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The former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that it was an effort to safeguard the Nigerian democracy that propelled him to seek the review of the Supreme Court judgment, which ousted him from office. Ihedioha, in a statement yesterday, opined that history would vindicate and be kind to the dissenting Justice Chima […]

The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and consultant epidemiologist, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has ignored NCDC’s advice that Nigerians who recently travelled to countries hit by the deadly coronavirus should stay at home for 14 days, even if they do not have any symptoms; saying he would come out of self-quarantine, […]

The Federal Government has asked the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to send the full list of former governors and ministers who have received; or are receiving double pay and life pensions in order to enhance and ensure compliance with a court ruling last year ordering the Buhari administration to challenge the legality of […]

The crises rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continued to fester on Friday as the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) threw their weight behind the suspension of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, whose fate remained unclear after heavily armed security personnel, ostensibly wary of the prospect of bloody confrontation between anti and pro-Oshiomhole groups […]

It is now five weeks since the Lagos State Governor; Babajide Sanwo-Olu restricted commercial tricyclists and motorcyclists, popularly known as keke Marwa and okada from plying in six major local councils, major highways and bridges. While compliance is high in some of the restricted areas, it is business as usual in others, with the police […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the release of the international passport of Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, to enable him to travel abroad for medical treatment. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who granted the application, said she took the decision after careful consideration of the arguments […]

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has accused the federal government of clandestine moves to support the Boko Haram insurgents in their renewed bid to unleash mayhem in the Northeast zone. The leaders in a one-page statement entitled: “Boko Haram: FG Killing Us Softly,” alerted Nigerians and the International community of the relentless efforts […]

An Osogbo Chief Magistrate’s Court in Osun State, yesterday, ordered the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, to appear before it over an alleged assault of a fellow monarch, the Agbowu of Ogbaagba, Oba Dhikrulahi Akinropo, during a peace meeting recently. The Oluwo had been accused by Oba Akinropo of descending on him and beating […]

Nigeria has been re-elected to chair the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations for the 48th time. Nigeria has chaired the special committee on peacekeeping operations from 1972 till date and was always re-elected to continue to lead the most critical committee of the United Nations. The Charge d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the […]

An Abuja High Court ruling Wednesday, ordering the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to obey his suspension by his ward in Edo State, opened the fault lines of the ruling party, pitching its governors against their national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu. Tinubu is known to have installed Oshiomhole and has been his […]

The embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, met and updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the party including his suspension and subsequent reinstatement by separate courts in Abuja and Kano. “I thought that I had a duty to brief Mr. President as the overall leader of […]

Governors of the six states of the South-south geo-political zone Thursday in Asaba agreed to constitute a common security outfit as an answer to the nagging security challenges in the country and the region in particular. This formed the highpoint of the meeting of the Forum of South-South Governors held at the Government House, Asaba […]