House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has applauded the Federal Government for recognising the excesses of some state governors and setting up a committee to ensure...
House of Representatives has said it would be compelled to issue bench warrant against bank Chief Executive officers, CEO if they fail to appear before an...
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to support the creation of state police as a panacea to rising security...
The Supreme Court has fixed May 24 for judgment in the appeals filed in relation to the validity of the All Progressives Congress’ primary elections which...
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the ‘Rise for Bayelsa’ campaign launched against activities of international oil companies by Governor...
A Kwara State House of Assembly member-elect, Abdulgafar Ayinla, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in property...
A South East group, Justice for Peace Advocacy of Nigeria, (JUPAN), has said that the right thing for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to do,...
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd.) has endorsed Governor Godwin Obaseki for a second term in office. Gowon who was in Benin on Thursday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. The electoral body, which had earlier scheduled governorship elections in the two...
All Progressives Congress (APC) former deputy national publicity secretary, Timi Frank, has raised the alarm over alleged plots to frame, arrest and assassinate the presidential candidate...
Following the looming insecurity in the country, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University, has threatened to embark on industrial action if the Federal...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Public Holiday Act Amendment Bill which recognises June 12 as the country’s new Democracy Day. The bill, which has...
The senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce has said that the Nigerian Senate “must pass” his bill on the use of electric cars in the country....
The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi has allegedly sacked 2,000 workers in the state. The workers, according to reports, are those employed by the immediate past...
Outgoing governor of Boko Haram troubled state of Borno, Kashim Shettima, has boasted that the North-East state is safer than Nigeria’s seat of power, Abuja. According...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday confirmed Godwin Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a second term. President Muhammadu Buhari had re-nominated...
The Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Ugonna Ozurigbo, on Thursday resigned his position in the house. His resignation is coming about 24 hours...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to within 14 days account for alleged humongous corruption and treasury looting under his watch....
Members of the public have been urged to disregard the May 30 ‘Biafra Day’ sit-at-home celebration in the South East declared by the Indigenous People of...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has mocked Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central for “downplaying” calls for a marijuana market...
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has raised the alarm that there are plans to arrest and detain him immediately after he hands over power on...
The Oba of Lagos State, Rilwan Akiolu, has ridiculed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his failed prediction that President Muhammadu Buhari will lose the 2019 general...
The Oyo State Governor-elect, Engr Seyi Makinde has warned Permanent Secretaries and the office of the Accountant General to exercise restraint in releasing funds for what he said...
A group, the Southwest Consensus Group, SCG, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the North to be wary of the expansionist agenda of the National...
A Kano State High Court, on Wednesday, insisted its order restraining Kano State Governor, Abdulahi Ganduje from giving effect to the appointment of new Emirs was...
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has responded to the federal government’s accusation that...
The Federal Government has warned that the opposition being played by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party could be toxic for the nation’s democracy, if...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved another $1 billion loan from Chinese EXIM Bank for the Gurara II Hydropower project, aimed at generating 360...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned a Judge of the Federal High Court, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Godwin...
Just two weeks to the end of his tenure, Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Wednesday swore in 11 Permanent Secretaries. The swearing-in ceremony was held...
The Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson, has held the lawmaker representing Brass Constituency 1, Isreal Sunny-Goli, responsible for the Code of...
In preparation for his exit from office come May 29, Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura, has disengaged all his political appointees. This was announced by the...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has explained that the closure of the road leading to the Court of Appeal, venue of the Presidential Election...
The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim, on Wednesday threw the House into commotion as he disappeared with the Assembly’s mace. Consequently, 21...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai has said that he is very sure that some politicians who lost in the last general elections are...
The Ekiti House of Assembly has lifted the suspension placed on its former Speaker, Mr Kola Oluwawole and four other members of the Assembly suspended in...
President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be preparing to travel to Saudi Arabia two times before the end of this month. The trips are coming despite...
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has refuted rumours making the rounds that he is making plans to return to the fold of his former...
Lauretta Onochie, the Personal Assistant on Social Media matters to President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted cynically to calls to stop the inauguration of her boss on...
The outgoing governor of Imo State Rochas Okorocha has apologised for what he described as his crazy style of governance. He however, said that his mode...
The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday directed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that Nigeria is not a nation but “an occupied territory of slaves, vassals and quislings.” He said most of...
Security operatives including the Army, Police and Civil Defence on Wednesday morning barricaded the premises of the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The appellate court serves...
Ahead of the May 29 inauguration, Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has dissolved the state executive council. He however retained six of the commissioners out of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the decision to shift the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office from the traditional...
The Federal government has warned contractors handling the remediation of oil spills in Ogoniland against substandard work. The minister of Environment, Alhaji Suleiman Zarma, in a...
The efforts by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to stop his ongoing probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday yielded a positive...
Oyo State government has announced the renaming of roads and institutions after the outgoing governor, Abiola Ajimobi and traditional rulers in the state. The state Commissioner...
The Ogun state chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) has lambasted its outgoing governor, Ibikunle Amosun, over what it described as the governor’s greediness in paying...
Kingmakers in Kano State have employed the services of 7 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANS) and 17 other lawyers to challenge Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State...
