Politics

Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki, has reacted to claims by members of the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ campaign, on hijacking their platform to announce his presidency. The ‘Not Too Young To Run’ group in a statement they released had stated that they felt disappointed ...

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has arrived Nigeria to discuss issues of mutual interest with President Buhari in a meeting where a number of Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the German-African Business Association and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). ...

  A Coptic Christian woman has been appointed as a provincial Governor for the first time in Egypt.   Manal Awad Mikhael has been sworn in as the Governor of Damietta. She is the second woman ever to be appointed ...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has lauded the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari-led for its effort at lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty in the last three years.   According to Osinbajo, within the same period, the administration had also laid a ...

                                              A lady identified as Alero Aleruchi has taken to her Facebook page to call out an Ebonyi ...

It was a highly emotional moment as the family of Senator John McCain paid their respects to the late senator on Wednesday, during a private memorial service at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix.   Cindy McCain, the senator’s wife of 38 ...

UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has arrived Nigeria as part of her tour to three African nations. She was received at the state house by President Buhari and other government officials. See more photos and video below        

  Press statement from PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges President Buhari to explain the whereabouts of the N4trillion unremitted oil revenue and other financial rots in his Presidency as detailed in the audit report by Price Waterhouse Cooper, a ...

See Saraki’s reaction below.    

The Borno state government has raised alarm over the outbreak of diarrhoea, reporting 1,068 cases.   The  Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) hit 10 local government areas of the state. Dr. Haruna Mshelia, the Commissioner for Health, said in Maiduguri on that ...

Former Kano state governor now Senator, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has moved his presidential declaration to the Chida Hotel Evenet center after the Federal government denied his application to use the Eagles Square Abuja for the declaration.   A statement released by ...

The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress is beginning a three-day warning strike today, Wednesday, August 29, to press home their demands for the payment of the arrears of modulated salaries of workers as well as pensions and ...

Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, frontline PDP presidential hopeful, has restated his commitment to the implementation of the principle of restructuring to ensure peace, justice and fairness needed for the acceleration of development in the country. He was speaking at the Unity ...

Prime minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, who will be visiting Nigeria later this week, has stated that Nigeria is home to the highest number of “very poor people” in the world.   Theresa May who spoke in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, said Africa has the highest ...

Nigeria’s Presidency has reacted to the viral audio release in which Leah Sharibu, the only remaining Dapchi school girl in Boko Haram captivity was heard pleading with President Buhari to secure her release.   Leah who has been held captive for 7 months now by ...

Former Plateau governor, Jonah Jang, has joined the growing list of Nigerian politicians who have indicated interest in contesting for the country’s presidency in the 2019 general election.   Jonah Jang who had repeatedly linked his ordeals to his presidential ambition insisting that ...

Moshood Salvador, the Lagos State PDP chairman has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress(APC) and he said his exit marks the death of PDP in the state.   Salvador announced his defection on Monday while addressing his supporters ...

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has mentioned that Nigeria needs competent leaders and not necessarily strong leaders. According to Jega, an incompetent leader who is strong will end up destroying institutions.   The former ...

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, yesterday hosted the 5 Anambra Schoolgirls who won the World Technovation Challenge held recently in San Francisco, USA.   The students of Regina Paecis, were presented cheques for one million naira each by the Anambra State Government at the reception held at ...

The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, has fired back at U.S President Donald Trump for calling President Buhari ‘lifeless’ following their meeting in April.   In a statement signed by the group’s Chairman and Secretary, Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Maduekwe, Buhari Media Organisation stated that Buhari is fit ...

A list of the 69 ongoing road and bridge projects in the South east, have been released by the Federal government (FG).   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who released a statement on the ongoing projects, disclosed that the 69 ...

The National Assembly Joint Committee after a 30-minute closed-door meeting in Senate Committee Room 117 on Monday, approved N143 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in line with the proposal of President Buhari for the funding of the 2019 general elections.   The National Assembly Joint ...

Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, has alleged that the Nigerian Police are plotting to kill him. In a series of posts he made via his Twitter handle on Monday, Melaye said the police and Kogi government “want to forcefully ...

  He actually responded to Buhari’s tweet

The forrmer Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the recent inviation by the police.   FFK via his counsel has now written to the police, asking for a new date for his appointment. In the letter to the police, ...