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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show his sincerity to the fight against corruption by instituting a probe into his campaign funds in the 2015 general elections. Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP National Publicity Secretary,  who stated this at the 2018 Ogidi Day celebration, at Ogidi, Ijumu local government area of Kogi State, claimed it was ironical that the president had been speaking with both sides of the mouth when it comes to the issue of fighting corruption. Ologbondiyan said, “The President’s remark sounded strange to us in the Peoples Democratic Party because we believe…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has debunked media reports that he will be in the United States later this month. Reports last weekend said Abubakar would speak at a trade and investment gathering in Washington D.C. later this month. The organisers listed Mr Abubakar’s name as number one amongst dozens of personalities they said had been invited to the event. Governors Nyesom Wike and Ibrahim Dankwambo, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and Trade and Investment Minister, Okechukwu Elelamah, are among those also said to have been invited. “There is no such invitation to the former vice president. We are not…

Leaders of Islamic State (IS) are sneaking battle-hardened extremists from Syria into Nigeria, according to UK Sun. Some of the fighters are reportedly sent to the Middle East for training in a “chilling exchange programme.” The tabloid said the insurgents were trained for possible attacks in Britain, quoting sources as saying the strong links between Nigeria and the UK will make it easier for IS to send its killers to Britain. “It is feared IS will exploit regular flights between Lagos and London to export more evil to the UK,” the report read. Isaac Subi, a group captain, who has…

The Federal Government has restated its readiness to shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neighbouring country in a few days to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International, GOTNI, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, stated this Monday but did not mention the particular country and border. Ogbeh said that shutting the borders had become necessary to encourage local production and sustain the economy of the country. The minister said that a neighbouring country was bent on…

The $370 Abacha loot earlier negotiated with the Swiss authorities is in the kitty of Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Government has confirmed. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, who stated this did not say how much was involved in the new round of discussion. Meanwhile, top officials of Federal Government, United Kingdom, United States of America and Jersey met Monday to work out the final modalities for return of $500 million Abacha loot frozen by the American government. The meeting, which was held at the Nigerian High Commission in London, was attended by…

In this interview, Mr. Unyime Idem, managing director, Idems Ultimate Limited and Chairman, Standford Microfinance Bank limited, speaks about his educational background, business indulgence, visions in life, challenges and achievements as the biggest telecom partner in the country.

Amidst wailing by relations and colleagues, a 23-year-old medical student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State who died at a football pitch was, Monday, buried in Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital. Christian Edet Bassey who was a part-two student of the Department of Physiology in the Faculty of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences of the university was alleged to have slumped and died while he was playing football at the UNIPORT sports ground Thursday last week at 5 p.m. An indigene of Ikot Akpan Ike in Nsit Atai local government area of Akwa Ibom State, he was…

Chief John Oyegun, the outgoing National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, is in the eye of the storm again as he is accused of destroying internal democracy, guidelines and constitution of the party in the conduct of the last congresses in the state. At a press conference in Abakaliki, Senator Julius Ucha, the Governorship candidate in the 2015 general election, Ebonyi state, alleged that the last congresses which took place in the state did not represent the true wishes of APC supporters, pointing out that the implication of the development might lead to the nullification of the congresses whenever…

Against accusation in some quarters that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has started sale of forms, Colonel Austin Akobundu, retd, PDP National Organizing Secretary has dismissed the claim that the party has issued guidelines for the conduct of its Presidential primaries and settled for N12 million as cost of its Expression of Interest and Presidential Nomination Form as baseless. In a statement signed by Akobundu, the party said it was not done yet with the guidelines, let alone settling for the the cost of nomination forms. “We wish to state categorically that the party is still in the process…

More than 2,000 residents of Gudunbali in Guzamalla local government area of Borno State who ran away from their homes, in the wake of Bok Haram terrorists, have returned to their ancestral homes six years after. The development followed the successful clearance of the terrorists in the area by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, battling the insurgents in the state. Texas Chukwu, Army spokesperson, a Brigadier General, in a statement, who stated this Sunday, also said the feat coincided with the flag off of Operation Last Hold, Army special Operation intended to finally flush out the remnants of the…