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A three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday upheld the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal that handled the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State. The court threw out the appeal filed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and was handed a certificate […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday apprehended motorists, tricyclist and motorcyclists driving against traffic in Ijora Olopa area of the state in breach of the State Road Traffic Law. The Governor’s convoy, which was driving from Lagos Island en-route Carter Bridge to Ikeja, also accosted some other motorists while committing the same traffic […]

…To Head For Higher Court Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, can now breathe for a while an air of relief as the Federal Government has dropped all charges against him in the Magistrate court where the matter was being prosecuted. Shuaibu Usman, who presided over […]

Following allegations in some quarters that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was turned into an ATM during the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, top officials of the bank have denied such claims lamenting that the apex bank is being unduly vilified by those who do not understand how the bank relates with its […]

This is one of those occasions where obedience to illegality can never exonerate the loyal follower, no; this article is not about the regime of former President Jonathan rather about the current Minister of Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung. However, a summary of the actions of the past regime simply suggests that a certain individual distributes […]

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has revealed President Muhammadu Buhari plans to set him up in two ways.The first of such plots, according to Metuh, is to link him with the protests and agitation by some groups in the South-eastern part of Nigeria for the Republic of Biafra. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, refuted media reports that he received monetary compensation from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, for the attack on the his life in 2014. The President made the disclosure through a press statement issued by Femi Adesina,Hear him; “Our attention has been drawn to reports making […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has called on member countries of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA), to close ranks and bring their influence to bear on the global oil and gas production matrix. Speaking at a media briefing to herald the forthcoming 6th Africa Petroleum Congress and Exhibition (CAPE Vl) […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will soon introduce more policies to further ease the process of doing business in Nigeria.He made the declaration in Abuja on Monday while speaking after a presentation at the Presidential Villa on enhancing Nigeria’s trade and economic competitiveness. The President said that the new policies he is referring […]

The mind-boggling revelations from the investigations into how $2.1bn meant for the procurement of arms to combat Boko Haram was squandered, portrays an atrocious system rotten with corruption and impunity with high disdain for accountability and due process. The failed contracts, phantom deals and fictitious amounts of money transferred for unascertained purposes without contract documents, […]

After weeks of a snowballing scandal of blackmail, calumny, baseless accusations and personal attacks against the Director General of Industrial Training Fund, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas Onaeko; the phantom crisis sparked off protests by hired goons and fifth columnists, who barricaded the ITF headquarters in Jos, as part of a purported strike by Union workers, calling […]

Chief Raymond Dokpesi, media mogul and one of those fingered in the arms scandal currently rocking the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday secured bail at N200 million from the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. Dokpesi and his Daar Communications Plc are being tried for allegedly receiving the […]