Ebony Mayfield, a co-conspirator in an alleged $20 million fraud involving the founder of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has pleaded guilty, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Ms Mayfield pleaded guilty to one of the eight counts filed against her by the U.S. government at the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, in Atlanta, on…
Former National Chairma of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, said yesterday that the coalition talks between the Labour Party, LP, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, ended on June’s 15. Umeh, who is vying for a senatorial seat on the platform of LP, said the talks “collapsed completely” because both parties could…
I just got released from SARS because I own gadgets and drive a car (this is the fifth time I’m being embarrassed), I think this is the worst experience I’ve had with them, I hope no PTSD on the way�, however, I’m about to be a japa advocate at the moment ✈️ Quite an experience…
The ex-militant Founder of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, has said Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, is defrauding Nigerians with lies. Dokubo said this, Tuesday, on Facebook via his Dokubo Asari Justice Foundation page, adding that the OBI-dient movement of the former Anambra State governor cannot succeed “because…
A Katsina resident, who witnessed the attack on the convoy of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, has narrated how he escaped. Daily Trust had reported how an advance team of Buhari were attacked near Dutsinma in Katsina on Tuesday. According to Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu, Nigeria’s number one citizen was not in the convoy…
Pending graduation of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, at the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, the United Kingdom, has been largely responsible for delay in the proposed reconciliation in the party, especially, the need to pacify the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. But, Chairman of the PDP Board of…
Heavily armed gunmen Tuesday night attacked Kuje Medium Prison in Abuja freeing more than 90 per cent of the inmates. Sources revealed that the gunmen invaded the correctional centre around 10.30pm, with heavy bombardments and successfully operated for about one hour unhindered. It was gathered that the invading gunmen, who came with trucks, went away with Boko Haram inmates at…
The Only Bridge linking Eruwa with Lanlate town in Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State has collapsed. The Bridge collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday, July 5, as a result of heavy rainfall.One of the residents of the area, Adejumo Ogundele, urged the state government to urgently fix the bridge. Ogundele said: “It’s true. We…
Several Inmates have escaped from Kuje Prisons following a Terror attack on the Facility on Tuesday night, POLITICS NIGERIA can report. The terrorists launched the attack around 10:30 pm and its currently unclear if there were any casualties. However, it was gathered that other inmates have been removed from the facility including the suspended deputy…
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has told the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja,how Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, allegedly defrauded the federal government of 8 million litres of petrol under the fuel subsidy regime. According to a statement by the EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren,…