Political gladiators in the northern part of the country are warming their political machines in preparation for the 2019 election. They have, therefore, lined up some...
Ghana’s 54th president Nana Akufo-Addo got off to a worse possible start after he was accused of lifting portions for speech of two ex-American presidents into...
By Femi Fani-Kayode… For those that are troubled, that are grieving, that are suffering, that are deeply concerned and that are in a state of utter...
A Hopeless Budget and Capture of Sambisa Forest By Farooq Kperogi… Outgoing American Vice President Joe Biden once said, “Don’t tell me what you value; show...
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, may have run into fresh trouble with the Federal Government after it was found that he collected the sum of N8.877...
President Muhammadu Buhari may have received the report of the probe on the alleged corrupt practices leveled against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
“The man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny” -Wole Soyinka By Remi Oyeyemi… From Lagos Island to Lake Chad; Calabar to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawan as chairman of the presidential committee on the reconstitution of...
The rumoured move by President Muhammadu Buhari to recruit James Faleke, who lost out in the Kogi gubernatorial poll, as a Minister in his planned cabinet...
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo..Long before the 2015 election, I met a Facebook friend, Emeka Nwokeocha, in New York City. It was at a time when former President...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) audit report for 2014 has revealed what the average watcher of the Nigerian economy knows, that the Nigeria National...
Former Special Adviser to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Electronic Media, Reno Omokri, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for his continued silence over the brutal murder of...
The Presidency has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari will make appointments into all boards by January 2017. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media...
One of the Niger Delta militant groups, Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to blame his men and not militants for the...
Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said security agents are on the trail of those instigating crisis in the southern senatorial part of the state....
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on state governors to ensure the use of at least 25 per cent of the refunds they received as excess deductions...
By Chido Onumah… There are very few moments in a nation’s history that can equate the infamy that took place at the Nigerian Senate on Thursday,...
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, is unimpressed by the poor revenue contribution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the National treasury, following the quarterly report...
The embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has been unable to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari since the beginning...
[divider] By Femi Adesina… What a helluva week for a man who turns 74 today. In one day, in his birthday week, he flew from Abuja...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented the 2017 budget to a joint sitting of the National Assembly, soon after arriving Nigeria from Gambia Details: 2017 BUDGET:...
No fewer than 101,500 defenseless Nigerians were allegedly murdered since 1999. Of this figure, 47,500 occurred in the last five years and 9,700 since May 29,...
The Independent Electoral Commission in Gambia has been taken over by soldiers who according to reports entered the premises of the electoral body, instructing its chairman...
The Defence Headquarters, has dismissed rumours making the rounds that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin and the Chief of Naval State, Vice Admiral...
By Sonala Olumhense… As one who firmly believes that one Olusegun Obasanjo squandered the finest opportunity of any Nigerian leader since independence, I have often criticized...
A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has described as unfortunate and ridiculous the statement that Nigerians will rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari in...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said regardless of the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power with the mantra of...
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, has said President Buhari was not voted into office so as to kill his religious enemies. The IMN, also known...
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State State has said he has no intention of joining the All Progressives Congress, APC. The governor, who stated this after...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again called on the people of Niger Delta to stop destruction of oil and gas facilities in the region. This is even...
President Mohammadu Buhari at the weekend said the clashes between herders and farmers around the country are largely due to unrest in neighbouring Libya and Mali...
For Alhaji Buba Galadima, one of the close allies of President Muhammadu Buhari who worked with him in the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 general elections,...
There are indications that the Federal Government may have started making efforts to raise a dialogue/negotiation team that will meet with elders and leaders from the...
Detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, on Monday rebuffed the presidency’s offer for temporary freedom, Ripples Nigeria has gathered. The offer which was made...
The crisis that has bedeviled the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took a dangerous turn on Tuesday as Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State hit former...
The economic down turn in the country may take a turn for the worse, as the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, attacked Nembe 1, 2 and 3...
The cold war that has existed between state governors and President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet over appointments, may soon boil over. This is as state governors...
President Muhammadu Buhari has offered a panacea to terrorists menace on the African continent which he said will also help the countries’ development. He said for...
By Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu… Like a fairy tale, the news broke on the 16th of October that 21 Chibok girls had been released by the dreaded...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the election Donald Trump as the President of United States of America, saying those who imposed...
The Federal Government has reached an agreement with international oil companies to settle its joint venture cash call with crude oil worth $5 billion. The crude...
By Reno Omokri… When recession hits the economy, it leads to inflation. When it hits INEC it leads to ‘inconclusive elections’. When it hits APC, they...
By Remi Oyeyemi… The brief exchange between Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Mrs. Folorunso Alakija at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum last weekend was...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has faulted the current agitation for the creation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. The minister, who spoke...
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he almost abandoned his presidency because of the level of economic challenges facing the country. The president stated this on...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 27 governorship election in Ondo State, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, has hit back at the Governor...
Nigerians from different walks of life appeared to have pitched their tent with the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha over public criticism of the president’s...
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the establishment of eight new private universities for the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the...
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have registered their displeasure over the lopsided appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, by writing...
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to beware of the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde...
