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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said his inability to pay pensions arrears running into over 17 months was due to shortfall in allocations from the Federation Account. In a statement at the weekend by the his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, in response to last Wednesday’s protest by retirees, Okorocha urged them to wait […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday openly showed its support for the Niger Delta Avengers. IPOB described the NDA, which has crippled oil production, and undermined Nigeria’s economy, by blowing up pipelines, as its “kith and kin”. IPOB stated that the Niger Delta Avengers was not fighting for resource control and a restoration […]

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and two others, may be appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, 2015. The Federal Government had, through the office of the Attorney General filed the charges against the top Senate officers as well […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Borno on Sunday said it had discovered a “spiritual book“ suspected to be used by Boko Haram to hypnotize their victims. The Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). […]

The Nigeria Senate on Sunday alleged that the Executive Arm was working with forces outside the National Assembly to change the leadership under Bukola Saraki’s watch. In a press statement, which was signed by the spokesman for the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the lawmakers condemned the planned forgery charges against Saraki, his Deputy, Ike […]

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has exempted himself from the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order 2011.    According  to a  statement signed by the Special Assistant  to the Deputy Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr Uche Anichukwu on Sunday Ekweremadu will not be cowed by any attempt to distract […]

There has been no shortage of controversy and hair-raising incidents from the 8th National Assembly of Nigeria, but nothing breaks the heart more than the name-them-shame-them letter that has been sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by the US Ambassador in which he accused three Nigerian lawmakers of sexual misconduct during an April […]

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Governor Ayodele Fayose the Ekiti State Governor has told the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop harassing his government by threatening functionaries of the government with arrest and looking for how his election was funded. The governor said his election was not funded with public […]

Boko Haram fighters killed at least 24 people in Adamawa on Thursday.  Those killed were mourning the death of one of the community leaders when the terrorists opened fire on them near the town of Gulak in Adamawa state at about 8:00 pm. Maina Ularamu, a former local government chairman in nearby Madagali, confirmed the […]

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, on Thursday ordered the shutdown of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat. He also gave the party one week to resolve its crisis. Arase gave the order through the force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole.  Kolawole said the IGP took the decision at a meeting with stakeholders of the […]

Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari writes of building an economic bridge to Nigeria’s future (“The Three Changes Nigeria Needs,” op-ed, June 14). It’s hard to see how his administration’s inflexibility, lack of vision and reactive approach will achieve this. Mr. Buhari notes that building trust is a priority for Nigeria. But an anticorruption drive that is […]

Troops of Sector 5, 27 Task Force Brigade, 3 Division, in conjunction Civilian JTF from Maiduguri  has arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Ibrahim Jagwal, aged 38 at Gishiwa Dabua area of Potiskum, Yobe State. The suspected terrorist who turned out to be the Ameer of the Boko Haram Terrorists at Tumbin Gini, Abadam Local […]