Politics

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 ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says that 116 of the Nigerian migrants trapped in Libya slave camps would be repatriated home soon. Dabiri-Erewa said this in a statement by her ...

Five insurgents have lost their lives in a failed bid to infiltrate a community in Maiduguri, to cause havoc. The incident took place on Aug. 5 at Kaleri community in Maiduguri, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed on Monday in ...

The national government is staring at a crisis of offsetting more than Sh100 billion in pending bills owed to various suppliers and entities. The amount is strewn across government ministries, departments, commissions, independent offices and state corporations, among others. The ...

This photo surfaced on social media showing several men of God at the residence of Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu praying for his deliverance from EFCC.   The embattled lawmaker is currently being frilled by the anti-graft agency on allegations ...

A week after its historic presidential elections, Zimbabweans have begun mourning the dead as seven people lost their lives on Wednesday, August 1, when the military opened fire on protesters in the streets of the capital Harare.   Opposition supporters ...

The deputy governor of Kano State, Hafiz Abubakar has tendeed his resignation on Sunday August 5, 2018. This follows rumoured reports speculations last week that Mr Abubakar has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples ...

Read Reno’s pece below…. Ever since Adams Oshiomhole became the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress on June 24, 2018, he has acted, and is still acting like a bull in a China shop. No finesse, no tact, no diplomacy. ...