The Senate on Tuesday directed its Committees on Special Duties, Ecology and Climate Change and Environment to investigate the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) over alleged...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of the Special Crimes Court Bill. He also urged the judiciary to...
The House of Representatives minority caucus on Tuesday denounced the outcome of last Saturday governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. The group led by Reps...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent six aviation sector bills to the Senate for consideration and passage into law. He sent the bills in a letter...
The convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, would only be released if there is proper documentation of persons willing to bail him, the Department of...
The Governor-Elect of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that he was owing state workers. In an interview, he described the claims as “lies.” The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday regretted that over N1 trillion appropriated in the last 10 years for constituency projects has had little or no impact on...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has reacted to rumours on the former Nigerian leader’s plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The Kogi State Police Command on Tuesday revealed how a female politician and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Ms. Salome Abuh,...
Almost three years after approval by the Kano State government, the state will begin the implementation of Treasury Single Account (TSA) in January 2020. The state...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said Nigerians have punished the 16 senators that dumped the party ahead of 2019...
President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday returned to Nigeria from London, United Kingdom, where he went for a ‘private visit.’ While he was away, Aso Rock bubbled...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Monday the outgoing Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, made it easy for the All...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally called for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, 15 months...
The Nigerian Army said on Monday that its troops have survived another ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno. The...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has urged the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to lead the government ongoing plans to rid the social...
Civil society groups who monitored Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States have faulted the conduct of the polls and declared that security agencies including...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Tuesday morning, November 19, 2019. 1. You ran a good race and won well, Buhari...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, has rejected the declaration of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, David Lyon, as...
Ahmed Raji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and lead lawyer for detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has faulted claims by...
The Senate has quelled insinuations held in some quarters that the bill seeking the prohibition of hate speech is connected with the alleged third term agenda...
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Monday released its report on the conduct of the elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. The group described the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying “you ran a...
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he has no knowledge of the reported arrest of his predecessor, Bello Adoke...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has frowned at reports of electoral violence during the governorship polls held in Bayelsa and Kogi states on Saturday. He warned...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the sack of the current Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. HURIWA urged President...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Monday revealed that it has taken over two choice properties belonging to a former Supervising Minister for Mines...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has declared that the National Assembly lacks the legislative competence to pass the bill for the establishment of Hate Speech...
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the outcome of the Kogi and Bayelsa elections is proof that Nigerians believe in...
A forum compromising 16 political parties in the Kogi State governorship elections has opposed calls for the cancellation of the governorship election by some civil society...
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has attacked the Chairman of the Independent National...
The senator who reintroduced the controversial hate speech bill that seeks tougher punishment for purveyors of hate speech and falsehood, Aliyu Abdullahi, claimed on Monday he...
The National Assembly will begin probe into the N72 billion and $73 million being owed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by 17 local and international...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed- doors with the Bayelsa State Governor-Elect, David Lyon, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lyon, who was declared winner...
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has congratulated Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon, describing his victory as well...
The Senate on Monday distanced itself from the Hate Speech Bill now before the lawmakers, saying it was not the idea emanated from a member of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Governor Yahaya Bello as winner of last Saturday governorship election in Kogi State. Bello won in 12...
Despite widespread condemnation by Nigerians, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has scored the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies high in the handling of the...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Christians in the country to speak truth to power in any position they found themselves. Obasanjo, who spoke on...
The Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the state. Lyon was declared winner of the election by the Independent...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, David Lyon, for winning last Saturday’s election in the state. The Independent...
The Nigerian Bar Association and the Situation Room, a coalition of 400 civil society organisations, have condemned Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. While the NBA...
A former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has denied reports that his former boss voted for the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Saturday’s...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Monday morning, November 18, 2019. 1. INEC declares APC’s Lyon winner of Bayelsa election The...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged not to accept results from areas where the governorship elections did not take place in Bayelsa State....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the conduct of the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States, declaring that Nigerians have lost hope in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has thumped up the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States and said the forces of darkness failed. The party also...
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon, as winner of Saturday’s governorship election...
INEC declares APC’s Lyon winner of Bayelsa election The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief...
