There are strong indications that the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh may soon be a guest of the Economic...
Leadership of the National Assembly has stated that it will not be part of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) programme as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari....
In from Olumide Olaoluwa As Nigerians welcome 2016, they are hoping for the best from government. The departed year has been very turbulent for them. They...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . Nigerians joined others the world over to bid farewell to the year 2015, and welcomed another, 2016. For many...
In apparent response to criticisms trailing his adminstration since assuming office on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, said the alleged slow nature of his...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . For two hours Wednesday night, President Muhammadu Buhari held the nation spell-bound. It was at his maiden media chat....
In an apparent admission of the tough times Nigerians are facing since his assumption of office as President, President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, said the challenges facing...
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has stated that he is unaware of any plans by the National Assembly to spend about N47 billion for the...
An Appeal Court has upturned the Abia State governorship election tribunal judgement which upheld the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Alex Oti of the All Progressives Grand...
The dream of Hajia Aisha Alhassan to go on record as the first elected female governor in Nigeria came crashing on Thursday, as the Court of...
Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of the Body of National Vice Chairmen of the PDP have distanced themselves from members of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it would be unwise for the government to allow certain individuals who are undergoing prosecution in the courts to be...
Piqued by the wave of criticism that has come his way over his assertion that the Boko Haram insurgents have been largely defeated and the December...
Hospitalized former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Haliru Bello and his son, Abba, may be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The 11 months suspension handed Senator Shehu Sani by the Tundun Wada ward, Kaduna State of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been upheld by the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again faulted the N6.08 trillion 2016 federal budget presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, warning that it...
By Shehu Garba . . . . As the war on corruption heightens, the political battle-line between the governing All Progressives Congress, APC and the opposition...
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said it is glaring that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have any answer to the nation’s problems, and that “Only...
In from Ali Smart . . . After much anticipation, finally Christmas is here! But the question of the hour is do many people in Nigeria...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . It was so close yet very far. Hon. James Faleke was just a few inches away from becoming the...
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo. . . “Unemployment, underdevelopment and poverty everywhere in the land. Our people are living like animals; we cannot even rear our children”...
In from Stanley Azuakola . . . The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wants to be taken seriously as a credible opposition. But the party is lazy...
Despite the criticism of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, of President Muhammadu Buhari’s budget proposal to the National Assembly and its conclusion that the budget, as...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tuesday, slammed the budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the National Assembly, describing the N6.8 trillion...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The clash between Nigerian soldiers and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ite Movement on...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday, sacked the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Bassey Dan-Abia, replacing him with Rotimi Ameachi’s ex commissioner for Information,...
The ghost of the Bayelsa State inconclusive election is still alive and kicking, as the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Baritor Kpagih, has cried out...
The cloud of political uncertainty hovering over Bayelsa State took another dimension on Sunday, as gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, abducted the state’s Commissioner for Local...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . Governor Udom Emmanuel woke up Friday oblivious his status was about to change. By 4pm, the Court of Appeal...
In from Ahmed Boulor . . . The younger sister of Seriake Dickson, the governor of Bayelsa State has been kidnapped by yet-to-be identified gunmen who...
The Federal Government, Friday, raised the alarm over plans by Boko Haram insurgents to carry out abduction similar to the kidnapping of Chibok school girls. This...
It was yet another bad in the hands of the judiciary for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Friday,...
The power granted Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Electoral Act 2010 to deregister political parties suffered defeat as the Federal High Court in Abuja...
The ongoing investigation into the transanctions carried out under the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has claimed another casualty, as the Economic and Financial...
The upper legislative chamber on Wednesday uncovered how the sum of N701.5billion earmarked for Natural Resources Fund was misappropriated. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts discovered...
President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2016 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, 22nd of December. The President had yesterday written...
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, Wednesday lost his appeal for an upturn of the Rivers State Election Tribunal sacking him from office, as a...
The Bauchi State Government has revealed that the administration of former Governor Isa Yuguda received and spent N91 billion security vote in eight years. This was...
Although he was entitled to three vehicles as a former head of state, the presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari got one armoured SUV and...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews In a move obviously meant to pre-empt the Federal Government, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh,...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . It may well end up as the biggest scandal ever for the media in Nigeria. The Fourth Estate of...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Monday, assured that the Senate does not have any bill before it that is aimed at gagging or stifling the...
There was a mild drama on Monday outside the Federal High Court, as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) rearrested the former Director...
By Stanley Azuakola . . . Since he was appointed as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal has bumbled through one...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews . . . The Federal Government, Sunday, reacted to remarks made by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the poor state of...
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews In apparent reaction to ongoing probes by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, especially over security spending under the immediate past administration of President...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . These are truly seasons of heart-rending revelations. Nigerians wake up each day to distressing news of how much was...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthew The duo of governors Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State are no strangers to Nigerians. They are...
President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, disclosed that the names of those who have returned portions of their loot to the coffers of the federal government will soon...
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, Friday upheld the election of the immediate former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio, as the Senator representing...
