Politics

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, over alleged N9.3 billion fraud, TheCable reports. Sources told the news platform on Friday that the former governor has been detained by anti-corruption agencies in Abuja. Ishaku will be arraigned alongside former permanent secretary of the local government and chieftaincy affairs bureau in the …

Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, is at the center of a money laundering and misappropriation scandal involving over N3 billion. Jamilu Abdullahi, an Abuja-based Bureau de Change operative, on Thursday, testified before the Federal High Court in Abuja, revealing how Bello repeatedly paid his daughter’s school fees in dollars through Abdullahi’s company. According to Abdullahi, Abba Daudu, Bello’s …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday accused the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) of planning to use funds diverted from local councils for next month’s elections in the state. The state government will hold elections in 44 local government areas of the state on October 26. The APC chairman in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, made the allegation in …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last weekend’s governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, on Thursday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of buying voters with naira mint notes during the exercise. Ighodalo, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, said the APC was collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to undermine the election. He …

Former spokesperson for President Atiku Abubakar’s 2023 Election Campaign Team, Daniel Bwala, stated that only President Bola Tinubu has the authority to decide which Ministers will remain in his cabinet and which will be replaced. Recall that the Presidency on Wednesday through a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that there …

Edo State Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and his Deputy, Dennis Idahosa, on Thursday formally received the certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This milestone, which was confirmed by INEC National Commissioner Rhoda Gumus, strengthens their positions as the next governor and deputy governor. Okpebholo’s victory in the tight Edo governorship election was announced on Sunday by Prof. …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has vowed to protect its votes in the upcoming local government elections, scheduled for October 24, 2024. Abdullahi Abbas, the head of state, made this statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday. According to Abbas, the party is taking all necessary steps to ensure maximum participation …

Labour Party members in the House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned the results of the Edo State governorship election, which on Monday saw Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress emerge victorious. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes, surpassing Asue Ighodalo and Olumide Akpata of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, who secured 247,274 …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the money laundering case against former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to October 30, 2024, for judgment. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the stay while Bello seeks to appeal the court’s arrest warrant issued on April 17. During the hearing, Bello’s defence lawyer, AM …

President Bola Tinubu, in his speech at the United Nations Wednesday morning, called for debt forgiveness for developing countries from creditors and multilateral financial institutions. Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, made the request at the ongoing 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States. He called for the return of proceeds of corruption and illicit …