Politics

Co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls, Aisha Yesufu has revealed that she doubts President Buhari wasn’t aware that the Inspector General of police had left Benue state against his orders. …

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, says what governors earn in Nigeria is immoderate. Speaking as a panelist at the dialogue organised by Ripples Centre for Data and …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has assured that with vigilance of the Nigerian youth, nobody would be able to rig the 2019 general elections. He also …

Road transport workers in Enugu State under the aegis of National Union of Road Transport Workers have unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for re-election in 2019 for his administration’s giant …

The Federal Government has said that it has no money to fix the nation’s refineries. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing …

Shehu Sani, the Nigerian senator who revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million as running cost monthly, has explained why he exposed his colleagues. Mr. Sani in an …

Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia state and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not waging a holistic war …

The Independent National Electoral Commission is considering burning unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before next year’s general elections. Dr. Rufus Akeju, the new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State …

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of deliberate plot to disfranchise Igbo people in the 2019 general elections. President General of Ohanaeze …

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa) yesterday said no amount of intimidation would stop him from supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. He said it was …

Gov. Ugwuanyi charges stakeholders on voters’ registration Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has charged all stakeholders in the state, irrespective of their political affiliations, to intensify efforts towards the …

There have been a serious uproar among the ranks and file, officers and civilian staff working with d Nigeria police force as February salary has been grossly debited with huge …

March 10, 2018 By Cajetan Mmuta Obaseki urges peer appraisal for reforms in APC states The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State yesterday dismissed reports that …

During the President’s visit to Plateau, some well wishers and APC lovers went to the extreme to get a glimpse of the president and they even got noticed by him. …

The minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, in line with a presidential directive, yesterday inaugurated all the boards of parastatals under the Ministry of Labour except the board …

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the Nigerian Army would soon deployed its personnel to various parts of the country to contain ongoing threat …

The spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof Ango Abdullahi, has described the herdsmen crises in the Middle Belt as a plot by the South to divide the monolithic …

A suspected human trafficker, one Gift Confidence, has been arrested by operatives of the Delta State Police Command. The 28-year-old suspect was arrested at Ughelli area of the state after …

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) would do everything in its powers to ensure the unity, peace, and stability of …

But for Tuesday’s virulent letter from former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to President Muhammadu Buhari, warning him not to contemplate seeking a re-election, 2019 would probably have been a smooth …

The controversy surrounding the disappearance of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, remains unresolved as a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, declined to …

Epistolary history is replete with open letters that rocked the intended audiense. In his “Letter from Birmingham jail,” the late Martin Luther King, jnr wrote that “Injustice anywhere is a …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, at the weekend, accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of deliberate muzzling of the opposition. This is …

Nigeria yesterday summoned the United States ambassador to explain reported remarks by President Donald Trump that some immigrants from Africa and Haiti come from “shithole” countries, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama …

Dr Temple Nnedum is the President General, All State Women Association of Nigeria (ASWAON) worldwide. In this interview, she speaks on the need for the current government to improve political …

Benue State is predominantly Christian. But there are Muslims who are natives among the Tiv, the largest dominant tribe, and the Idoma, who are the second largest tribe in the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Chief Victor Chukwunoyelum Umeh winner of the Anambra Central Senatorial District rerun election conducted yesterday …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disclosed it has released $262.5 million for its first retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) for 2018. The inter-bank foreign exchange intervention was …

Lagos-based Christian cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare has denied reports that he wanted to run for Nigeria’s presidential seat in 2019. In tweets of his sermon on Sunday, January 14 at …

Political parties in Nigeria has between August 18 to October 7, 2018, to conduct their primaries for the choice of their candidates to fly the flags various parties in the …

I’m alive, El-Zakzaky speaks from detention El-Zakzaky, who made his first public appearance at the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday, after over two years in its …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised the media to be mindful of its reportage of electoral events during the 2019 general elections. The commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, …

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has issued a stern warning to all officers and soldiers in the Nigerian Army to steer clear of politics. Buratai, …

Babangida Aliyu, former Governor of Niger State, has said the People Democratic Party, PDP, “won’t need much campaign to take back Aso Rock in 2019.” The former governor predicated his …

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has kicked against the deployment of military in Benue, saying the force had deployed 660 personnel from some units to complement the security architecture …

A Lagos Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Clement Onubuogo, to forfeit to the Federal Government the sums …

The Federal Government has monetised the sum of N40 million out of N210 million earmarked for the procurement of vehicles for seven former presidents and heads of state in the …

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday held its “mega rally” with the party leaders, saying that Abia and the other states of the South-east …

Four Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Ekiti State have called on the national leadership of the party to disqualify Governor Ayo Fayose from playing any role in the …

There are things that should be too obvious for people to use to predict and act accordingly. APC CANNOT WIN IN ABIA STATE EVEN IF THEY DECIDE TO RIG THE …

While speaking during in a speech on Monday at Oxford University in England, Former President Olusegun Obasanjos disclosed that he visited 97 countries on foreign trips during his tenure as …

Former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode, has filed N10 billion lawsuit against Sahara Reporters, an online news agency based in New York …

PRESIDENT ORDERS IGP TO MOVE TO BENUE STATE TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER AND PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LIVES AND ATTACKS IN GUMA AND LOGO LGAs OF THE STATE Following …

Chief Rufus Woleola Ojo, former chairman of Orolu LGA of Osun state, was yesterday convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for corruption. Ojo, who was persecuted at the Osun …