Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, who is a prominent member of All Progressive Congress (APC) and a former governor of Abia state has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of N7.65bn fraud. The 12-year sentence is the highest among the 39 counts convicting the defendants, the lowest sentence being three […]
Smart Adeyemi takes oath of office at the Senate
Senator Smart Adeyemi a few minutes ago took an oath of office as was sworn in as the lawmaker representing Kogi West. Adeyemi was declared the winner of the just-concluded rerun in the constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission, replacing Senator Dino Melaye of PDP
US declares support for Hate Speech Bill in Nigeria
Says media reports are misleading Shower praises on National Assembly on research on the bill The United States of America has declared its support for the Hate Speech Bill before Nigeria’s National Assembly. The position of the US government was made known by its Political Officer of the Embassy of the United States of America, Jerry […]
Melaye is my political houseboy – Adeyemi
The war of words between the winner and the loser in the Kogi West Senatorial Election Senators Dino Melaye and Smart Adeyemi continued since the conclusion of the rerun of the controversial election. INEC had declared Adeyemi winner of the election after a court-ordered rerun, unseating Melaye who had previously been declared winner in the […]
Hate speech bill needs support of Nigerians -Sen Abdullahi
The sponsor of hate bill Senator Aliyu Abdullahi has said Nigerians need to support the bill considering the dangers that loom if it is not passed into law. Abdullahi who is also the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate described opponents of the “hate speech bill” as ignorant. Defending the need for the bill, Abdullahi said it would […]
FG obeys ex-colonial master’s court, but disobeys Nigerian court orders – Falana
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist Femi Falana has described as laughable decision of the Federal Government to obey the court orders of its former colonial masters while it disobeyed orders of Nigerian courts. Granting a stay of execution for a $9.6 billion judgement awarded against Nigeria in favour of Process […]
Nigerian Politicians now stage civilian coups – Jonathan
Politicians across African countries are systematically replacing military coups with civilian coups going by recent trends in the political sphere, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has said. The former president stated this while speaking after he was honoured with an honorary degree of doctor of science at the 17th convocation of Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo state, on Saturday. […]
Buhari to flag off N18bn Federal University of Transportation in Daura
Another transportation university may be built in Rivers – Amaechi President Muhammadu Buhari will be laying the foundation for the new Federal University of Transportation, Daura, Katsina State. According to the report, the university’s construction is expected to cost $50m (N18bn), information on the website of the National Universities Commission (NUC) says. Contractors of the […]
JUST NOW! INEC declares Smart Adeyemi winner of Kogi West
Senator Smart Adeyemi of All Progressive Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Kogi West Senatorial District Election. He was declared the winner of the controversial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Adeyemi polled 88,373 votes to defeat his closest rival, Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). […]
List of 7 PDP LG chairmen who joined APC in Ekiti
Friday, November 29, 2019 marked another political landmark in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria as seven local government chairmen who were members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). It was gathered that they were serving local government chairmen were elected on the party’s platform. They dumped PDP’s umbrella for […]
Kogi West rerun election result UPDATE (Melaye VS Adeyemi)
The battle for the control of Kogi West Senatorial rerun election continued Saturday, November 30, 2019. Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Smart Adeyemi of APC as the winner of Kogi West rerun election. Below is the election result between Dino Melaye and Smart Adeyemi released so far Anguwan Kura polling unit […]
Amaechi unveils free train ride Lagos to Ibadan (Nov 30-March 2020)
Free train ride from Lagos to Ibadan has officially been unveiled by Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi. The minister made the disclosure on Saturday, November 30, 2019 on his Twitter page, saying the take-off point will be from Iju, and that the rides will run until March, 2020. Mr Amaechi urged Nigerians to take advantage of […]
Pension For Life for Former Governors and Deputies in Nigeria
Former governors Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Lagos State and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State are some of the ex-governors who collect millions of Naira as pension from state coffers. Some of them are now serving Federal Lawmakers. Nigeria has 36 states, more than 20 states in the country have millions of allowances and […]
How much has Buhari recovered through Nigeria whistle-blower policy?
Nigeria whistle-blower policy was adopted in 2016 by the administration of All Progressive Congress (APC) led by President Muhammadu Buhari. It’s one of the measures adopted to recover looted funds by government officials and their collaborators. The Buhari-led government has recovered N594.09 billion through the Nigeria whistle-blower policy since 2016, according to the Permanent Secretary, Special […]
Governorship Election Result in Bayelsa State 2019 (Lyon of APC WINS!)
The 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State was described as “Bayelsa War” by a member of an opposition party between David Lyon of All Progressive Congress (APC) and Duoye Diri of the People Democratic Party(PDP). Above all, a winner has emerged! INEC declares David Lyon of APC winner of Bayelsa governorship election With the results […]
Governorship Election Result in Kogi State 2019 (Yahaya Bello WINS!)
Bello of APC scored 406,222 votes Wade scored 189,704 votes It’s a battle of the Titans between Governor Yahaya Bello of All Progressive Congress (APC) and Engr Musa Wada of the People Democratic Party(PDP) in the 2019 governorship election in Kogi State. INEC declares Bello of APC winner of Kogi governorship election Governor Yahaya Bello of All Progressive Congress […]
JUST IN: Garba Shehu confirms sacking of Osinbajo’s aides
Garba Shehu said the decision to sack some aides at the Villa was an agreement between Buhari and Osinbajo He said the President has always had fewer aides than the Vice President, Buhari says there is no rift him and his vice Mr. Garba Shehu, the SSA on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari […]
FULL LIST: Names of Osinbajo’s aides sacked by Buhari
The names of 35 sacked aides to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been released by a source in Abuja. The news of their sacking by President Muhammadu Buhari was first published by Daily Nigerian. Buhari is in London on a private visit. In the list which was published a few hours ago by Daily Trust, […]
Buhari sacks Osinbajo’s aides (35 Affected)
35 out of 80 assistants working in VP Osinbajo’s office were sacked A power man within the Aso Rock carried out the sack Presidency was yet to react President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly sacked at least 35 aides working in the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo amid rumoured animosity between the two most senior […]
Jonathan better than Buhari in terms of salary payment – Nurse
A Senior Nursing Officer at one of the Federal Teaching Hospitals has said that the regime of former Nigeria’s President Dr Goodluck Jonathan is better than the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in terms of timely payment of salary. Buhari of All Progressive Congress (APC) defeated Jonathan of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in 2015 elections, […]