Rotimi Amaechi, one time governor of Rivers State and now Minister of Transportation, is in the eye of the storm. The claims against him are damning,...
In this second part of the serial, Ripples Nigeria presents the concluding part of the findings from an investigative trip to Osun State to ascertain the...
For the citizens of Osun, wearing the toga of a backward educational state has become a burden too shameful to carry. It is an open sore,...
The American oil giant, ExxonMobil Oil Corporation has reached firm agreement to sell its majority equity stake of 60 per cent in Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc...
Justice John Inyang Okoro, one of the Supreme Court judges arrested by operatives of the Department of Security Services (DSS) for alleged corrupt practices, has opened...
Uneasy calm has gripped senior officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service, over the failure to implement government new policy on no-visa entry for investors. The issue...
The Senate, on Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to issue a proclamation for holding of a population and housing census in 2018 and also release adequate...
Nigeria may just be on the verge of overcoming its economic recession, which has been occasioned by a scarcity of dollars, due to dwindling oil revenues...
The annual inflation rate in Nigeria increased to 17.9 per cent in September, the highest in more than 11 years, from 15.5 per cent in February...
The Nigerian Presidency is an interesting phenomenon, vis-a-vis, the trending political phrase, cabal. Rightly or wrongly, there appears to be some unseen hand, that dictates the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that his wife, Aisha belongs in his kitchen, his living room, and the other room. Contrary to efforts by his media...
It seems that all attempts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to shore up the country’s external reserves have failed as the reserves hit an all time low of $24.21bn in October from $25.8bn in September 2016, according to...
Still trying to come to terms with the recent raid on judges by the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Judicial Commission (NJC) now has...
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, a judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, has revealed that the ‘sins’ he committed that led to his unholy hour arrest were...
There are concerns that Aisha Buhari’s political fate may be hanging in the balance days after her recent outburst in which she subtly called on her...
How much damage has Aisha Buhari’s recent outburst over 2019 elections done to President Buhari’s political ambition, if any? This is the question currently agitating the...
November makes two years since Rauf Aregbesola was sworn in as the governor of Osun State for a second four-year term, yet he continues to run...
The circumstances behind the release of the 21 out of the 218 abducted Chibok girls is becoming controversial as the Federal Government and local sources have...
The release of 21 out out 218 Chibok girls in the captivity of of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has been confirmed by the Presidency....
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has arrested two more judges over corruption allegations bringing the number of those arrested to nine. The two, Justices...
Strongest indications yet regarding why Governor Wike of Rivers State is said to be jittery over the on-going clamp-down of alleged corrupt judges may have emerged....
The overall market position at the Nigerian stock market again closed on the positive on Tuesday as large-cap stocks overshadowed underlying widespread selling sentiments. For the...
Mustapha Bukar who represents President Muhammadu Buhari in the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, led a debate against Federal Government’s proposed sale of bonds worth N309 billion...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo may have come under intense watch over the brewing face off between President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Ripples Nigeria...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that the objective of militants in the Niger Delta area is to colonize the country economically by sabotaging oil and...
Contrary to expectations, the Federal Government (FG) has insisted that the Lagos state government must refund to it, an estimated $1.52 billion believed to have been...
Tension has taken hold of officials of both the Nigerian Customs and Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) following indications that the two federal establishments are to be merged before the end of 2016 fourth...
A crack in consensus within the kitchen cabinet of President Muhmmadu Buhari over how to reduce the 11 aircraft and two helicopters making up the presidential...
The Federal Government on Thursday, filed a motion to drop the criminal conspiracy and forgery charges of Senate Standing Order against the Senate President Bukola Saraki...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State early hours of Saturday morning, claimed men of the Nigerian Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) almost gunned...
Three days after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has replied the national leader of his...
The biography of President Muhammadu Buhari, presented to the public on Monday, has opened another chapter in the perceived silent war between the president and the...
Almost one year after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mr. Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), his appointment is yet...
Senator Ken Nnamani and 24 others were on Tuesday inaugurated by the Attorney-General of the Federal (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as members of the committee on Constitution and Electoral...
The political fortunes of the Tinubu dynasty, today at the Senate, took a hit, as lawmakers, frustrated a bill seeking to give Lagos state a special...
On Monday, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu proved critics wrong, refusing to betray any emotions at a well attended event in Abuja where a book, ‘The Challenges...
President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has been ordered by Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to release former National Security Adviser, Sambo...
For a nation which economy is already officially in recession due mainly to reduced revenue generation, this is not good news. The Nigerian National Petroleum...
Pastor Chris Okotie of the Household of God Church on Sunday laid the blame of underdevelopment and poverty in Nigeria at the doorstep of poor leadership....
The Edo State governorship election has come and gone but the echoes of what transpired on Wednesday September 28 may continue to reverberate for a long...
Despite the decision of the House of Representatives to suspend Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, a good number of Nigerians have stated that there is a need for...
Fresh crisis is about to brew in the Niger Delta region as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has reportedly handed the debt recovery...
Nigeria is 56 years old today! The history of our journey to political freedom need not be rehashed here. It is a tale that has been...
#EdoDecides On Thursday, September 29, Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was officially named by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as successor to...
The embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Adbulmumin Jibrin has promised to expose more acts of corruption in the House. Jibrin who...
There was drama at INEC office in Benin, during announcement of results from the governorship election, as two parties refused to sign the final result sheet....
With results from about 16 local governments so far announced by INEC, Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is set to emerge winner of...
#EdoDecides Ovian South West LG APC 12,820 PDP 8,810 3:18pm… INEC resumes announcement of results 2:00pm… INEC takes another one hour break to continue with the...
Crisis of integrity continues to hunt Governor Rochas Okorocha’s government as an Appeal Court sitting in Owerri on Monday, ordered the freezing of the state government’s...
On Wednesday, the people of Edo State will go to the polls to elect a successor for outgoing Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who is rounding off his...