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Despite the several losses the Boko Haram sect has suffered in the hands of anti-insurgency troops, the group has once again unleashed terror in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State. On Friday, suicide bomber suspected to be a member of the sect attacked the Jummat Mosque in Jambutu, Jimeta, Yola, killing at least18 people and injuring […]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the appointment of yet another northerner, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a vindication of his position that “President Mohammadu Buhari is a sectional leader, who sees himself mainly as leader of the Hausa/Fulani, and not that of the entire people of […]

The presidency on Friday denied Mr. Gideon Samani and his statement about President Muhammadu Buhari’s shyness when with the opposite sex. Samani, who was described as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, was reported as saying the President was shy around the opposite sex and that this was the reason he […]

Justice Babatunde A. Adejumo of the National Industrial Court, Abuja has reserved ruling on the alleged case of wrongful dismissal brought against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Juliet Ibekaku, its former assistant director, legal and prosecution till 16th December 2015. At Wednesday’s sitting, counsel to both the plaintiff and the defendant adopted […]

The Senate was on Thursday thrown into a rowdy session as the senators screened former Governor Rotimi Amaechi as a nominee of the President Muhammadu Bihari government. The near commotion came after Amaechi introduced himself and told the senators what he could do as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senate Minority Leader […]

The Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has concluded that there were verifiable discrepancies in the election conducted in the state on 11th April. The tribunal thus  order a re-run in 18 local government areas of the state. The judgement was pronounced on Wednesday by Justice Sadiq Umar who ordered the Independent […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. The appointment is with immediate effect. The announcement was made on Wednesday, in a press statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Until her appointment, Oyo-Ita […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced Mahmood Yakubu as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was made on Wednesday at the council of state meeting in Abuja. The appointment of Yakubu, a professor of political history and international studies, is still subject to ratification by the senate. The former Executive […]

Rotimi Amaechi, single handedly split the ruling PDP and ensured victory for President Buhari in the last general elections.  However, his unalloyed support for President Buhari has become an impediment in his quest for a ministerial slot.   www.www.aso.rocks search engine checks reveals that the refusal to screen Romiti Amaechi is payback for his refusal […]

…Charges Lawyers, Judges, To Discharge Duties With  Fear Of God ‎Governor of Ekiti State has said that the Nigeria judiciary has been largely compromised, alleging that financial inducement and political manipulations have made many judges, lawyers twist judgement against the innocent. Fayose who was speaking at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel, Oke-Isa, Ado Ekiti, during […]

President Mohammadu Buhari, Tuesday, relieved, Danladi Kifasi ,of his appointment  as Head of Civil Service of the Federation, HOCSF. Former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Mr.Danladi Kifasi. Mr. Kifasi, served Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, was also Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

Nigeria’s Appeal Court on Monday adjourned Senate President Bukola Saraki’s Code of Conduct Tribunal case indefinitely. The indefinite adjournment came as the matter was supposed to concluded and judgment delivered in the case brought by the Senate President against the CCT. But at the Court of Appeal hearing, counsel to Saraki, Mr. Joseph Daudu, raised […]