NASS LEADERSHIP: Crisis Rocks PDP NWC, As Board Membership Splits

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a new twist as members of the its National Working Committee, NWC, and Board of Trustees, BoT, Thursday endorsed different candidates for House Minority positions....

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BREAKING: APC, Oyetola Wins Osun As Supreme Court Rules

The All Progressives Congress has won the Osun Gubernatorial Election...

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Rape Allegation: Busola Dakolo Files Formal Complaint Against Biodun Fatoyinbo

Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer, who accused Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), of raping her has filed a legal complaint...

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How Okorocha ‘Garnisheed’ Imo For His Last Supper

That the eight-year reign of Governor Rochas Okorocha left Imo State a wasteland is common knowledge to most Imo people. Our people are not stupid...

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We Will Criminalise Ex-Appointees Who Left With Official Vehicles —Imo Govt

The Imo State government on Wednesday said that it would start ‘criminalizing ’ the appointees of the immediate past administration who went home with official government vehicles .

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BREAKING: Gunmen ‘Abduct 28 Travellers’ Along Akure-Ado Road

A total of 28 travellers in commercial buses have been allegedly abducted by gunmen along the Ado-Akure road in Ondo state...

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Okorocha V. EFCC: Court Defers Hearing On Fraud Case Against Former Governor

Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has deferred hearing of the case filed by former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, to challenge probe for alleged corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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Certificate Scandal: Appeal Court Gives Buhari 5 Days Ultimatum To Present Certificate

The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Monday ordered President Muhammadu Buhari, to respond within five days, to the appeal filed against his qualification for the 2019 presidential election.

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Okorocha's Ex-Appointees, Aides Go Into Hiding To Avoid Arrest By State Government

Majority of appointed officials who served the immediate past administration of Owelle Rochas Okorocha has gone into hiding and no longer make public appearance in Imo State.


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Edo APC Crisis Escalates As Lawmakers Reconvene Under Tight Security, Elect Principal Officers

Despite the controversy trailing the recent inauguration of the Edo State House of Assembly, the lawmakers reconvened on Monday to elect their principal officers and swear in two more members -elect.

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Imo State Government Secures Support Of AfriEximBank To Revamp Economy.

Imo State Government secures support of AfriEximBank to revamp economy.
…Imo, most strategically positioned state in the South East, Bank President

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Those Who Hate Biafra, Won't Make Heaven ~ Nnamdi Kanu

The Leader of the proscribed secessionist group, the IPOB Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that anyone who hates Biafra and is against the creation of the State of Biafra, can never make heaven. According to him, the angels in Heaven speak Igbo language.

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You’re Inviting Trouble, Oshiomhole Warns Bauchi Governor, Bala

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, of interfering in the activities of the state assembly...

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*BREAKING: Abia State Gov't Kicks Against Establishment Of Fulani Herdsmen Vigilante Group In The State*

"According to the Governor, Fulani herdsmen will not be part of any security arrangement in Abia State, insisting Such strategy could work elsewhere but not in Abia State."

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BREAKING: Churches Rise Against Prophet TB Joshua, Calls Him False Prophet

Church officials quoted text from the New Testament about how believers must be cautious about false messiahs who try to convince people they are performing miracles.

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HAPPENING NOW: 18 Killed In Yet Another Attack In Zamfara

Gunmen have killed 18 persons in some communities in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state, according to Muhammad Bawa, emir of Tsafe.

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MultiChoice To Lay Off Thousands Of Nigerian Workers

MultiChoice Africa, a multinational video entertainment company, has announced plans to restructure its customer service model, leading to the possible loss of over 2,000 jobs...

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*BREAKING: PDP Caucus Elects Chinda REPs Minority Leader*

Happening Now..
Hon. Chinda has been elected REPs Minority leader

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BREAKING: JUNE 12 Democracy Day. Jonathan, Obasanjo, Gowon Absent As Buhari Celebrates Alone

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Yakubu Gowon, was conspicuously absent at the Eagles Square venue of the 2019 Democracy Day celebration when the event started.

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BREAKING: INEC Issues Rochas Okorocha Senate Certificate Of Return

INEC has finally given former governor Rochas Okorocha his certificate of return.

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BREAKING: Femi Gbajabiamila Wins House Of Reps Speakership Position

Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has won the election as Speaker Of house of Representatives...

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Ike Ekwerremadu: I Challenged Omo-Agege To Make A Statement.

The Ekweremadu, senator representing Enugu west, says he ran for office of deputy senate president to make a statement...

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Abia State Government To Train Nigerian Army, Navy Personnel

Also, to be trained are officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Nigeria Civil Defense Corps, the Nigeria Prisons, the Abia State Fire Service, and Life guards at several swimming pools...

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Feel Free To Join The PDP, APC Blast Aggrieved Members

“We expect members who have different agenda to join their kind in PDP. We will welcome with open arms, those who share our progressive ideals, so that by 2022, we will have a party whose members are truly progressives”, he advised...

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BREAKING: Speakership: Court Orders Substituted Service On Gbajabiamila Over US Fraud

Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court, has ordered that Femi Gbajabiamila, a federal lawmaker, be served through substituted means the proceedings of the suit seeking to remove him from the House of Representatives over his alleged conviction in the US for fraud-related offences...

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TRIBUNAL: Okorocha Suffers Setback As Party Denies Uche Nwosu

Uche Nwosu, son-in-law to the out-gone Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, and governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, got the shock of his life when his party denied him on Friday, May 31, before the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Owerri. He, thus, suffered a setback in the tribunal...

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Gunmen Attacks Rochas Okorocha, Invades His Home


The assailants according to a family source, arrived the ex-Governor’s residence at about 2am and overpowered the security guard before gaining entrance into the main building...

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Breaking: Okorocha Left Imo State Very Broke. He didn't leave Behind ₦48.1 billion

Ihedioha said the claim by Okorocha that he left N48 .1 b in the state coffers for the present administration could not be ascertained...

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BREAKING: Zamfara Governor Announces Minor Cabinet, Makes Former Minster Yuguda An Adviser

Bashir Yuguda, former minister of state for finance, has been appointed “honorary adviser” to Bello Matawalle, Governor of Zamfara State...

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Rotimi Ameachi: My Ultimate Goal Is To Make Heaven When I Die, Not Hell

The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that his ultimate ambition is to make heaven when he dies...

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Governor Okorocha Blast Hope Uzodinma, Calls Him A Shameless Politician

The Imo governor, described Uzodinma as a “shameless” politician who, besides being engaged to destroy APC in the state, can do worst things to curry favour if given the opportunity.

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Photos: Several Killed, Many Injured In Jos, Plateau State

An unspecified number of persons have been killed, with many others injured, and several houses torched as fresh violence erupts in Jos, the Plateau State capital...

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