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The Executive Arm of the Federal Government on Wednesday went to the Supreme Court asking the court to declare as a null the ‎passage of the proposed amendment of the constitution by the National Assembly. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, instituted the fresh suit with SC/214/2015 on behalf of the executive arm […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday finally closed the window for defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announcing that defectors from the party are no longer welcome. The party also admonished the PDP to get conscious of its reality as the new opposition party in the country and better stop lamenting. In a […]

President Goodluck Jonathan is now to hand over the baton of leadership to General Muhammadu Buhari on 29th May instead of 28th May as earlier announced. There had been criticisms over the earlier date as many Nigerians, including Femi Falana, a Lagos-based lawyer, had earlier argued that handing over on May would create a vacuum. […]

     Prof Attahiru Jega, as far as I am concerned, is the hero of Nigeria’s democratic transition and the international community seems to share the same views. I wrote a piece published on march 12th, 16 days to the elections titled, “Prof Attahiru Jega: Hero of Nigeria’s Democratic Innovations-Needs Int’l Community and Progressives Support […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress condemns the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the Republic of South Africa, RSA, as the attacks lack any sane justifications. It is even more absurd that the attacks are directed against Africans from countries that played active roles in the struggle against apartheid. That the immigrants left their countries to do legitimate […]

The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday commenced the impeachment process of the State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, who, in the heat of the general election, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Olanusi has been served an impeachment notice. The impeachment notice was signed by 20 […]

Markus Ishaya, one of the campaign coordinators for the Kaduna State governor-elect, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been killed in Kaduna. According to El-Rufai’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, Ishaya was killed by some gunmen who went to his village, Atuku Kasa, in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. Ishaya, El-Rufai’s coordinator in Atuku Ward, was shot […]

The wealth of a nation is determined by the collective wealth of all its citizens, but what if the citizens got no wealth and this writer says, the nation is bankrupt and must start afresh as it was after the World Wars decades past. Sports in Nigeria is bankrupt and virtually non-existent except perhaps football. […]

In principle, the more information we have about a person, the better decision we are likely to make. This has been made manifest from the results collated from the just concluded Presidential/House of rep and Governorship/State Assembly elections. It would eventually become camaraderie-of-sort where contestants were rewarded by voters for their esteemed loyalty to a […]

For effective performance in the new government that begins on May 28, elected governors in the country must immediately implement the constitutional provision of financial autonomy, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said on Monday. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the national workshop for magistrates on judicial ethics and corrupt practices organised […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to disregard the wild speculation concerning the appointment of ministers and the zoning of offices under the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said there is no truth to […]

Buruji Kashamu, the senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District is caught between being happy and sad. His happiness has been cut short by the fear of a possible extradition to the United States of America to answer questions relating to drug trafficking. Chief among those pulling the strings for his extradition is former President Olusegun […]