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The Southeast chapter of the Young Progressive Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to mobilize against the House of Representatives speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, for appointing an opposition member as his special assistant on political matters.   The group’s leader, Paschal Otimkpu, noted yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, that “Chief Anayo Nebe from […]

Italian police said Thursday they had arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob, including the leaders of a clan which forged alliances with other mafias and violently punished anyone who rebelled. In an operation dubbed “Burning Flame”, coordinated by police in Bologna and Turin, over 300 officers carried out arrests and searches in nine […]

Over five years after Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped some Chibok schoolgirls, the Nigerian Government has said it has no idea about the location of the girls. “It is true that the government has no information on where the captives are held, otherwise it would have seized the location and recovered the girls using all means […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said it did not approve of the solidarity visit paid to the embattled senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, who was accused of rape by the wife of singer, Timi Dakolo and another anonymous lady.   “The attention of the President of CAN, […]

The Presidential election tribunal Wednesday ordered the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu to produce documents on election results requested by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.   Justice Mohammed Garba, who led the five-man panel of justices, said the documents must be produced before 12 noon […]

The Senate has confirmed Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Tanko’s confirmation came after he was screened by the upper legislative chamber’s Committee of the Whole on Wednesday.    President Muhammadu Buhari last Thursday asked the Senate to confirm Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). “I have the […]

Elder statesman, Alhadji Tanko Yakasai, has described the letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in which he warned that the country could fall apart unless President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the rising wave of insecurity as selfish, unpatriotic and an invitation to chaos.   In a statement he released yesterday, the founding member of Arewa Consultative […]

Odion Ighalo boosted his chances of winning the Golden Boot at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after he scored Nigeria’s winner to ensure his side third place finish in the tournament with a 1-0 victory over Tunisia.   The 30-year-old Shanghai Shenhua forward struck the only goal of the match just 130 […]

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday said it had become obvious that the problems confronting Nigeria were beyond President Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka spoke when he played host to some students who paid him a visit on his 85th birthday. The literary icon said while state governments differ in failure rates, “central government has failed”.   […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said security challenges are not peculiar to Nigeria as the nation battles a rising wave of insurgency, kidnapping and banditry. “Every country has security challenges, while we have made significant progress in fighting against terrorism, we acknowledge that there are new and emerging challenges of kidnapping and banditry,” Buhari said when […]

The Senate will screen Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria on Wednesday. Justice Tanko has been serving as acting CJN since January 25 this year when then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was suspended from office on grounds of alleged corrupt practices.   President Muhammadu Buhari […]

Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has absolved Fulanis of blame in the spiking rate of insecurity in Nigeria while calling for the arrest of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. OBJ had, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, urged him to act quickly and decisively against growing insecurity in the country. Listing out the […]