Politics

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, August 8, has ordered Nigeria’s inspector general of police to arrest and bring the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to court for refusing to obey a valid order ...

Senate President Bukola Saraki this morning addressed a World Press Conference over the invasion of the National Assembly by DSS officials. Saraki condemned the siege laid by the DSS, saying it’s “an assault on democracy.” “It is a matter of record that ...

  This was revealed by the Special Assistant to the President of the Federation on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday consulted with President Buhari before ordering the sack of the Ex. DG of ...

Ibanga, who is a younger brother to ex-governor and erstwhile Senate minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was sacked following the news of Godswill defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The commissioner for information ...

Argentina’s former Vice President Amado Boudou was sentenced on Tuesday to five years and 10 months in prison for “bribery and business dealings incompatible with public service.”   Boudou, who served from 2011 to 2015 alongside then President Cristina Fernandez, was also ...

Yakubu Nagoda has resigned as the special assistant on graveyards to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state. In his letter dated August 4, addressed to the secretary to the state government, Nagoda thanked the governor for opportunity to serve the people of Kano ...

Masked DSS operatives yesterday prevented Federal lawmakers and journalists from entering the National Assembly. A photo of one of the masked operatives wearing an RCCG wrist band has emerged and gone viral. See below.

Seiyefa, who hails from Bayelsa state, had earlier served as the director of the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), before he was moved to the DSS headquarters.   Osinbajo ordered the sack of Lawal Daura following the unauthorized invasion of ...

The Nigeria Customs Service has seized 4,200 50kg bags of smuggled rice in Mopa village, near Kabba in Kogi state. The Deputy Comptroller and National Coordinator, Comptroller General Strike Force, Mr Abdullahi Kirawa, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on ...

Patrick Okumu-Ringa, an ex-Minister who had about 10 boreholes drilled in different wards in Nebbi Municipality of Uganda, has dismantled all the boreholes he sunk that have been supplying water to residents for the past two decades.   The ex-Minister of public service and ...

The General Overseer of Christian Praying Assembly,Reverend King, was arraigned on September 26, 2006 on a six-count charge of attempted murder and murder. He was later sentenced to prison and put on death row. However, recent events show that the ...

Wife of the National Leader of APC and serving senator, Remi Tinubu, has been ordained a Pastor of the  Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG. Senator Ashafa took to his twitter handle to congratulate her on her ordination.  

At least 49 senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have appended their signatures against the failed attempt to impeach the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Deputy Senate President, Professor Ike Ekweremadu. Recall that since the early hours ...

According to the online medium, Sahara Reporters, Daura was arrested by a combined team of the police and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for “breaching national security”. News of the arrest was said to have sparked wild jubilation at the ...

The Federal Government said it is set to repatriate 116 of the Nigerian migrants trapped in Libya slave camps. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made the disclosure, in a statement by ...

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo sacked Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko on Monday, a statement from the presidency said, giving no official reason. Press reports said Agyarko was removed because Akufo-Addo was unhappy with his handling of an agreement to extend an ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is saddened by the tragic drowning of nine National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State on Saturday. They were among 22 youth corps members who had gone ...

The National Assembly complex is relatively calm amidst heavy security presence at the gate. This followed a meeting scheduled to hold today, Tuesday by the leadership of the National Assembly on some number of key issues. Though Lawmakers are not ...

Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned as Minority Leader of the senate. There are rumors that he will be installed as Senate President this morning. See his resignation letter below…  

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s political aide Silas Jakakimba is under the radar of Zimbabwe police following chaos that rocked Harare last week. According to the Sunday Mail, one of Zimbabwe’s leading newspaper, police in the country are keen to ...

The body of a staunch member of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) political party was found lying by the roadside in Abia state.   The young man, popularly known as Bisha B, was murdered by unknown assailants and his body was dumped on a dusty road ...

The Democratic Alliance and Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille are set to announce that she will resign as mayor at the end of October, while the internal disciplinary proceedings against her falls away. De Lille and DA leader Mmusi ...

Democratic Republic of Congo will start using an Ebola vaccine as early as Monday August 6, to counter a new flare-up in the heavily populated eastern part of the Central African country, which emerged just as an earlier outbreak was ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has begun a process that would make the country’s lower currency denominations available to Nigerians. The Assistant Director, Currency Operations Department of the CBN, Mr. Benedict Maduagwu disclosed this said the apex bank has ...

Jawar Mohammad, an online activist and fierce critic of Ethiopia’s one-party government through his outlet Oromia Media Network, returned to the country after 13 years in exile. Jawar is the latest opponent of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front ...