"Is Jonathan Really Guiltless from Corruption Allegations?" - How Jonathan paid N400m into Metuh’s corporate account, by witness

A defence witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary, People’s Democratic Party ( PDP ), Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday narrated how former President Goodluck Jonathan paid N400 million into Metuh’s account.

The witness, a columnist with The New Telegraph Newspaper, Mr. Ike Abonyi, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the former president had asked for Metuh’s account details to enable him to transfer money for the image laundering of the party and himself.

BREAKING: Saraki got salaries, pension as governor till 2015, says witness

• 87 transactions made in one day to offset bank loans
• Cross-examination fixed for April 18

The witness produced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Wetkas, in the ongoing trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki made more revelations yesterday.

At the resumed hearing at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, he testified that Saraki received monthly salaries and pension from Kwara State years after he had concluded his two terms as a governor.

Wetkas said that the Senate president who left office in May 2011 had continued to receive both monthly salaries and pension from June 2011 till August 31, 2015. The witness provided details of payment, which he said, were the outcome of the investigation his team conducted.

Ijaw youths warn EFCC against alleged plan to arrest Jonathan

As the four-day burial programme for the late former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, ended yesterday with a thanksgiving service in Ammasoma, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) cautioned against an alleged plot by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths worldwide urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the anti-graft agency to shelve any such plan to persecute the former president, insisting that such a move would spell doom for the country and the government.

Nigerian Government at Work: Rolls Out 33 Policy Actions To Revamp Economy

The Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Pro. Yemi Osinbajo 

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AT WORK

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajor, says the Federal Government has developed a Strategic Implementation Plan for the 2016 budget.

Professor Osinbajo said that the plan articulates six thematic strategies that would constitute the short-term priority of the government over the next 12 months.

In his speech at the Nation’s Forum On The Economy held on Thursday in Lagos State, south-west Nigeria, the Vice President said that the government would focus on implementing about 33 Priority Actions under the six themes in the 2016 fiscal year.

Priority Actions

One of the priority actions, according to him, is a plan for lasting changes in the policy environment, national security and governance. He said it would enable the government achieve an appropriate foreign exchange regime, increase low interest lending to the real sector.

Nasarawa State Lawmakers Fight with Table and exchange Heavy Blows

The politics of fist and blows

Nasarawa Lawmakers Fight Over Appointment Of Sole Administrators

Some members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Friday engaged each other in a fight during plenary, as issues surrounding the appointment of local council administrators divided the House.

From the picture above taken during the fracas, One of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly’s lawmakers is seen holding a table above his head while others scamper for safety.

After a two-year tenure of the chairmen of 11 local government areas in the state ended on March 24, the Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, appointed and inaugurated sole administrators to man the affairs of their local government councils pending when elections would be conducted.

Fayose in surprise peace deal with Aluko

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose

• Gov urges Buhari to devalue naira
• Ekiti leader denies alleged vice presidential bid

Former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Mr. Temitope Aluko, who made far-reaching allegations against Governor Ayodele Fayose over the June 21, 2014 governorship election, was on Sunday night seen with the governor in Lagos.

They were seen with the former factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Dele Olugbemi at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos.

The trio were intercepted by journalists at the hotel around 11:30 p.m. Aluko who wore trousers and a sky blue shirt was seen walking shoulder-to-shoulder in animated and obviously amicable conversation with the governor.

A Final Word On The Genocide In Agatu in Benue State, Nigeria

Femi Fani-Kayode Speaks

A friend of mine just came back from Agatu in Benue state. He is an online journalist and he went with a team of his professional colleagues.

He told me that at least 500 people were slaughtered by the Fulani herdsmen and militants in Agatu and no less than 9 villages were sacked and burnt to the ground over there.

Worse still the Fulani did not just kill their victims but they have also occupied what is left of their villages, towns and land.

My friend actually saw the conquering and victorious Fulanis militants because they had taken full control of the land and towns of their victims.

He and those that were with him were actually shot at by the militants when they sighted them. He said the whole area now looks like a major war zone and it is utterly destroyed and devastated.

What a mess. Yet no CNN, BBC or Al Jazeera coverage and hardly anything about it has been reported in our local media. Are the 500 Idomas that were killed in Agatu not human beings?

How not to keep Nigeria ONE!

By Femi Fani-Kayode

The more the Buhari administration persecutes its perceived enemies, the more they are sowing the seeds of disintegration in our country.

Nobody wishes to be part of a country in which apartheid, genocide, ethnic cleansing, islamisation, state-sponsored terror, religious bigotry and the selective application of justice is alive and well.

If you want a country to remain united you do not go out of your way to kill, destroy, intimidate and tell lies about those that oppose you, that criticize you and that are not in your political party.

APC Senators move to close rank - ‘PDP will produce next Senate President if Saraki is forced out’

The Senate shakeup is imminent as APC senators move to close rank

“If you're playing politics, it doesn’t have to always be "Dirty"” – Jeremy Parker

“Here in Nigeria, we elect people who are soulless & have no integrity & care less about the people who rigged them in. Their conscience has been sold to the devil” - Dele

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Peter Nwaboshi, said yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would produce the next Senate President should the incumbent, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, be forced to vacate the office.