The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened a fresh probe into the controversial Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, with a $500,000 payment made by project promoter Leno Adesanya to Jennifer Douglas, former wife of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, emerging as one of the key transactions under scrutiny.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State have traded words over allegation by the former that Governor Duoye Diri is supporting the presidential ambition of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, rather than the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu.