Oyo PDP Factions Disagree Over Harmonisation

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State on Tuesday disagreed with the Rashidi Ladoja faction of the party over a vote of no confidence passed by the Ladoja faction in the chairman of the party in the South-West, Eddy Oyefeso.

 The vote of no confidence followed Oyefeso’s role in the harmonisation of factional executives in the state.
After two state congresses were held by the two factions of the party in November 2017, it was reported that the party decided to harmonise the executives of the two factions in order to achieve peace, but the Ladoja group opposed the move, arguing that Oyefeso made the move without the blessing of the party at the national level.

Dogara and Saraki Absent As APC NEC Approves 1-Year Tenure Extension For Oyegun, Others

 

True to political permutations, the National Executive Committee NEC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has approved a one-year tenure extension for the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led 

 National Working Committee of the party as well as all other structures of the party at the state and local government levels. PC National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and President Muhammed Buhari as the President arrived to attend the National executive Committee Meeting of the All Progressives Congress at the Party’s national Secretariat, Wuse II, Abuja. Photo

12 People Confirmed Death In Kaduna Communal Crisis

The death toll in the crisis, which erupted at Kasuwan Magani in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna on Monday, has risen to 12.
Five persons were reportedly killed on Monday while scores sustained injuries.
The state police command later in the night confirmed that seven people were killed and 15 injured in the violence.

Former DG Tells Court How He Used NIMASA Money To Build Hotel,

A former Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Calistus Obi, yesterday admitted that part of the N331million belonging to the agency which he was alleged to have diverted was used in building a hotel. He made the revelation under cross-examination at his on-going trial over the alleged offence before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of