Reports

The Kano State Police Command have arrested 15 persons in connection with the recent burning of Baptist Church at Gidan Maso village in Rogo Local Government Area of the state. Recalled that the incident happened on 1st April at about 7:30 pm, when the residence of the Pastor, Rev Habila Garba, was burnt by irate […]

To ensure effective oversight on the Supplementary Governorship Elections coming up in Abia, Imo and Taraba states on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has deployed three National Commissioners to each of the states on supervisory duties.  According to INEC the National Commissioners will be assisted in each of the states by […]

Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Kolawole Taiwo, aimed to become the Speaker in the eighth session of the Assembly. This is because, apart from being the oldest member of the House, he thought as a grassroot person, he would be returned a fifth time to the House. But his ambition could […]

Over 131 lawyers including Ricky Terfa (SAN); Femi Falana (SAN) and civil rights activist, Festus Keyamo, have offered free legal services to Senator-elect for Kogi West Senatorial District, Otunba Dino Melaye at the election tribunal to defend his recently wone mandate. Melaye contested the election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect. President Jonathan has also appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase as Acting Inspector-General of Police, also with immediate effect. Until his appointment as Mr. Abba’s replacement, Mr. Arase was the Head of […]

Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has summoned Lulu Mnguni, the South African  High Commissioner to Nigeria, in protest against the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners. The government also asked the  South African authorities to compensate all the victims of the attacks on non-nationals of the country. The summon was made public […]

Two of the three cases in court, challenging the candidacy of Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to contest in the presidential election has been struck out. The cases were struck out by the presiding judge Justice Adeniyi Ademola at an Abuja Federal High Court, after the plaintiffs indicated their intention to withdraw the suits on Wednesday. […]

Buruji Kashamu, the senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District is caught between being happy and sad. His happiness has been cut short by the fear of a possible extradition to the United States of America to answer questions relating to drug trafficking. Chief among those pulling the strings for his extradition is former President Olusegun […]

An explosion suspected to have been caused by cooking gas at the Lagos residence of the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Yomi Awoniyi, located at 19B Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, HFB Way, Lagos, on Saturday, resulted in the collapse of the building. According to official report, the explosion was caused by a leakage from the cooking […]

The newly elected Lawmakers in Ekiti State have admonished the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop fanning embers of chaos in the State, saying Ekiti people won’t let the outgoing APC lawmakers destroy the State before they leave office. The lawmakers-elect, under the aegis of Conference of Ekiti State Lawmakers-elect, said what the outgoing lawmakers […]

The hitherto sympathy enjoyed by the aggrieved lawmakers of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is gradually fading into anger as residents of the state are queuing up behind the embattled Governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose. Ekiti State capital, Ado-Ekiti, was shut down on Friday […]

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately cancel the governorship election held Saturday in Nasarawa State, owing to alleged irregularities. It also urged INEC to cancel elections in some states affected by similar irregularities that resulted in the defeat of […]