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Former Secretary to Oyo State Government, Barrister Sarafadeen Abiodun Alli has declared that Oyo State under the leadership of Senator Abiola Ajimobi as Governor, has become … Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2yXdiYP Get More Nigeria Political News

Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha was recently seen dancing the ‘shaku-shaku’ dance over his successful outing at the APC convention last weekend. READ MORE HERE

As investigators in Seychelles enquire about the multi-million dollar assets owned by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, through offshore shell companies in tax havens, his wife, Toyin, who is suspected to have acted as his front, tried to distance herself as a politically-exposed person (PEP)...

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom yesterday lamented that he has been abandoned by all those he gave positions in his government, regretting that all his appointees have not been able to stand for him in the face of opposition. READ MORE HERE

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday met in Abuja. READ MORE HERE

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed a bail application filed by the convicted former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, who is currently serving 14-year jail term in Kuje prison, Abuja. READ MORE HERE

Former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, who was, in May, jailed for 14 years on corruption charges, has approached the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, which handed down the guilty verdict, to release him on bail pending the determination of his appeal against his...

Chairman of Bi-Courtney Construction Company, Wale Babalakin, is not a fan of former president Goodluck Jonathan and the government he ran between 2010 and 2015. Not only was the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project which was awarded to Bi-Courtney revoked by the government in 2012, Read more...

President Muhammmadu Buhari on Monday said his critics could not accuse him of stealing. He said he appealed to the integrity of his ministers who, according to him, are in charge. READ MORE HERE

The ministers and other top officials who allegedly hijacked a scholarship scheme for young Nigerians put in place by Chinese firm, CCECC, have been identified. PREMIUM TIMES reported how an undergraduate scholarship scheme by the Chinese construction firm, CCECC, for young Nigerians was...

The Senator representing Abia South senatorial district in the Senate, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe has been released from detention, PoliticsNGR has learnt. READ MORE HERE

Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole has been elected the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the ongoing national convention of the party. READ MORE HERE

Authorities in Seychelles have opened a criminal investigation into the multi-million dollar assets which Senate President Bukola Saraki and his wife, Toyin, are believed to hold through offshore shell companies in tax havens, PREMIUM TIMES can report. READ MORE HERE

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Friday stormed the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and asked the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to conduct transparent presidential primaries ahead of the 2019 general elections. READ MORE HERE

Some delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were involved in a ghastly motor accident while traveling to Abuja for the party's national convention on Saturday (tomorrow). The delegates were traveling from Taraba state before the accident occurred. READ MORE HERE

The Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Department of State Services to release the Senator representing Abia South in the Senate, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe. Abaribe was arrested in Abuja on Friday at a popular hotel located at Maitama District. READ MORE HERE