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Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio has taken a swipe at some political leaders in Akwa Ibom state, who play up the cards of tribalism and religion in the process of choosing credible leaders. Since Akpabio defected on August 8 from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to All Progressives Congress, APC, many political leaders have been engaging in campaign of calumny, attack on personalities, tribal politics and denominationalism to woo voters instead of selling their programmes to the populace. ‘’I want to tell religious leaders and political critics in the state who see those joining the APC as Anti-Christ…

Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has boasted that he can never be impeached, saying the All Progressives Congress, APC, championing the cause is in minority and does not have the powers to carry out the threat. Saraki  also made it clear that he would never step down as Senate president as demanded by the APC. According to him, succumbing to such calls will only amount to sacrificing the national interest of the country for personal interest. Saraki, who who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Minna, Niger State, as part of his presidential campaign yesterday, said:…

A new book has revealed how former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, saved ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from near bankruptcy before he emerged president in 1999. According to the new book, titled ”Too Good to Die: Third Term and the Myth of the Indispensable Man in Africa’, Atiku made all his resources available for Obasanjo’s presidential campaign. The book, written by former chairman of National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Chidi Odinkalu, and Ayisha Osori, author of ”Love Does Not Win Elections”, a copy of which was obtained by TheCable, also revealed how Obasanjo beat late Alex Ekwueme to the presidential ticket…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, traded verbal missles on the resignation of Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, and the former’s call on security agencies to track election finances of opposition politicians particularly of the latter party. While the APC asked relevant agencies in the country to track election finances of opposition politicians, particularly those of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and also described the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance an an act of honour, strength, character and integrity, the PDP said both the APC and President cannot speak of integrity and…

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, yesterday, gave insight into how former President Goodluck Jonathan became acting President through the popular doctrine of necessity. Tambuwal said that the governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, approached him in the heat of the tension that followed the incapacitation and death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in 2010, to work out the process that culminated in the emergence of Jonathan as acting President. Tambuwal, according to a statement by Governor Dickson’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, spoke during a condolence visit to the country home of Dickson, Toru…

Some riverside communities in Bayelsa State have been submerged by flood, destroying properties worth millions of naira. The lawmaker representing Sagbama constituency III in the State House of Assembly, Salo Adikumo, said in a statement in Yenagoa that the worst hit communities in his area were Asamabiri, Elemebiri, Ekperiware and Adagbabiri on the bank of River Niger and its tributary, the Forcados River. Adikumo, therefore, sought the intervention of the Federal Government through National Emergence Management Agency, NEMA. He also appealed to other relevant federal agencies to with haste come to the rescue of those affected by…

The presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo, has pledged to use his wealth of experience in financial management and human capacity development to rescue Nigeria from incompetent leadership if elected as president in 2019. Dankwambo who is also the governor of Gombe State spoke in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, weekend, when he consulted with stakeholders of his party over his presidential aspiration, commended the party leadership for the roles it played in properly repositioning the party to return to power in order to rescue the country from incompetent leadership, foisted on Nigerians by All…

Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has raised concerns over the conduct of free and fair polls in 2019 following allegations of the creation of additional polling units in some parts of the country while other parts are being left out. Dr Lawrence Ekwok, Chairman of the Fellowship in Cross River State who raised issue over “secret polling units” during and interaction with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in Calabar said the secrets polling stations would give unfair advantage to some sections of the country in 2019 election, if allowed to function. Ekwok also raised concern over the frequent…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, announced the approval of N3 billion to procure medical and relief materials to victims of flooding in some parts of the country. In his Twitter handle, Buhari tweeted ‘’I have approved 3 billion Naira for the procurement of medical and relief materials to meet the needs of victims of the flooding. NEMA is also providing me with regular updates on the situation.’’ Recall that 21 persons lost their lives in a flood disaster that ravaged parts of Jigawa State, an official has said. The victims included two children, the executive secretary, Jigawa State…

Twenty years after Muhammadu Buhari stated that General Sani Abacha, who ruled the country from 1993 to 1998 did not loot the national treasury, the President on Saturday took exception to the unflattering remarks about him by the global bank, HSBC, alleging that the conglomerate laundered about $100 million for the Nigeria’s late dictator. Buhari, who ruled Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 as head of state, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, who ruled from 1985 to 1992, gave the late Abacha the clean bill in Kano on June 8, 2008, 10 years after the rememberance prayers that marked…