Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Wednesday declared a major change in his cabinet, dismissing eight commissioners in the reshuffle. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie. The statement also showed the nomination of six persons for appointment as commissioners and … Read more
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for the immediate prosecution of electoral offenders, including members of the security agencies. He made the call in Abuja during a meeting of Interest Agency Consultative Committee on Electoral Matters. At the meeting, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, said during the … Read more
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government is using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to persecute the immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, hiding under the gamut of prosecution. Abubakar, in a statement said he stood against corruption in government, which was why his … Read more
The Lagos State Government has flagged off the construction of the ten-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway, 10 years after it was conceptualised by former governor, Babatunde Fashola. Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, in a statement by his Director, Public Affairs, Biola Fagunwa, stated that the return to the road will bring life to the axis … Read more
Nobel Laurette, Wole Soyinka says the implementation of ranching or any other initiative to solve the herders/farmers crisis should be done with humanity as a priority. He said this while fielding questions from journalists about the recently proposed Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) initiative, at an event on Tuesday. According to him, the RUGA initiative is … Read more
Senator Elisha Abbo who is in the eye of a storm for attacking and beating up a woman who tried to prevent him others with him from assaulting another woman has reacted to the scandal, confirming that he is indeed the man in the video. The assault, which was first reported by Premium Times, has … Read more
The Father-in-law to President Buhari’s ADC, Musa Umar, who was kidnapped in Katsina state two months ago, has regained his freedom. Umar was on his way out of the mosque in Daura, when some men riding in a Peugeot 406 and armed with guns, ambushed him and took him away. Confirming his release, a … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says there is no doubt that God Almighty is a Nigerian with the way and manner he has preserved the Nation despite all that she has had to go through. Obasanjo stated this when he spoke at the 9th Toyin Falola Annual International Conference held at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday re-arraigned the former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose in a Federal High Court in Lagos for an alleged fraud of N6.9billion. Recall that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to re-assign the trial … Read more
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has announced the names of the principal officers for the 9th Senate. During plenary this morning, Lawan announced Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader and Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy. He also announced Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe as the Minority Leader and Phillip Aduda as Minority Whip. He said Senator Emmanuel Bwacha will serve as the Deputy … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted Hon Al-Hassan Doguwa who represents Doguwa/Tundun Wada Federal Constituency, Kano State, as Majority Leader of House of Representatives. The National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, said this on Monday when Deputy Governor of Kano State Malam Nasiru Gawuna led a delegation to pay him a courtesy visit in … Read more
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has described as illegality, the move by the Peoples Democratic Party to investigate how its members voted in the 9th National Assembly election. Recall that the candidates of the APC – Ahmed Lawan, Ovie Omo-Agege, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Ahmed Wase, had emerged as Senate President, … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that three months after the 2019 general elections expenses, only one political party has so far submitted its audited report on the poll. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, while speaking during the review of the 2019 general elections with political parties. … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central in the February 2019 elections, Lawal Adamu Usman allegedly escaped lynching by thugs suspected to have been sent by his opponents on Saturday. Recall that at the last sitting of the Kaduna State Senatorial Elections Petitions Tribunal, Ustaz Yunus Usman SAN, lead counsel to Lawal … Read more
A Deputy Director of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Auwal Jibrin has bagged a six-year jail term for benefiting from N45 million bribe of a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke in the build-up of the 2015 Presidential election. Mr Jibrin was charged on a six-count charge before Justice Yusuf Birnin-Kudu of the Jigawa … Read more
Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government, the sum of $8.4million and another N9.2billion linked to the wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan. Justice Mojisola Olaterogun held that she failed to show reasonable cause why the funds should not be permanently forfeited. The court found … Read more
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has advised the newly elected leaders of the country’s 9th National Assembly on the importance of a harmonious relationship between the executive arm and the legislative arm of the government. This was contained in a congratulatory message, titled “Nurturing and Deepening National Assembly Institution, … Read more
Reports say the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila may likely name three committees each today (Thursday). The two leaders are also expected to announce the adjournment of both chambers sine die on June 20. Investigations by The Punch in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that the lawmakers of … Read more
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to focus on curbing the level of hunger in the country and stop offering Nigerians what he described as tokenism.” The former vice-president said it is not enough to declare June 12 as Democracy Day as many Nigerians are … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government can lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Buhari revealed this in his opening speech during the inaugural June 12 Democracy Day celebration in Abuja on Wednesday. He added that despite the positive growth in the economy, his administration is mapping out … Read more