Politics

A high court in Owerri on Friday evening released the 112 IPOB women, who were arrested during a protest in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The women were arrested while peacefully protesting the ‘arrest’ of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu and also demanding a referendum ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State today alleged that Fulani herdsmen in the state have concluded plans to lay ambush and kill him along the Makurdi/Laafia highway.   According to Governor Ortom, he he had received intelligence report about the plan ...

112 women were arrested in Owerri, Imo state, after they went topless to protest and ask for the whereabouts of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.   The women, who identify as members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were carted ...

Today at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel officially declared his intention to run for a second term in office come 2019.   According to the governor, ‘I came today following the ratings and ...

                      Timpre Sylva, a former Governor of Bayelsa State who was elected as governor under the PDP but later defected to APC where he lost another governorship bid in 2016, has reacted to ...

Yesterday, Senator Shehu Sani paid Sallah homage to President Buhari at Daura, Katsina State, and thanked him for intervening in the crisis he faced with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State.   The senator representing Kaduna Central in the National ...

Humanrights lawyer and spokesperson of the Buhari/Osinbajo re-election campaign organization, says that since 1960 when Nigeria gained her independence, no government has touched the lives of the poor like the Buhari-led administration has done in the last 3 years.   Keyamo said ...

Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajimobi and singer Yinka Ayefele, had a meeting yesterday to discuss on how the issues surrounding the controversial demolition of the singer’s music house by the state government can be resolved. Last Sunday, the state government ...

The presidential aspirant of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoleye Sowore, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will lose in the 2019 elections. Sowore disclosed this on Channels TV Politics today on Wednesday while responding to questions on his ...

The Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres and staff members, today remembered former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, describing him as a leader who put people at the centre of the UN work.   During a wreath-laying ceremony in New York, Antonio Guterres led ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has appealed to churches to use their platforms to propagate the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.   He made the appeal at his country home, Oro, near Ilorin, Kwara, when ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has blamed the delay in the approval of a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers on the inability of the state governors to come up with an agreed figure.  Ngige, who stated this ...

In the spirit of Eid-El Kabir, Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has freed 170 prisoners serving jail terms across the state saying the gesture was to complement the federal government’s efforts to further reduce congestion in the nation’s prisons.   The governor ...

PDP has reacted to the threat on senate president Bukola Saraki, by the coordinator of Miyetti Allah association in Benue state, Garus Gololo. Gololo in an interview with Punch said the association will force Saraki out of office if he ...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has maintained that the focus of the present administration, is to take Nigerians out of poverty. He said all government’s programmes and projects were geared towards achieving that objective.   According to a statement on Wednesday by his ...

The Director-General of NBC, Ishaq Midibbo-Kawu clarified recent media reports that his commission banned some songs, stating that Nigerians must understand the statutory mandate of the NBC. “It is important to let Nigerians understand that NBC does not ban any song. ...

Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has said that no matter the amount of curses people place on him, he is not moved or perturbed because he is doing the right thing.   Ajimobi said this when he spoke with newsmen ...

FFK who welcomed a set of triplet boys with his wife, Precious in May, shared these adorable photos on his Instagram page and blessed the day he met her. Posting the photos, FFK wrote ”Our circle of love is eternal: ...

Yesterday, the senior special assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said president Buhari is fit to run for a second term after the president trekked from the Eid prayer ground to his home after the Sallah ...

  Former military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida has enjoined Muslims to use the unique virtue of sacrifice of Eid-el-Kabir to further unite and strengthen the nation.   He said; “lt is a unique and important festivity in the last ...

Yinka Ayefele, whose N800 million music house was demolished on Sunday by agents of the Oyo State government, has revealed that Governor Abiola Ajimobi gave his wife the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and assured that he will not ...

As part of of the Sallh celebration, President Buhari today, hosted NYSC members in Daura, Katsina state today August 21st. See more photos below  

  The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA’s administration is working round the clock to launch the city into the circle of the best cities in the world in the near future. The Minister Malam Mohammed Bello said the administration has ...

  First lady Melania Trump will make a solo trip to Africa later this year, she announced Monday. “This will be my first time traveling to Africa and I am excited to educate myself on the issues facing children throughout ...

  MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has said that stakeholders across the South East geo political zone were pressuring him to run for the senate in 2019, explaining that he was giving it a serious consideration. Ngige, ...