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Addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Governor Ayodele Fayose the Ekiti State Governor has told the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop harassing his government by threatening functionaries of the government with arrest and looking for how his election was funded. The governor said his election was not funded with public […]

Boko Haram fighters killed at least 24 people in Adamawa on Thursday.  Those killed were mourning the death of one of the community leaders when the terrorists opened fire on them near the town of Gulak in Adamawa state at about 8:00 pm. Maina Ularamu, a former local government chairman in nearby Madagali, confirmed the […]

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, on Thursday ordered the shutdown of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat. He also gave the party one week to resolve its crisis. Arase gave the order through the force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole.  Kolawole said the IGP took the decision at a meeting with stakeholders of the […]

Troops of Sector 5, 27 Task Force Brigade, 3 Division, in conjunction Civilian JTF from Maiduguri  has arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Ibrahim Jagwal, aged 38 at Gishiwa Dabua area of Potiskum, Yobe State. The suspected terrorist who turned out to be the Ameer of the Boko Haram Terrorists at Tumbin Gini, Abadam Local […]

Former Aviation Min­ister, Chief Femi Fani-Kay­ode, has asked the Federal High Court, Lagos, to ad­mit him to bail 24 hours after he was arraigned on a 17-count charged by the Economic and Finan­cial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He also alleged that he is being pressured by EFCC to refund N840 million without trial. In the motion […]

Three members of the House of Representatives, namely “Mark Terseer Gbillah [Benue] and Samuel Ikon [Akwa Ibom] and Mohammed Garba Gololo  are currently being investigated over an alleged sexual misconduct they committed in the United States.  Speaker of the House Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday directed the investigation of three members following an allegation raised […]

The Federal Government on Thursday alerted Nigerians of the latest antics of the Islamic State. According to a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, ISIS has launched a new mobile application designed to propagate Jihad to children. The statement signed by Mr. Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to the minister, […]

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has blamed the activities of politicians for the recent inconclusive elections in the country. He said that politicians’ desperation to win elections at all cost usually lead to irregularities and electoral violence with innocent citizens killed and maimed during polls. He stressed that INEC’s […]

The Nigerian Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) has been shut down. The Federal Government announced the shutdown in a letter to all staff and management of NERFUND signed by the Federal Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse. “Following the recent developments in your organisation and the failure to reconcile the differences, by the Executive Management, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will not be returning to Nigeria on Thursday as earlier scheduled.  The president will return to Nigeria on Sunday.  The extension was made known by President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday.  “The President will be back on Sunday. I spoke with him yesterday evening and I think it is just the best that […]

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the federal high court in Abuja, has adjourned a suit challenging the veracity of the academic credentials of President Muhammadu Buhari indefinitely. In his ruling on Thursday, Adeniyi said that the case was being adjourned indefinitely, following a notice of appeal filed by the president. On Wednesday, Buhari had appealed against […]

..makes case for made-in-Aba wears for Corp members  Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has advised the Federal Government to think of establishing farms across the 36 states, using members of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) as drivers of a youth agricultural  initiative.  The Governor, according to a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief […]Read More