“Our party inherited a federal treasury that was completely bastardized, emptied, emptied from the vaults to soak away pits, to farm houses, and even in Edo here, the people who are asking for Edo votes are those who have already made statements to EFCC that they collected N500 million, N700 million: that is already N1.2 billion.
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The Chairman of PDP BoT, Ambassador Jibril Wali, said they were at the National Assembly to give support to Ekweremadu, whom he described as a man of honour and exemplary character worthy of emulation
According to him, the order by the President, no doubt, would send the signal to criminally-minded Nigerians that no one was above the law and that justice would not again elude the families of the victims
The EFCC had frozen the governor’s account about a month ago over alleged fraudulent diversion of arms cash from the office of the former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, to finance Fayose’s election
The Technical and Development Committee of the NFF had on Monday named Le Guen as the new Super Eagles head coach
This was contained in a petition to Idris by Tinubu
Kashamu said: “Therefore, I can only plead with our great leader, Senator Sheriff, who has been hurt, to soft-pedal and let go, in the interest of the party and our teeming members
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday in Benin released a list of 19 political parties that would participate in the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State
In a communique signed by its Chairman, Engineer Sola Akinwumi, after its July monthly meeting, the Elders’ Council said the report a committee set up on youth affairs observed that youths face a lot of challenges in terms of access to equal opportunities in the nation
Acknowledging the presence of the APC National Organizing Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso, who earlier kick-started discussions at the summit, Saraki promised that the APC government is unwaveringly committed to the social welfare of the people while re-affirming his unalloyed loyalty to the party
The chairman told News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin that that it was imperative for the State Independent Electoral Commission to commence preparations for the conduct of the elections
He said: “As far as I am concerned, I am a member of House of Representatives and a principal officer of the House; the National Assembly is a twin institution; we have the House and we have the Senate
The Publicity Secretary of the APC in Ekiti State, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti that the party would have kept quiet over Fayose’s call, but decided to react for the purpose of the innocent public who had become victims of Fayose’s “unconscionable mischief” to get away with his many misdeeds
Odigie-Oyegun, who said the election is “important, crucial and will be a very great signpost” for the party, noted that Edo State had been cornered into a private property by a few individuals in the past before the APC Government dismantled their structures
Governorship nomination forms will be sold at N5 million, while intending aspirants are expected to pay N500,000 to pick the expression of interest form
Madumere, who also described Okorocha as a rare visionary leader of note, recalled that the Governor is known for his love and sacrifices for peace and unity of Ndi Igbo and beyond, having achieved same feat in the past under Nigeria Peace Forum and under other uncountable platforms and arrangement
The forum explained that while the party had constituted a committee for the Ondo State election, it disclosed that a national election campaign council had been inaugurated for the Edo State election
Fani-Kayode, in a statement shortly after he was released from detention on Friday, said he was being hounded for his criticism of the government.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had dragged the former Minister to court over an alleged N4.9 billion fraud.
Forty-two people died during overnight clashes in the capital, Ankara, most of them civilians, the prosecutor’s office said
Mundell said in London that though there could be another independence referendum, but the big issue is there should be no other independence referendum