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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the son of former governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako, Abdul-Aziz Nyako. The hunt for Abdul-Aziz thickened about two week ago when EFCC declared him wanted. The anti-graft commission the young man in Gombe city, the capital of Gombe State on Friday morning. Abdul-Aziz was […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, on Saturday declared that the recent postponement of the country’s general elections was a grand plan by President Goodluck Jonathan to have six weeks more to attempt to sway Nigerians to himself ahead of the elections in which he is participating as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic […]

Nigerian singer and columnist, Ejikeme, popularly called Etcetera, in an opinion, called his colleagues political prostitutes and enumerated reasons for his stand. Read below: Some say Afro Candy is a prostitute. Some say she’s not or at least, not yet. A few others say she’s a porn star, which is not in the same league […]

Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) — a civil society organisation with primary focus on entrenching democratic values and constitutionalism into the body polity of the Nigerian state through legitimate and lawful means — has called for the immediate dismissal of Joseph Mbu, the new AIG of zone 2 comprising Lagos and Ogun […]

An alleged attempt by Bemigho Reno Omokri, President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide on New Media, to forcefully evict a tenant in his late mother’s house, in Warri, has resulted in a robbery scandal to the tune of N25 million that was kept in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go bag’. Unfortunately, the stolen money was meant for the South South […]Read More

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), has frowned at the Presidency and PDP’s strident and scurrilous castigation of the use of Card Readers for ensuring the integrity of the forthcoming general elections, as being proposed by INEC, as the PDP’s agenda for the manipulation of the electoral process.  The APCPCO in a statement […]

Transparency International has expressed concern that the delay in elections in Nigeria threatens the people’s right to vote and undermines democracy in the country. In a recent statement, the organisation, also called on the government to ensure not only safety for voters at the polls but that the elections should go ahead without more delays. […]

The All Progressives Congress Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), has said that President Goodluck Jonathan, by his own admission, has ceased to play his role as the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian armed forces, on account of which he needs to urgently clarify his position under the constitution.   In a  statement signed by Malam Garba Shehu,  the campaign organisation’s […]

Just few weeks into an agreement for a joint battle to end the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and its threat to other neighbouring African countries, Nigeria and its Niger may be heading for a major face-off that could affect their mission. The bad blood is the result of a statement from Niger’s Defence Ministry […]

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), has said it welcomes the reassurance of the Nigerian armed forces to be faithfully committed to its traditional and professional role rather than being exposed to undu e partisanship.  The Director of Media and Publicity of the APCPCO, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement in Abuja that the […]

In another few days, March, 28th, to be exact, you – yes, YOU – will, most likely be going to join other Nigerians, at your neighbourhood poling station, for the purpose of casting your vote, for the President of your choice.  That is, if you are a bona fide Nigerian citizen; eighteen years of age […]

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division, Lagos, Major General Tamubomiebi Dibi, has said that it was an incisive allegation that armed soldiers were dispatched to the Bourdillon home of Senator Bola Tinubu. Dibi described it as a mere figment of imagination of anyone to contemplate that armed soldiers had been deployed to Tinubus’ house. […]