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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos will on Tuesday rule on contempt trial slammed against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice by Senator Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu initiated the proceeding following the invasion of his house in Lekki, Lagos by operatives of NDLEA […]

As the federal government concludes plans to remove oil subsidy, pressure is mounting on President Muhammadu Buhari to retain the crude oil swap arrangement in order to save cost. The crude oil swap deal in lieu of subsidy may however be guided by tighter regulations and control. However, security agencies have fingered some international oil […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that what was handed over to him by the immediate-past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was a near-empty treasury. He also said debts running into millions of dollars was passed on to him. The president made the revelation on Monday during a meeting he had with State House correspondents to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that all military checkpoints set up in the wake of Boko Haram’s activities throughout the country should be removed. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Aliyu Ismaila told State House correspondent about the order  after a meeting Buhari had with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. “The President […]

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to resume hostilities if members of the National Assembly are bent on keeping the status quo regarding their jumbo wages. MEND’s threat is coming as a reaction to the ongoing debate on the salaries and allowances of members of the National Assembly with […]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose on Sunday saluted the people of the state on the first anniversary of his election and declaration as the governor-elect of the state following the June 21, 2014 gubernatorial elections. In a broadcast, the governor noted that “the resolve of the people to massively vote for their choice and subsequently […]

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has said it is dangerous for any individual or group in the ranks of the ruling party to constitute themselves into an opposition even before the constitution and take off President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. The former Vice President made the call against the […]

Wind the critically slurred legislative tape back to the first National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. It began sometime in 1999, you’d recall. That was the period the incautious yet irrepressible Chuba Okadigbo, then a brand new senator of our perpetually blighted Republic, first gave an inkling of what the legislators had in stock for […]

The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said it was already strategising to reclaim the presidential seat as well as the seats of the principal officers in 2019 after a major defeat it suffered in 2015 general elections. The party said it had overcome the defeat it suffered in the previous election, saying it plans to […]

One of the best ways to curtail the hydra-headed corruption that has taken over Nigeria is to enact a death penalty for every act of corruption by public office holders, the Anglican Bishop of Wusasa Diocese, Zaria, Kaduna State, Rt. Rev. Ali Buba-Lamido, has advocated. Speaking at the Sixth Synod of the Wusasa Diocese of […]

I `ll like to commence today`s message by wishing all the father`s happy father`s day. The word “father” is used many times as an originator or as a source of something. However, Psalm 127:3 says,”… Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” Heritage is another word for […]Read More

The hailstorm of public condemnation that trailed media reports of outrageous wardrobe allowances earmarked for lawmakers 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 economy and an Islamic insurgency, the nation has been asphyxiated by […]