Court orders arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke

   A high court in Adamawa has ordered the arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, for allegedly giving a bribe of N362 million to INEC officials to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election.

  Nathan Musa, the judge, gave this order on Thursday while delivering judgement against Ibrahim Umar and Sahabo Hamman, two staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who received the bribe from Alison-Madueke.

Former National Chairman of APC speaks on crisis rocking the party in Edo, describing it as “tragic and unfortunate”

   Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, on Thursday spoke on the crisis rocking his party in Edo, describing it as “tragic and unfortunate”. NAN reports that Oyegun, who was first Executive Governor of Edo, spoke with newsmen on the sideline of the 22nd investiture of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) in Lagos.

DR Congo’s Ebola death toll hits 2,209

 
   The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has climbed to 2,209, the African Union said on Thursday. The AU said the figure represented the situation as of December 8.

Police Parade Suspected Killers Of PDP Woman Leader In Kogi State

     The police command in Kogi state have arrested six people in connection with the killing of Salome Abuh, PDP woman leader in the state. Mrs Abuh was burnt alive in her house during the collation of the November 16 governorship election result.

Buhari is most democratic ex-military head of state – Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello

 

   The Kogi State governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, has faulted Punch newspaper’s characterisation of President Muhammadu Buhari as a dictator.

   Governor who spoke to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Thursday also pointed out that those who interpreted the report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to mean Kogi State is the poorest in Nigeria were quoting the agency out of context.