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House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday in Abuja, inaugurated three committees entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring the smooth take off of proceedings when the 9th House resumes on July 2.The committees, constituted on June 13, are the Selection Committee headed by the Speaker, and ad-hoc committees on Welfare and Media chaired by Wale Raji […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm of a plot to arrest him. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Paul Ibe. Due to the existence of petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 ballot on accessing a server used by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

The Dangote Cement Plc on Monday said its cement terminals being constructed in Lagos State and Onne in Rivers would be concluded before the end of this year. The terminals, which were delayed by equipment suppliers, would rake in about 700 million dollars in foreign exchange annually through cement exportation to sub-Saharan African countries. Alhaji […]

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed July 5 to deliver its judgment in the dispute arising from the September 2018 governorship election in Osun State. The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the said election, Ademola Adeleke, had filed four separate appeals before the apex court to challenge the Abuja Division Court of Appeal’s […]

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the state Anti-Corruption Commission to probe the claims by the Kano Zoological Gardens that a Gorilla in the state-owned zoo swallowed a whooping N6.8 million. Even as the management of the facility has denied the millions of naira missing from its coffers were swallowed by a gorilla, the […]

Exactly twenty six ago yesterday, Nigerians trooped out to cast their votes to elect a man of their choice to lead Nigeria as President. The historic event of June 12, 1993 in which Nigerians shunned religion, ethnicity and tribal differences to freely decide who leads them, has since become the most symbolic day in the […]

The tussle between Kano Governor, Abdullai Umar Ganduje and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is taking new dimension as Ganduje appear to have set fresh conditions before any true reconciliation can take place. Critical among conditions set for emir Sanusi are tendering a public apology to Governor Ganduje and people of Kano for […]

The ninth House of Representatives on Thursday held its first plenary after members were inaugurated on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos) swore-in Rep. Musa Sarki-Adar (APC-Sokoto) who was absent at the Tuesday’s inauguration. The oath of office was administered by the Clerk of the House, Patrick Giwa at plenary in Abuja. […]

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, reserved ruling on the application filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for access to inspect the server and data of smart card readers used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the conduct of the February 23 presidential election. […]

Nigeria Senate president Ahmed Lawan Thursday swore in former Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha as a senator. Okorocha was excluded when other elected senators were inaugurated on Tuesday because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not issued him a certificate of return. Later Tuesday, INEC issued Okorocha his certificate of return to the Senate […]

On July 7, 1998, Thomas Pickering, former US Ambassador to Nigeria (1981-83) and Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, (1997-2000) was meeting with Abiola when he collapsed and later died after drinking tea during the meeting. Pickering was accused of poisoning Abiola with a traceless poison provided by the CIA. He denied the allegation, offering this first-hand […]