed them as: Asuquo Happiness, Agboje Lucky, Emmanuel Ochuko Okume, Lucky Ijire, Karo Ijire, Chinaka Chijoke Promise…

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on Friday said it is time for governors and other public officers to tell Nigerians how much they earn as security votes. He also said the practice of spending humongous funds as security votes should be checked. He asked President Muhammadu…