Nigeria’s Transport Minister, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has declared that the federal government will embark on a massive railway infrastructure development across the country, and that about 250,000 jobs could be created through works on railway lines in 2016.
Former aide to the Ex president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has described present Vice President statement as ‘a lie and an absolute falsehood’ in a post on his Facebook page after Prof. Yemi Osinbajo accused the former Government of not constructing a single road.
Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs, revealed that he never got along with Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), who is facing corruption trial.
Ex-Governor of Delta state, James Ibori who is currently serving his term in the United Kingdom after being found guilty of money laundering in April 2012 is expected to be transferred to Nigeria following the signing of an agreement between the Federal Government and the UK government, The Nation reports.
Embattled Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti state, Dr. Temitope Aluko, has alleged that former President, Goodluck Jonathan gave $37m cash to then candidate of the party, Ayo Fayose to prosecute the June 21, 2014, governorship election in Ekiti state.
Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has been delisted from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees.
