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  It will be recalled that Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, had accused Tanko of failure to “differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern” as the reason for relieving him of his post. Pegasus Reports The State Security Service (SSS) said that the arrest of Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the sacked media aide to Gov Abdullahi Ganduje ...

  In essence, Awolowo had core values that informed his politics and government. This made him predictable and stable such that Sir Ahmadu Bello once remarked that “With Awolowo, you know where he stands on any issue”. Pegasus Report I look at politics and politicians in my part of Nigeria (Southwest) today and I cannot but remember Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s ...

  … Says money allocated for new NDDC Hdqs well utilized Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has refuted reports that the Senate issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa. Senator Nwaboshi, who was speaking during the oversight visit of the Senate Committee ...

  Gumi said, “you see, they call them killer Herdsmen, (unclear) did they kill?…sometimes, some of them are on drugs, some of them are on drugs. So, that killing is not killing to…they want the money…when they kill, it’s mostly accidental, maybe somebody they took who is sick. But tell me who have they killed” By Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman ...

  “Interestingly, Godwin Obaseki was at the project site maligning a government and a project in which he played a major role as Chairman of the Edo State Economic Team. One is at great pains not to think that a higher spiritual force compelled him to commit the faux pas” By Osaro Osayande (PhD) On Monday, February 22, 2021, Edo ...

  There have been repeated bad-blood between the incumbent governor and his predecessor which has led to public outbursts.  An Owerri High Court presided over by Hon. Justice E.F Njemanze, yesterday 24th February 2021 granted an Order of Interim forfeiture against all the property illegally acquired by former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. This followed a ruling on an ex-parte ...

  “The ambition of one man is not worth your soaked hands in blood. The SW has not just been hit by herdsmen invasion. You have lived with it. Like many other parts of the world, herders live and exist. Criminals” By Godwin Okpe The North is not daft….. Adept at what’s best for them and the system. You have ...

  From the directives given by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, Sunday 21 February 2021, when he visited troops of Army Super Camp 9 in Dikwa LGA of Borno State and gave troops 48hours to clear Marte, Kerenoa, Chikun gudu & other adjoining villages, the report from the Army headquarters indicated that Nigerian soldiers have overrun ...

  Pegasus Report The return on Friday, 19 February 2021 of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, federal minister of interior to Osun state, his home base, seems to have set in motion a battle between him and Chief Iyiola Omisore. It will also be recalled that Chief Iyiola Omisore, ex-Social Democratic Party, SDP strongman in the state recent decamped with members of ...

  The awardee, Ambassador (Dr.) Ernest Mark Akhiphemelo hails from Iyerekhu in South Ibie of Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. Ambassador Akhiphemmelo had his primary education at Ikiroda primary school in Ughiekha in South Ibie. Pegasus Report Another Nigeria has been appointed as an International Peace Advocate by the United Nations POLAC-Foundation, just as the list of ...