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While so muck ink has been spilled on the face-off between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Cabal in the Presidency, who are united in their bid to frustrate the VP ahead of the 2023 presidential election, emerging indications now point to an imminent showdown with the First Lady, Aisha Buhari firing the first salvo […]

A jet belonging to an unidentified Nigerian named in a multi-million dollar fraud case was on Tuesday seized by the United States federal agents at the Peachtree DeKalb Airport, Georgia, United States. Local WSB-TV reported that their Correspondent, Aaron Diamant, witnessed the seizure of the plane in a case that was related to an international […]

Without knowing it, the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s detachment of secret police, is helping Omoyele Sowore to push his agenda for #RevolutionNow. In its attempts to smother the call for citizens’ demand for good governance and accountability, the DSS has, by its unthinking procedure to emasculate the convener of #RevolutionNow and publisher of […]

Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has formally notified the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), of his plan not to participate in the planned Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district rerun; a decision he attributed to the huge responsibility imposed on him as a cabinet minister.       “I have taken into consideration […]

Nigeria’s development is hinged on the ability of public officials to execute their mandates professionally, and to be shining examples in their various areas of endeavor. It is not a good sign when officials abandoned their responsibility and start clutching at straws.  As spokesperson of the President, he has the onerous responsibility of managing the […]

As a mark of its disapproval of the excesses of the Department of State Services (DSS) , a coalition of civil society groups yesterday gave President Muhammadu Buhari a 14-day ultimatum to release Omoleye Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow protests and publisher of Sahara Reporters. They also asked for the release of former National Security […]

Amid the controversy over payment of jumbo pensions to ex-governors in the face of fiscal crisis in the states, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) yesterday clarified that the severance allowance of the former chief executives was 300% of their salary. The commission, however, added that state Houses of Assembly were empowered by […]

The faceoff between the Senate and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, over the fate of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) got messier yesterday as both parties traded allegations of fraudulent practices in the agency. Also, the two parties traded blame on the delay in the inauguration of the NDDC board which […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday asked the Senate to confirm newly-appointed Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) chairman Muhammad Nami. The president, in a letter dated December 9, also sought the approval of the upper legislative chamber for the appointments of 13 others as members of the FIRS board.   Members of the board are James Ayuba […]

Scio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Ekiti state governor Dr Kayode Fayemi and Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal, and other 34 governors urging them to use their “leadership position to urgently disclose details of payment of pensions […]

Even as the Department of State Services (DSS), has discounted video footage of its officers invading the Federal High Court, Abuja premises to re-arrest Omoyele Sowore, #RevolutionNow convener and publisher of Sahara Reporters, dismissing the video as video as “mischief for propagandist purposes,” the presidency has come out in support of the brigandage and lawlessness, […]

The United States government has said it is deeply concerned that the publisher of the online news portal, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who is also the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, was rearrested last Friday by the Department of State Services (DSS), less than 12 hours after he was granted bail by a court of competent […]