Politics

This is Reno Omokri’s reaction to President Buhari who yesterday said his government has lifted over 5 million Nigerians from poverty.  

The Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, on Thursday August 1 alleged that the Saraki-led Senate blocked the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) because of ‘skeletons in their cupboard.’  ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has denied claims made by his deputy, Simon Achuba, that he is after his life.   Achuba at a press conference in Kogi state yesterday August 1st, alleged that Governor Yahaya, who he has ...

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has announced that days in which President Buhari was threatened with impeachment are over and will never happen under his watch as Deputy Senate President and Sen. Ahmed Lawan as Senate President.   Speaking at his country home in Orogun ...

Francis Okiye, Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja to stop the National Assembly from taking over the state assembly’s functions.   In an originating summon and a motion on notice ...

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, has accused the state governor, Yahaya Bello, of paying hired assassins to eliminate him.   Achuba made the allegation today Thursday August 1st  when he spoke to newsmen at his official residence in Lokoja, ...

The immediate past Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha has described the takeover and conversion of the Eastern Palm University to a campus of the Imo State University (IMSU) by the State Government as another ploy to destroy all his landmark achievements. ...

President Buhari’s Chief of Staff (CoS) Abba Kyari in his testimony at the Presidential tribunal on Tuesday July 30, alleged that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar wasn’t born a Nigerian.   Abba Kyari was one of the three witnesses called in by ...

Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West in the senate, has described the ongoing ministerial screening as a ”beautiful nonsense”.   Melaye made this assertion in an interview with Channels TV.   “I will tell you categorically that Nigerians are not ...

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has said that the life of his daughter, Mrs. Uloma Nwosu, and other members of his family, are being threatened by close aides of his sucessor, Governor Emeka Ihedioha.   In a statement released ...

President Buhari talked about some ‘behind the scene’ incidents that led to defeat of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2015  election, in a book written by the Director-General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Comrade Salihu Mohammed Lukman.   Buhari revealed that ...

Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has officially joined politics and also suggested that he’ll fund his political campaign with his own money.   John Dumelo recently picked his nomination form to contest the parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday named chairpersons for the house standing and special committees. The standing committees were also increased from 96 to 105.   The decision to increase the committees was contained in ...

Staying true to his threat of resigning if Boris Johnson becomes U.K’s Prime Minister, British finance minister Philip Hammond took a bow from Government on Wednesday July 24th.   Hammond, nicknamed “Spreadsheet Phil” for his dogged devotion to strict budgets had strongly opposed leaving ...

Outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May formally tendered her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday as her successor Boris Johnson prepares to take over.   May arrived at the palace after earlier urging Johnson to deliver Brexit “in a ...

Controversial Ugandan singer and politician, Bobi Wine has officially announced that he will run for president in the country’s 2021 national elections.   The 37-year-old whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, will challenge President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for 33 ...

Going by several political permutations by analysts on social media, the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode was expected to make the ministerial list released by President Buhari today.   The absence of his name of the list ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Ministerial list released by President Buhari as colorless, stagnant, uninspiring and does not convey any sense of hope or purposeful governance under the All Progressives Congress (APC).   In a statement released ...

The Senate has announced the postponement of its annual recess for one week to enable members screen the ministerial nominees forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari.   The annual recess was initially billed to start on Friday July 26th.   The ...

Below is the names of all the Ministerial nominees President Buhari sent to the Senate for confirmation.   Abia 1. Dr. Ikechukwu Ogar Adamawa 2. MUHAMMADU Musa Bello Akwa Ibom 3. Goodwill Akpabio Anambra 4. Chris Ngige 5. Sharon O. ...

Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.   He defeated Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival’s 46,656. The former London mayor takes over ...

Yesterday, the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria called on the Federal Government to explain the whereabouts of an allegedly missing $1bn from the Excess Crude Account security fund.   The Presidency in its response on Sunday night declared that the ...

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has indicated that it has only five days more to wait for President Buhari to submit the list of his ministerial appointees before it proceeds on its two-month annual vacation, according to ...

Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to explain the whereabouts of an allegedly missing $1bn from the Excess Crude Account security fund. The PDP in a statement today said, “the Peoples Democratic Party of ...

Femi Fani-Kayode clashed with Dele Momodu over his comment of President Buhari being the ‘father of the nation’.   The Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, in a tweet which was a response to the ‘explosion’ in different parts of the country, stated that ...