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The Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday commenced debate on the general principles of the 2014 Appropriation Bill after adopting the report of its six-man committee on the matter. Majority Leader, Mulikat Akande-Adeola (PDP-Oyo), who led the debate, urged members to “put individual differences away and look at national interest”> In a swift reaction, Deputy […]

No fewer than five members of All Progressive Congress (APC)  in the House of Representatives from Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kaduna States to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They are Lawan Shehu-Bichi (Kano); Abdulsalam Asamu (Kano); Sani Dangaladima (Zamfara); Ibrahim Shehu-Gusua (Zamfara); and Umar Bature ( Sokoto) . Meanwhile another lawmaker from Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru […]

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has maintained his innocence in his ongoing money laundering trial to the tune of N500m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFC)). On Monday, the Federal High Court had granted an application made by the EFCC to amend their charges, and ordered that Fani-Kayode should take a plea to those charges and be […]Read More

Efforts of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) to commence the investigation into the alleged $20 billion scandal have been stalled by the overseas trip embarked upon by Diezani Allison Madueke, the minister of petroleum. Top management team of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), including its Group Managing Director, Andrew Yakubu and the Pipeline […]

Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has described reports of plans by the National Football Federation (NFF) to hire a foreign technical assistant for the Super Eagles ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup as unpatriotic, untenable, illogical and consequently unacceptable to Nigerians. In a statement released on Tuesday, he argued that Nigerians cannot be swayed […]

Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) who is serving a 24-year prison sentence in South Africa for terrorism charges, attempted to escape from prison last month, prison officials have said. According to spokesman for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services, Manelisi Wolela, “Okah is one of the five […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the recent name-calling by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in response to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a childish response to the crisis of confidence currently troubling the ruling party. In the statement with which his media office in Abuja reacted to thoughts of […]

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi must resign his position, the New Nigeria Initiative (NNI) said on Monday. According to the group, Sanusi’s decision to throw caution to the wind on the money allegedly missing in the sale of crude oil by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) while reconciliation […]

Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, chief of staff to President Goodluck Jonathan, has resigned from his position.His resignation, www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt, took effect from Monday. “In view of the political exigencies in the country, I wish to resign from my position as chief of staff”, Oghiadomhe wrote in the single-paragraph letter of resignation. He thanked President Jonathan, “a friend […]Read More

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused a group of Yoruba leaders of planning to sideline Muslims in the selection and participation of Yoruba people in the scheduled National Conference to hold soon in the country. A group of leaders from the south-west zone had met days ago at Isara-Remo, Ogun State home, home of […]

The nation’s foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement weekend at the stated that all the products rolling out from its three cement plants are certified 42.5 grade in line with international standard and quality benchmark. Reacting to the threat of coalition of civil society groups and professional bodies in the construction industry to lead protests against […]

Good day and compliment of the season to you sons and daughters of Oyo State. Precisely on the 3rd of February, 1976, thirty-eight years ago, our state, Oyo State was created by the then military government led by Late General Murtala Mohammed, the then old western state was divided into Ogun, Ondo and Oyo states […]