Zuma Addresses Joint National Assembly Session, Hails Nigeria For Charting...
Visiting South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday hailed Nigeria’s democratic example in peacefully transiting from one democratic president to another in 2015, and “charting the way the entire...
View ArticleThose Impatiently Waiting For My Arrest Will Wait Till Kingdom Come – Okupe
A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has told those “impatiently waiting” for his arrest that they will “wait till kingdom come”. Mr....
View Article18 Ondo Lawmakers Impeach Speaker, Deputy In Middle Of The Night
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Jumoke Akindele and her deputy, Falal Olotu, have been impeached. They were both impeached on Tuesday night by 18 of the 26 members of the Assembly. The...
View ArticleLate Ocholi For Burial March 18 – FG
The Federal Government has announced March 18 as the burial date for the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, SAN, who died Sunday alongside his wife and son in a car accident. The Secretary to...
View ArticleDSS Raid: I Won’t Stop Criticizing Buhari’s Govt – Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Wednesday said he would not stop criticizing the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s bad policies despite the recent clampdown on state officials...
View ArticleSenate Probes DSS Invasion Of Ekiti Assembly
The Senate has intervened in the alleged invasion of Ekiti State House of Assembly by armed operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Subsequently, the upper legislative chamber Wednesday...
View ArticleBuhari Bags Polio Eradication Champion Award
Rotary International has presented President Muhammadu Buhari with its Polio Eradication Champion Award. The humanitarian organization said the award was in recognition of the Buhari government’s...
View ArticleDickson Reunites Warring Imo PDP Leaders
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has reunited leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State just as the leaders and elders re-affirmed their loyalty to the party’s National...
View ArticleRivers Govt. Slams APC, Says Renewed Cult Clashes Ploy To Rig Re-run Polls
The Rivers State Government has berated the acting national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Segun Oni, for alleging that Governor Nyesom Wike was behind the rising wave of crime and...
View ArticleWike’s Directive To PDP Members To Resist Arrest Inciting, Dangerous – Rivers...
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has condemned a recent comment attributed to Governor Nyesom Wike that he has directed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leadership in the state...
View ArticleBuhari Appoints Dakuku Peterside NIMASA DG
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Dakuku Peterside as the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). A statement by Yetunde Sonaike, the director of...
View ArticleBiafra: IPOB Names Ekwueme, Anyaoku, Others As Negotiators With US Congressmen
The pro-secession group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has signaled strong interest in meeting with some United States (US) Congressmen to Nigeria, who are on a fact-finding mission concerning...
View ArticleEmeka Anyaoku Turns Down IPOB Appointment As Negotiator
A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has turned down his nomination by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra as one of its representatives to negotiate or discuss on behalf...
View ArticleDSS Cell Better Than Succumbing To Blackmail To Impeach Fayose – Ekiti Lawmakers
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Thursday vowed to spend the remainder of their tenures in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, rather than succumb to alleged blackmail...
View ArticleAlleged False Declaration Of Assets: Saraki’s Trial At CCT Adjourned Till...
The Code of Conduct Tribunal Friday fixed further hearing in the case brought against Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Federal Government for March 18. The tribunal adjourned the case when the...
View ArticleEmir Sanusi Calls For National Restructuring, Says Over-Bloated Size Of Govt...
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that for the country to make any appreciable gains, the bloated size of governments at different levels of Nigeria’s political system must be done away...
View ArticleSHOCKER: Jonathan Govt. Paid N2.2bn To Islamic Clerics To Offer Prayers...
More damning discoveries into how the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan squandered Nigeria’s resources have been made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with the...
View ArticleKwankwaso Condemns Kano APC’s Moves To ‘Penalise’ Him, Accuses Successor Of...
The immediate-past governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has reacted to a threat by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to suspend him for staging a “violent rally”....
View ArticleEkweremadu Denies Secret Zoning Of PDP NWC Offices
The deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has denied the build-up of tension in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over alleged secret zoning of national offices of the party by some of its...
View ArticleAPC Candidate Withdraws From Akwa Ibom Rerun Election, Resigns From Party
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the March 12 Akwa Ibom rerun election, Mr Victor Okon, has withdrawn his candidacy. Okon, who was vying for the Oron/Udung Uko state constituency, made...
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