Th Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON), has called on the Federal Government to release the N98 billion gas flare penalty money…
View More HOSCON wants FG to release N98bn gas flare penalty moneyCategory: Politics
Buhari opens e-Nigeria confab
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declared open, a three-day e-Nigeria technology Conference, at the International Conference Centre Abuja. Buhari and participants at the e-Nigeria Conferenec…
View More Buhari opens e-Nigeria confabThreat to 2018 budget thickens as Saraki, Dogara move to pacify lawmakers
Less than 24 hours to President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned presentation of the 2018 budget estimates to the joint session of the National Assembly, lawmakers have…
View More Threat to 2018 budget thickens as Saraki, Dogara move to pacify lawmakersNew Tax Haven affair: I broke no law, Saraki says
The name of Senate President Bukola Saraki is among more than 120 politicians and leaders in nearly 50 countries who have reportedly been utilising shell…
View More New Tax Haven affair: I broke no law, Saraki saysLiberia Supreme Court indefinitely delays presidential vote
Liberia’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the country’s electoral commission to resolve a fraud complaint lodged by an opposition party before a scheduled runoff vote…
View More Liberia Supreme Court indefinitely delays presidential voteINEC deploys 23,000 for Anambra polls – REC
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says twenty-three thousand (23, 000) ad hoc staff will be deployed for the November 18 governorship election in Anambra. The…
View More INEC deploys 23,000 for Anambra polls – RECPDP sweeps 14 LG chairmanship position, 3 delayed
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has swept the 14 chairmanship election results released by the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) in Saturday’s local government…
View More PDP sweeps 14 LG chairmanship position, 3 delayedSouth West most favoured in Buhari,s Appointments
South West Nigeria took the lion share of the appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari since he took office on 29 May 2015.…
View More South West most favoured in Buhari,s Appointments‘You shouldn’t have publicised Ekwueme’s treatment’
Former senior special assistant to ex-President Jonathan on public affairs, Doyin Okupe, has taken an exception to the decision of the presidency to announce the assistance…
View More ‘You shouldn’t have publicised Ekwueme’s treatment’Akwa Ibom: Udom appoints Akpabio, Bassey to join cabinet
The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly at plenary on Friday confirmed two nominees for the position of commissioners in the state executive council of Governor…
View More Akwa Ibom: Udom appoints Akpabio, Bassey to join cabinetI’ll consult with my lawyers first, says IGP,as Police Deploy 21,000 For Anambra Polls
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has said that his decision whether or not to appear before the Senate would be dependent on…
View More I’ll consult with my lawyers first, says IGP,as Police Deploy 21,000 For Anambra PollsBuhari writes national assembly, present 2018 Budget Tuesday
President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the national assembly, seeking to present the estimates of the 2018 budget. Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the…
View More Buhari writes national assembly, present 2018 Budget TuesdayBuhari to visit South East states , Ebony first
President Muhammadu Buhari is to embark on tour of South East states beginning with Ebonyi to improve the relationship between the region and the All…
View More Buhari to visit South East states , Ebony firstSaraki to IGP Idris: Court cannot stop your probe
Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki says Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), cannot stop the upper legislative chamber from doing its job. Saraki said this…
View More Saraki to IGP Idris: Court cannot stop your probeEx- Zamfara governor Shinkafi dumps PDP
The former governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Mahmuda Shinkafi has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s secretariat in Gusau, the state capital.…
View More Ex- Zamfara governor Shinkafi dumps PDP‘We’ll discuss N56,000 minimum wage’
Minister of labour and productivity, Mr. Chris Ngige, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the membership of the proposed national minimum wage committee. Ngige, who…
View More ‘We’ll discuss N56,000 minimum wage’Senate probes alleged $1.35b power sector fraud, as Reps investigate non-remittance of NSITF funds
The Senate is set to commence an investigation into an alleged $1.35 billion fraud in the power sector. The upper chamber yesterday asked Senator Dino…
View More Senate probes alleged $1.35b power sector fraud, as Reps investigate non-remittance of NSITF fundsJustice Abangis polluting judiciary, says Fayose
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reiterated his call for the sack of a Federal High Court judge, Justice Okon Abang, saying he has polluted…
View More Justice Abangis polluting judiciary, says FayoseDiezani fails to get her wish
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday refused an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined…
View More Diezani fails to get her wishDasuki demands records to testify on Metuh’s case
Retired Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser (NSA), said on Wednesday he needed to consult relevant documents to enable him to recall any…
View More Dasuki demands records to testify on Metuh’s caseBuhari assures of cabinet rejig soon, as APC govs, NEC back his second term
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the long-awaited rejig of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) will be in no distant time from now. Buhari, who…
View More Buhari assures of cabinet rejig soon, as APC govs, NEC back his second termI will not to betray the people says Nwoye
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State, Mr. Tony Nwoye, has vowed not to betray the…
View More I will not to betray the people says NwoyeRevealed: New SGF Mustapha is Babachir Lawal’s cousin, says Junaid
Junaid Mohammad, a second republic lawmaker, says Boss Mustapha, the newly appointed secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), is Babachir Lawal’s cousin. On…
View More Revealed: New SGF Mustapha is Babachir Lawal’s cousin, says JunaidLegislature, executive will collaborate, says Saraki
Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki has pledged the cooperation of the National Assembly with the executive to ensure better administration of the country. Saraki gave…
View More Legislature, executive will collaborate, says Saraki