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President of Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, announced the list of principal officers sent to him by the leadership of the All Progressives Party (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At the resumption of plenary, Lawan named Senator Abdullahi Yahaya as Senate Leader and Ajayi Boroffice as his deputy. Based on the list, […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, said that there were strong indications that the Nigerian Government was persecuting a former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Atiku explained that fresh investigation of Saraki by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over his […]
Continue ReadingYouths in Taraba state have staged a protest regarding the plan by the Federal Government to establish Ruga settlement in the state. The youths who took to the streets of Taraba could be seen bearing placards with various inscriptions such as ‘no land for ruga settlement in Taraba’, ‘no to herdsmen attacks’, ‘Tarabans say yes […]
Continue ReadingA judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, has ordered the forfeiture of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan’s $8.4 million and N9.2 billion to the Federal Government. Delivering judgement in the suit filed before her court by the EFCC, today Monday July 1, Justice Olatoregun held that the money is […]
Continue ReadingA driver was scared stiff after a snake suddenly appeared on his moving car while traveling through Kansas City earlier in the week. The driver flung it from the moving vehicle with his windshield wipers as his friend laughed and recorded a video of the incident. Twitter user nomeBaal @KingCaedo posted the video showing how […]
Continue ReadingThe police command in Ogun State said it had begun a manhunt for attackers of the village head of Seriki village, Ismail Adasofunjo in Alabata, Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi who spoke with newsmen confirmed the incident that suspected herdsmen had […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has carried out his threat to sue President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for her alleged libelous tweet via her Twitter handle on May 7, 2019. The post allegedly suggested that Atiku was on the watch list of security operatives in the United Arab Emirates […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union Commission (EUC) at the weekend proposed a €40 billion package designed to create at least 10 million jobs in African countries signatory to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). As things are now, Nigeria might not benefit from the EU offer due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the agreement aimed […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the February 23, Presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have kept their vow to appeal the Election Petitions Tribunal’s rejection of their request to access the “central server” which they alleged housed the results of the poll electronically transmitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission during the exercise. […]
Continue ReadingPolice command in Abuja have said they would require a formal complaint of wrongdoing against the pentecostal preacher, Biodun Fatoyinbo, who is accused of rape, before they could take criminal action against him. Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma said on Saturday that the police usually require complaints from victims or witnesses or both to proceed […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian NGO, Access to Justice (A2Justice) on Friday has described as worrisome the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment of new Supreme Court justices. In a statement, the Convener, Joseph Otteh, recalled how Buhari asked the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to initiate the process of appointing five new justices of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has denied claims by a group styling itself as National Christian Elders Forum, who the government says falsely alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is practising bigotry and alienating Christians. The response by the Nigerian government is contained in a letter to the British Parliamentary Group, signed by Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the […]
Continue ReadingIn view of growing insecurity in the country, epitomized by kidnapping, herdsmen attacks and various forms of criminality, Yoruba leaders have reverberated calls for restructuring and true federalism, with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, particularly asserting that restructuring remains the antidote to secession tendencies of some regions or ethnicities. Converged upon the […]
Continue ReadingThe Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has warned all the Southwest governors against providing land for herdsmen in the name of Ruga to breed cattle. Adams gave the warning early in the week at the Southwest Security Summit, held in Ibadan, Oyo State. He chided Southwest governors for ignoring his letters and calls […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has warned governors in the South West states as well as the governor of Kwara state in the North Central, not to give any piece of land to Herdsmen for settlement. Posting via his Twitter handle, Fani-Kayode stated this while reacting to the Federal government’s plan to establish […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay SAN, has asked Senate President Ahmed Lawan to stop misleading Nigerians, insisting that each senator earns N15million monthly and not N750,000 as claimed by the Senate president. The Senate President, Lawan had said on Tuesday that there was no such thing as ‘jumbo […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, lost their bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and its candidate in the February 23, 2019 presidential election, Pastor Haminchi Habu. Habu and the PDM are by their petition challenging the […]
Continue ReadingJersey Island in the UK has said discussions are ongoing with the Federal Government to repatriate to Nigeria £211m (N82bn) allegedly looted by former military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Although authorities of the island said it couldn’t make a comprehensive comment on the issue, it stated that provided that an agreement was reached, the bulk […]
Continue Reading82-year-old Vietnamese man, Tran Van Them was charged, convicted and sentenced to death in 1973 and 1974. He was only declared innocent in 2017. Them, a resident of Yen Phong District in Bac Ninh Province, one hour northeast of Hanoi, got the compensation for the years he spent in jail. He and his family originally […]
Continue ReadingSenator Ibikunle Amosun, former governor of Ogun State, has denied illegally importing massive cache of AK47 assault rifles and million of ammunitions into the country. It was widely reported on Tuesday, June 25, that the former governor cum Senator, imported, without appropriate permits, 1,000 AK47 assault guns and two million rounds of ammunition, and handed […]
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