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As the clouds continue to gather on the situation in the Presidential Villa, where Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is reported to be battling a cabal, emerging indicators presage a sinister plot to force the resignation of Osinbajo; who would be replaced by politician Pastor Tunde Bakare; senior pastor and founder of Latter Rain Assembly, who […]

The Senate which resumes plenary tomorrow after a two-month annual vacation will upon resumption take a definite stand on the alleged assault on a nursing mother levelled against Senator Elisha Abbo (Adamawa North), which was referred to an ad-hoc committee headed by former Governor of Ebonyi State, Senator Sam Egwu (Ebonyi North).   The upper […]

The Presidency has described the 74th United Nations General Assembly, which opened on Monday, in New York, as Nigeria’s “day in the sun.” Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival in New York on Sunday for the weeklong global event.   Answering questions […]

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, has stated that the top echelon of the nation’s security system was not favorably disposed to speaking publicly on military operations against Boko Haram insurgents to avoid divulging military strategies which could compromise its activities and endanger the lives of troops.   Olonisakin made the clarification […]

Ostensibly in response to wide public cynicism that the petition of Atiku Abubakar against the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari which has shifted to the apex court will get a fair hearing, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, on Monday assured Nigerians that the Supreme Court under his watch will never be […]

Over 7,000 teachers in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kogi State have appealed to Gov. Yahaya Bello to look into the issue of non-payment of their salary for the past eight to 39 months. The Kogi teachers made the appeal in a communique issued at the end an emergency meeting of the Basic […]

The Senior Pastor and Founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has said he has no business interfacing with Mrs Busola Dakolo in court over the allegation of rape leveled against him.   An FCT High Court in a writ of summons dated Sept. 6 and served on Fatoyinbo, ordered the Pastor […]

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), disclosed Sunday night that a Nigerian delegation had left for the United Kingdom to discuss with the legal team the possible strategies on how to deal with the $9.6bn judgement debt. The minister who gave an update on the judgement debt awarded by a […]

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has concluded plans to file an appeal on Monday, Sept. 23, challenging the ruling of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), upholding President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. Ahead of Wednesday’s deadline to appeal the tribunal’s verdict, Atiku […]

The reinvigorated Islamist terror group, Boko Haram is drawing support from foreign fighters, mostly of Arab extraction, who not only supply and train the insurgents on the use of sophisticated weapons, but now fight alongside them; new intelligence shared among Nigerian security operatives in the theatre of war has revealed. This is the most plausible […]

Former military leader, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), on Saturday urged Igbo people to ensure that Nigerians continue to feel their positive impact. He said this was due to their tenacity in business enterprises which spans the length and breadth of the country and beyond.   Babangida spoke in Minna, when the Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), […]

Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), has described as fraudulent the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering the forfeiture of all its assets to the Federal Government. “Today’s sham trial in Nigeria is entirely illegitimate and follows a systematic campaign of harassment, intimidation and illegal detention of a number of individuals associated […]