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Chief Ayo Adebanjo is a chieftain of pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, and a former National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). In this interview with TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE, he speaks on the state of the nation, Afenifere crisis and the battle for 2023 presidency, among others What is your take on the on the 43-man ministerial […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Service (DSS) has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for an order to allow it keep Sahara Reporters publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, for 90 days. Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 general election, was arrested on Saturday by operatives of the […]
Continue ReadingA 10-year-old orphan was dumped at a hospital in Benue state while experiencing labour pains and the child has now given birth after having to undergo Caesarean section due to the small size of her pelvis. According to Chigozie Effe who shared the news on Facebook, the child named Masenengen Targba was dumped at General Hospital Markurdi […]
Continue ReadingComrade and former lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration which describes itself as progressive, should have no fear of revolution. The senator said this while reacting to the police clampdown on protesters across the country on Monday. Many Nigerians in various states had trooped out to […]
Continue ReadingIn 2011, General Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), called for a revolution in Nigeria — albeit through the ballot. Via a statement by Yinka Odumakin, his spokesman at the time who has now turned to one of his fiercest critics, Buhari asked Nigerians to make exceptional sacrifices to assert their collective will in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it raided the residence of former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, over allegations of economic and financial crimes. EFCC’s acting spokesman, Mr. Tony Orilade, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. NAN reports that the country home of Yari, who was also […]
Continue ReadingA federal high court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, granted the prayer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) operational account number: 0998552074 of the Bauchi state government. The judge, Taiwo Taiwo ordered the anti-graft agency to put the party concerned on notice of the order within […]
Continue ReadingScores of protesters under the aegis of #Revolution Now were Monday teargassed by officers of Nigerian Police, dispersing them from the National Stadium, Surulele, Lagos State, Nigeria. It was gathered that no fewer than 10 persons have been arrested by the law enforcement agencies including a journalist, Victor Olugbenro, for participating in the march. According […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered all command Commissioners of Police in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, to maintain law and order in their jurisdictions. Adamu on Sunday directed the CPs to ensure that the #RevolutionNow protests did not degenerate into violence across the nation. The Force Public Relations […]
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian lady has been found dead inside a hotel in Rivers state, a development which has stunned many people. The sad incident reportedly happened in Rivers state. The lady identified as Maureen Ewuru from Abia state, was found dead inside a hotel located around D’Line, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Local reports show […]
Continue ReadingIn a new expose, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has alleged that over one thousand Nigerian soldiers have been secretly buried at night by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, in order to hide the true state of the war on terror. According to the Journal, ‘after dark, the bodies of soldiers are covertly transported […]
Continue ReadingIn a video she released yesterday, El-Zakzaky’s daughter, Suhaila Zakzaky said IMN’s so-called President of Media Forum, Ibrahim Musa cannot speak on behalf of the group, stressing that his comments suspending the street protests are not the official view of IMN. Suhaila said: “Even as I speak right now, earlier today, there was a protest […]
Continue ReadingPan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian Government of “doing all kinds of things that can break up the country.” Afenifere said this in response to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s call on those seeking the dissolution of Nigeria to look at the case of Sudan which broke up yet the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday adjourned to August 21, 2019 for adoption of final arguments in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the victory of Buhari and the APC at the February 23, 2019, presidential poll. This position was sequel to the decision by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari today hosted traditional rulers from the Southwest geo-political zone in the state house, Abuja. The monarchs were led by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Oba Ogunwusi had visited the President in Abuja earlier this month to discuss the prevailing insecurity in the Southwest region. At the meeting, the Ooni […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, in a handshake with Unilag Alumni President Dr. John Momoh, OON. Recently, Dr. John Momoh, OON, The President of the Alumni Association of the widely-acclaimed University of First Choice and the Nation’s Pride, the University of Lagos, led a delegation to the State House where they were […]
Continue ReadingThe crisis triggered by the controversial inauguration of the Edo State House of Assembly degenerated yesterday as Nigerian Senate threatened a takeover of the state legislature if the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, failed to issue a fresh proclamation to convoke the lawmakers by next week. The Senate’s decision, which the governor has described as unconstitutional […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, admitted before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday that no certificate was listed on the President’s curriculum vitae and that none was among the documents obtained from Cambridge University earlier tendered as exhibits. Kyari, who testified as the President’s third defence witness, also […]
Continue ReadingAPC Reps member representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, Mustapha Usman, has been sacked by Nigerian Supreme Court. In a unanimous judgment on Tuesday, Nigeria’s apex court upheld an appeal marked: SC/790/2019 filed by Abdulra’uf Abdulkadir Modibo also of the APC. The apex court held that aside that Usman forged his credentials, […]
Continue ReadingBuhari’s former Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, has appealed to Nigerian senators to disregard the (uncomplimentary) names they call him on social media. Mohammed made the appeal as he appeared before the Senate for screening as a ministerial nominee on Tuesday. The politician had appeared before the senate for screening at 12:49pm […]
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