Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
The police have asked Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan to cancel her planned Sallah rally in Kogi State’s Central Senatorial District. Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, stated this in a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya. According to the statement, Dantawaye said the rally goes against the state government’s recent ban on political gatherings, which was announced on Monday. The statement reads, “Following the intelligence report on security threats in Kogi State and the subsequent ban on all forms of rally and procession by the Kogi State Government, the Nigeria Police Force, Kogi…
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Henry Ikoh, has assured the people of Abia State that his leadership will ensure reduction in the level of poverty currently facing the people. Ikoh, who is a former Minister of State for Science and Technology, also assured that his government, if elected, will make the creation of job opportunities top priority. According to him, Abia State deserves more than average performance as being witnessed under the current administration. Addressing a delegation of APC supporters and Muslim faithful, who paid him a visit during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration,…
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, announced that she would not back out on her plan to return to her constituency for the Sallah break. The senator also urged her supporters to disregard speculations making the round that she has cancelled her scheduled visit. She disclosed this in a statement issued by her media team in the early hours of Tuesday. The statement read, “We are pleased to confirm that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Sallah visit to Kogi Central Senatorial District will proceed as planned. “Despite rumours circulating online, there has been no official announcement from…
The Federal Government has announced the closure of the Independence Bridge (Marina bound) starting April 1 for essential maintenance and rehabilitation works. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos. She explained that the bridge would remain closed until the end of May 2025. She said, “The closure will affect traffic traveling from Ahmadu Bello Way and Adeola Odeku towards Marina, Eko Bridge, and Onikan by Zone 2. “Kesha advised motorists to plan their journeys accordingly and use alternative routes to avoid traffic congestion during the repair period.” She…
US President Donald Trump says he is considering the possibility of a third term in the White House despite prohibition by the constitution. Speaking in a telephone interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said “there are methods which you could do it,” adding that a lot of people want him to contest as the US president for the third term. The US president said he had told those pushing for his third term in office that it is too early in his current administration. “A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said. “But, I mean, I…
Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, deputy chief whip of the senate, says he will report Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, to Igbo traditional leaders for asking him to “shut up his mouth” in public. Nwaebonyi, who represents Ebonyi north, spoke on Monday on ‘Kaakaki’, an AIT breakfast programme. Nwaebonyi and Ezekwesili had a heated exchange on March 25 at the hearing of the senate committee on ethics, privileges, and public petitions. The hearing was on a fresh petition from Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Kogi central senator, who has repeatedly accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexually harassing her. Ezekwesili joined Abiola Akiode, counsel…
Jerry Omotsegunwa, the Special Assistant to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara on Electronic Media, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and the governor need to clarify the cause of their conflict. Omotsegunwa said, “The FCT minister has not told us anything that led to the crisis, and the governor too has not provided any clarity.” In a statement he issued, Omotsegunwa said Fubara still does not know why Wike turned against him. The political crisis between Fubara and Wike led to President Bola Tinubu declaring a state of emergency in Rivers…
Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has alleged that he was offered N5 billion to coordinate the impeachment of his principal. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Ehie claimed he has evidence of the bribe offer stored on his phone. “I can also open my phone to show you, in the beginning of October 2023, when they approached me with a bribe of N5 billion. It is here in my phone, “It was for impeachment. It’s here. I have it and I have printed it and distributed it, in case, in their evil…
A group of 20 constitutional lawyers and activists, led by Barrister Okere Kingdom, has announced plans to initiate multiple legal actions to challenge what they describe as baseless allegations leveled against businesswoman Aisha Achimugu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The legal team seeks to overturn accusations of criminal conspiracy and money laundering, as well as to contest the declaration of Achimugu as a wanted person and the raids conducted on her properties. The EFCC had, on Friday, declared Achimugu wanted, with the agency’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, making the announcement via a circular posted on the commission’s official…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has blamed Governor Monday Okpebholo for the “rapidly deteriorating security situation” in the state, which the party linked to the recent killing of innocent travelers in Uromi. Some travelers accused of kidnapping were gruesomely murdered by a mob in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of the state on Thursday which has attracted public condemnation. Following the incident, Governor Okpebholo announced the suspension of all illegal vigilante groups operating under whatever guise in the state. He also suspended the Commander of the Edo State Security Corps, CP Friday Ibadin (Rtd.). But…