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The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27, 000 new National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of States (NCS) on Tuesday, saying the NCS acted ultra vires in determining another amount after the Tripartite Committee comprising the NLC, FG, and private sector submitted its report. The NCS, comprising former heads of state […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has discounted criticisms that he is carpetbagger who bends with the wind because of his support for his erstwhile vice-president and political nemesis, Atiku Abubakar. The former president, who had vowed both in his public and private utterances, that Atiku will never be president of Nigeria, has reversed himself to support […]

Hundreds of protesters yesterday morning stormed the headquarters of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja, where the trial of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, was scheduled to hold. The protests, organized by the Coalition of United Political Party (CUPP), were led by the National Chairman, Action Peoples Party (APP), Ikenga Imo […]

A debate for the governorship candidates of four major political parties in Abia yesterday ended in chaos, following sporadic gunshots at Abia Hotels, Umuahia, venue of the event. www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that the gunshots and teargas canisters were fired by security aides to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu and Dr. Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of […]

The acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu has ordered the decentralisation of operations of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) unit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before the current development, operations of SARS were centralized at the Force Headquarters. NAN also recalls that recently the SARS operations were reorganised following […]

Presidential hopeful Atiku Abubakar faced widespread ridicule on Twitter over the weekend for getting all worked up and abandoning a presidential debate because his main opponent, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was absent. The flagbearer of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 16, 2019 presidential election, […]

Jamiu Abiola, son of late Chief MKO Abiola, the billionaire mogul and acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s commendable achievements in boosting democracy and recognizing the contributions and sacrifices his late father made to the growth of Nigerian democracy. He spoke on Sunday in Abuja at an […]

Governorship candidates of five opposition political parties in Bauchi State have formed a coalition to stop Governor Mohammad Abubakar’s re-election on March 2. This is coming barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed Abubakar’s re-election at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium. In the coalition are candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples […]

The Nigerian government Sunday said the verbal attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress by the country’s former leader Olusegun Obasanjo was a sign of “corruption establishment” fighting back. A government spokesman said the “puerile attacks” were because the former leader could not control President Buhari. “It is a notorious fact […]

Points For Concern & Action – Chief Olusegun Obasanjo I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice of democracy, we can get over most of our political problems and move steadfastly and surefootedly on the course of stability, unity of purpose, socio-economic growth and progress for all. Democracy becomes […]

Mr. Atiku Abubakar,PDP Presidential candidate, Saturday, walked out of the Presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria because his main opponent, Presidential candidate of the APC, President Mohammadu Buhari did not show up. A statement personally issued by Mr. Atiku has revealed. According to Atiku:”We came here […]

It has become pertinent for me to speak about my ongoing visit to the United States of America, where I met and I am still meeting with US administration officials and business leaders. I travelled to the United States of America because I had a mission and my mission is to create the right economic […]