I'm hale and hearty, says ex-President Jonathan's CSO, Obua

Detained Chief Security Officer, CSO, to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Gordon Obua, yesterday dispelled rumours of his death, declaring that he was hale and hearty.

Obua, while addressing journalists at the headquarters of the Department State Services, DSS, in Abuja, assured Nigerians and members of his family that ”nothing adverse will be done to my person if I have not done anything wrong.”

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FG treating PDP members as prisoners of war - METUH

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government of treating its members as prisoners of war.

Spokesman of the party, Olisa Metuh, who was addressing party stakeholders in Lokoja shortly before the commencement of the re-scheduled ward congress of the party in the state yesterday,

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Chief of Defence Staff unveils agenda to end insurgency

On a day all the new  service chiefs took over the reins of power, the new Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General Abayomi Olonisakin, unveiled an agenda aimed at bringing to an end the lingering onslaught being unleashed on the nation by the Boko Haram sect.

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End of tenure: Why Zakari must continue as acting chairman - INEC

Despite the end of her tenure as a National Commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari will not leave the job because of her recent appointment as the acting chairman of the electoral commission, INEC has said.

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No corrupt APC member’ll escape justice says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said that no corrupt member of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), or associates will go scot-free in his anti-graft war.

His critics have, however, expressed doubts over his anti-corruption crusade, alleging that he is surrounded by corrupt associates who are untouchable.

However, President Buhari said, yesterday, that no corrupt member of his party will escape justice. He spoke in a nine-minute CNN interview with Christine Amanpour.

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World Bank funds possible for Nigeria's Boko Haram-hit north

Parts of northern Nigeria ravaged by six years of conflict caused by Boko Haram Islamists could be revitalised with around $2.1 billion in World Bank funding, according to a government spokesman.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the World Bank had pledged the money after talks in Washington.

But the bank itself was less definitive, indicating a deal was not yet finalised.

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