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The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal (Panel II) sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, Monday nullified the election of the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu, former Abia State governor is the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate, elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Mao […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has summoned founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo to appear before it within 14 days, warning that “judgement may be given” should the embattled Fatoyinbo not honor the court summons. In the court document dated September 6, a copy of which was obtained by www.www.aso.rocks search […]

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has described as unfounded and unacceptable the statement by the president of Miyetti Allah, Abdullahi Bodejo, that South East governors and Ohanaeze Ndigbo are engaged in a sinister plot to divide Nigeria by banning inter-state conveyance of cattle by foot. OYC national president, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated in Abakaliki at the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office since the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, allegedly admitted that President Muhammadu Buhari lacked the requisite academic certificate to be president and begged Nigerians to pardon him. The opposition party gave the advice ahead of the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition […]

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari shouldn’t be rated in the time frame of 100 days because Buhari is a second term president. “Where we copied the concept of 100 days from; America, they don’t do it with a 2nd term President or Governor. You don’t access a returning government according to 100 days […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the violence directed against Nigerians and other foreign migrants in South Africa “was most disconcerting and embarrassing” to the country. He spoke when he received President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Envoy, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, who was in that country from September 5 to 7, […]

The hailstorm of public condemnation that trailed media reports of the outrageous plan by the National Assembly to spend over N5.5b on imported Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) has once again appropriately refocused public attention on the contentious issue of the emolument of Nigerian legislators. While Nigeria labors for breath under bureaucratic overweight, corruption, a shaky […]

The Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration in Nigeria (2010 – 2015) has generated quite a number of post-tenure publications which significantly, in varying degrees of articulation, veracity and delivery shed light on key developments during that momentous phase in Nigerian politics. The books under reference offer accounts of  individual experiences or outsider perspectives, but altogether, they […]

The authoritative US-based weekly magazine takes an in-depth look behind the deal and the key players and concluded that the Nigerian government is now getting lessons from Oyinbos on what is “419”. The report details evidence that the deal was a sham designed to fail and urges the FG to reject the deal and the […]

At least one person was killed and five others injured in Johannesburg on Sunday, police said, after security forces clashed with looters in the latest outbreak of xenophobic violence. South Africa’s biggest city and other areas were hit by a surge of attacks against businesses owned by migrants in the last week, leaving at least […]

The Federal Government, yesterday, debunked as fake news, reports of a bomb explosion, at the South African High Commission, in Abuja, which circulated on social media. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement, described the report as fake news orchestrated by the desperate opposition to cause panic and chaos among the populace. […]

Between Monday and Friday this week, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal must hand down its verdict in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. Although the tribunal did not give a specific date for judgment when it adjourned […]