Some personnel of the Nigeria Police Force reportedly raided the residence of Lawal Mu’azu-Obah, a former aide to Niger State Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, around 1:00am on Monday, beating and arresting him in the presence of his wife and young son, even though the officers involved initially admitted that they did not know the reason…
The Nigeria Police Force reportedly raided the residence of Lawal Mu’azu-Obah, a former aide to Niger State Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, at about 1am, allegedly assaulting and arresting him. Mu’azu-Obah was initially taken to the Maitumbi Police Division in Minna before being transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters, according to a source who…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Onamusi Onadeko, over an offence linked to his alleged conduct while serving as a legislative aide. Onadeko, who represented Ogun East Federal Constituency between 1999 and 2003, was prosecuted by the…
The National Assembly has announced new security measures restricting movement around the office of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. This was contained in a memo dated October 2, and signed by the the sergeant-at-arms at the National Assembly, Etido Ekpo. Ekpo stated that the corridor linking the White House lobby to the Senate President’s office…
Ata Ikiddeh, a close ally of Nigeria’s Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has attacked aides of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, accusing them of betraying the governor by going to the airport to welcome the governor’s predecessor, Udom Emmanuel. On Thursday, some politicians, including aides of Mr Eno, trooped to the airport to welcome…
The Action Collective, a civic advocacy group, has issued a strong statement challenging Mr Ken Okolugbo, the Communication Adviser to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, to take responsibility for a now-deleted confession posted from his verified X (formerly Twitter) account. The controversial post, which remained online for over an hour before being taken down, included what…
The ongoing battle between former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, and his successor, Uba Sani, has continued unabated after El-Rufai accused Sani and the state government of arresting and detaining some of his former aides, Bashir Sai’du and Jimi Lawal, on what he described as ‘trumped up charges’. The two former aides are currently…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the forthcoming November 16 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, at the weekend, lashed out at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over his appointment of 344 aides. According to Ajayi, the appointments of the aides as Senior Special Assistants, SSAs, and Special Assistants, SAs, was a…
Dele Momodu, who backed the ongoing EndBadGovernance movement, lamented that “Nigeria has never had it this bad”. Dele Momodu, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has called out President Bola Tinubu. The politician accused Tinubu of lying to Nigerians about the present state of the nation’s economy. Speaking in an…
The announcement was made on Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the State (SGS), Barrister Gebon Timothy Kataps, in a release made available to journalists in Jalingo, the state capital. Gov Agbu Kefas Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has appointed 61 additional special aides. This brings the total number of his appointments to…
