Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has taken over two properties belonging to Hon. Ademola Seriki, in Lagos, and Abuja, over an outstanding staggering indebtedness of nearly N1billion. The action follows an order by Hon. Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The case between AMCON and Seriki, a former Minister of State for Defence as well ...
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Hoodlums break into Benue APC secretariat, destroy property
Suspected hoodlums invaded the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Benue State in the early hours of Sunday, destroying some valuables, including documents, computers, windows, and doors. The hoodlums were said to have invaded the office located on the Joseph Tarka Way, Makurdi, the Benue State capital, around 4am on Sunday and forcefully removed the window bars to gain access to ...
Read More »Adamawa Governor revokes lands allocated to APC Chair, Bindow Cronies
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has revoked the plot of land allocated to Ibrahim Bilal, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), by former Governor Jibrilla Bindow. The property is located on the expanse of land belonging to the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS), Yola. Also revoked are other allocations made to associates of the former governor in the ...
Read More »APC Govt in Kwara will tackle water scarcity, decayed infrastructure
The incoming administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara will address the decades of scarcity of potable water and decayed infrastructure being experienced by people in the state. Alhaji Tajudeen Mustapha-Asunnara, the state Coordinator for Buhari Support Group (BSG), made the promise at a news conference on Thursday in llorin. The news conference was organised by the party’s ...
Read More »No plans to demolish Ladipo spare parts market — Hamzat assures Ndi-Igbos
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, says there are no plans to demolish the Ladipo Spare Parts Market in Mushin area if the party wins again in the March 2 poll. Hamzat, a former Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure in Lagos state, said this at a town hall meeting organised by the ...
Read More »Sowore promises to repeal Land Use Act if elected as president
Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has vowed to repeal Nigeria’s existing land use act if he becomes President. The Land Use Act, enacted in 1978, governs land regulation in the country, but has long been criticised for vesting too much power in state governors who are responsible for allocation of land. While speaking at a town ...
Read More »2019 budget will revive decayed infrastructure – Akpabio
Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa Ibom) said the 2019 Budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday would rejuvinate the decayed infrastructure in the country. Akpabio made the remark in an interview with journalists after President Buhari presented the appropriation bill to the National Assembly in Abuja. ”The good thing about today’s Budget presentation is that there ...
Read More »APC Coordinator lauds President Buhari over housing, road projects in Nasarawa
Dr. Tom Ohikere, National Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Broom Platform, has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration over the various projects executed in Nasarawa State. Ohikere, who led the platform on a media tour of the state on Tuesday, said the various projects being executed by the APC-led government are of direct bearing on the lives and ...
Read More »Federal Government budgets 70bn on Abuja infrastructure
The Nigerian government said it intends spending about N70 billion on infrastructural development within the country’s capital city Abuja. This was disclosed by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Musa Bello at the opening ceremony of the Abuja Investment Expo themed: “Land development: A catalyst for economic advancement.” But the spending plan has to be approved by the National ...
Read More »EFCC seizes N1bn hotel belonging to Jonathan’s ex-aide, Ima Niboro
Despite decamping to the All Progressives Congress, [APC], former presidential aide has lost – temporarily – a big hotel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency seized the hotel, allegedly worth “between N650 million and N1 billion”, from Mr. Ima Niboro, who was former President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesman. EFCC also seized N500million in Maitama District, Abuja. ...
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