The former Nigerian President was slammed alongside former military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, for pretending to be “messiahs” Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo came under fire last weekend, during the 80th posthumous birthday for Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN),

The Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha on Saturday said his administration will soon begin to demand the Permanent Voters’ Card from indigenes of the state as a condition to engage in certain socio-economic activities, such as salary payment and admission into schools, in order to ensure massive participation in electioneering activities in 2019.

The Nigerian Army is to launch “Operation Last Hold” in Borno North and Lake Chad Region to restore socio-economic acitivies in the areas, and to fast track return Of Internally Displaced Persons to their communities. The Chief of Training and Operations, Major General David Ahmad said the Last Hold, which would commence on May 1 and to last for four months, was intended to facilitate the clearance of the Lake Chad waterways of sea weeds and other obstacles obstructing the movement of boats and people across the water channels.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development and former Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode has explained why he is seeking to be elected the Governor of the state on July 14, haven served the state in that capacity between 2010 and 2014. Addressing his teeming supporters during a recent rally held at the premises of St Michael’s Primary School, Ajilosun the Minister said he was leaving Abuja as a Minister to complete his unfinished business in the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has declared the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, missing. The party said El-Riufai was declared missing due to his alleged lack of adherence to law and order and dereliction of duty. The party said the governor purportedly breached the law by being absent from his duty post as the state’s elected governor.

The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday in Abuja directed its National Working Committee to constitute a shadow cabinet to guide the party’s blueprint for economic recovery and good governance. This was one of the decisions reached by the party at its NEC meeting, which was held at its national secretariat, according to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan.