The Niger Delta leaders and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may be heading for showdown over the interrogation of senior management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Notable leaders in the region, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Leaders Forum (NDLF) on Friday described the action of […]
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In Nigeria, experience has taught me that the higher the drama, the greater the cover up. When you see a major drama playing out like in the recent NDDC case, know that the real truth behind the scenes is ‘stranger than fiction’ . Late last year, the President nominated 16 people including Dr Joy Nunieh […]
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The Isoko people has raised serious concerns over what it termed ” Regional Hostage” by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Senator Godswill Akpabio through his grandstanding and promotion of illegalities in the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). They spoke under the aegis of Isoko Ethnic Nationality Movement IENM. Addressing newsmen in […]
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PRESS RELEASE: MY RESPONSE TO ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE – Bukola Saraki August 10, 2018: 1. It is rather surprising that Mr. Adams Oshiomhole is behaving like a rain-beaten chicken, crying all over the place about Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, as if the Senate President is the apparition haunting his life and the sinking ship that he […]
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Members of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom state have frowned at the attempt by the national leaders of the party to crown former senate minority leader, senator Godswill Akpabio, as the state leader of the party. Prince Emmanuel Sam, a stalwart of the APC, on Thursday, said, they can not accept Akpabio as […]
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Former Senate Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio said yesterday he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) “in the national interest” and because President Muhammadu Buhari “is a man of integrity and a nationalist’’. The 55-year-old former Akwa Ibom State governor gave other reasons why he joined the ruling party as the need to put all hands […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, shunned the South South Zonal Congress of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, held at Dr. Obi Wali Convention Centre, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He is also did not send a representative or goodwill message. Two other governors from the zone: Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Senator Liyel Imoke […]
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A former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, has given insight into why he was interrogated for several hours on Friday by operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Speaking with a PREMIUM TIMES reporter shortly after he left the EFCC headquarters late on Friday night, Mr. Akpabio admitted that […]
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