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The Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has concluded that there were verifiable discrepancies in the election conducted in the state on 11th April. The tribunal thus  order a re-run in 18 local government areas of the state. The judgement was pronounced on Wednesday by Justice Sadiq Umar who ordered the Independent […]

The sensational 2015 Global Nutrition Report that as many as 52% of Nigerian children are stunted, wasted and malnourished, is a tragedy that should tug at the conscience of the nation and must be addressed immediately. In addition to the predicament of the helpless children who suffer various forms of violence in Boko Haram killing […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. The appointment is with immediate effect. The announcement was made on Wednesday, in a press statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Until her appointment, Oyo-Ita […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced Mahmood Yakubu as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was made on Wednesday at the council of state meeting in Abuja. The appointment of Yakubu, a professor of political history and international studies, is still subject to ratification by the senate. The former Executive […]

Rotimi Amaechi, single handedly split the ruling PDP and ensured victory for President Buhari in the last general elections.  However, his unalloyed support for President Buhari has become an impediment in his quest for a ministerial slot.   www.www.aso.rocks search engine checks reveals that the refusal to screen Romiti Amaechi is payback for his refusal […]

…Charges Lawyers, Judges, To Discharge Duties With  Fear Of God ‎Governor of Ekiti State has said that the Nigeria judiciary has been largely compromised, alleging that financial inducement and political manipulations have made many judges, lawyers twist judgement against the innocent. Fayose who was speaking at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel, Oke-Isa, Ado Ekiti, during […]

President Mohammadu Buhari, Tuesday, relieved, Danladi Kifasi ,of his appointment  as Head of Civil Service of the Federation, HOCSF. Former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Mr.Danladi Kifasi. Mr. Kifasi, served Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, was also Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

Nigeria’s Appeal Court on Monday adjourned Senate President Bukola Saraki’s Code of Conduct Tribunal case indefinitely. The indefinite adjournment came as the matter was supposed to concluded and judgment delivered in the case brought by the Senate President against the CCT. But at the Court of Appeal hearing, counsel to Saraki, Mr. Joseph Daudu, raised […]

The insistence by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the Naira be further devalued as part of efforts to overcome the challenges of a weakening economy and significant losses in oil revenue, is a clear indication, if one was need that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) urgently needs a change of strategy in exchange […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday pitched against the presidency over the arrest of Senate Minority Leader and former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Godswill Akpabio. Akpabio’s travail with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, followed series of petition by a lawyer from the state, alleging that the senator engaged […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, has raised the alarm over the transfer of the State Commissioner of Police saying it was part of a plot to rig the December 5 governorship election in the state. A statement issued on Sunday in Yenagoa by the PDP chairman, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, said the sudden removal of the […]

Against the background of an estimated 124,000 children under the age of four years dying annually due to poor sanitation, the Dangote Foundation at the weekend has promised to step up its advocacy campaign against preventable diseases in the country. The Chief executive Officer of the Foundation Mrs Zuoera Youssoufou gave this promise in a […]