Month: June 2019

A former assistant director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, says the DSS has always informed the President about ministerial nominees with fake certificates. He, however, said some still scale through based on political considerations. Amachree said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. He was asked why some…

GOVERNORS are set to push for a major overhaul of the nation’s security architecture, The Nation learnt yesterday. A National Economic Council (NEC) meeting is to hold tomorrow. It will discuss the mounting security challenges that have seen kidnapping, armed robbery and terrorism on the rise. Also, to tackle the problem, President Muhammadu Buhari may…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum at the State House, Abuja. According to the Nation, the governors said the issue of the ministerial list was not part of their discussion with the President, who they maintained has the prerogative to assemble members of his cabinet. The President, the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) received N1.47 billion to replace and maintain computer servers for use during the 2019 general elections, PREMIUM TIMES has confirmed. It is not clear though how the servers, which store computer data, were used during the polls. But the finding raises fresh concerns over the commission’s recent claim it had…

Says the same old ways where Discos control territory they could not service cannot continue Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government is discussing with stakeholders on ways to restructure Nigeria’s power sector with a view to improving supply and attracting more investment to the country. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at…

Nigeria’s 2019 general elections “fell significantly” short of the standards set in 2015, the joint Nigeria International Election Observation Mission of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) said in its final report on the elections. The United States-based organisations released their joint report on Tuesday in Abuja. The Nigerian Presidency…

By Opeyemi Marcus  To the residents of Ikare Akoko, Oke-Alabojuto represents a long tale of myth which could not be fathomed and to travellers on the Owo/Ikare/Kabba road, it was a death trap which sent fear down their spine. There use to be a myth around Oke-Alabojuto, the hilly portion of Ikare-Akoko township road. No…

Top gubernatorial Aspirant of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Hon. Banji Okunomo, has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to invite Ondo State Commissioner of Finance for questioning to explain how governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu spent the 13% derivation fund accrued to the state government in the last 2 years.  Okunomo…

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has revealed that the missing N6.8 Billion missing in a zoo in Kano was not swallowed by a Gorilla as widely reported. Mr Ganduje who spoke to journalists shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that investigations are still ongoing and preliminary reports so far reveal…

According to the Politico, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn the certificate of return of a new lawmaker representing Okitipupa Constituency-2 at the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Sina Akinwunmi. Subsequently, the certificate of return has been issued to the real winner of the APC assembly…