Politics

A date has been fixed by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday for judgment on a suit filed by the immediate-past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission’s refusal to issue him ...

  Senator Dino Melaye has blasted the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, whom he tagged as rude and disrespectful, for hugging a monarch in the state. The lawmaker representing Kogi West district in the National Assembly, called out the governor after ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has described residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as necessary evil for not voting for him during the February 23 presidential election. The President made this statement when he received residents of the FCT who paid him Sallah ...

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi. This is in reaction to an alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion allegedly misspent by the emirate under Sanusi. A preliminary report of the ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expelled the immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, for allegedly scuttling the party’s chances in Zamfara State. The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC, Lawali Shuaibu, was also expelled for allegedly conniving ...

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the First Lady of Nigeria Aisha Buhari to have a pillow talk with her husband in the bed room. Obasanjo made this known in reaction to Aisha Buhar’s criticism of a programme in her husband’s administration. ...

Reno Omokri has revealed what will happen if President Muhammadu Buhari offers him the position of the Vice President of Nigeria. While responding to a follower who had commented on his post, Omokri revealed that even if Buhari offered him the ...

Controversial senator, Dino Melaye has declared his intention to join the Kogi State governorship race. Dino Melaye who represents Kogi West, on Saturday declared interest to contest for the governorship seat of the state. According to a Blueprint report, Mr ...

Elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, is of the opinion that politicians from other parts of Nigeria should clear the path for an Igbo President in 2023. In an interview with VINCENT KALU of the Sun, the Afenifere leader, said the Southeast should produce the ...

  Newly sworn-in governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha has commenced the demolition of monuments erected by his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha. Barely 24 hours after he was sworn-in, Ihedioha took as his first assignment the demolition of Akachi towers, a tourist ...

Davido has reacted to the news his uncle, Ademola Adeleke’s victory at the appeal court which ruled that he is eligible to contest in the Osun 2018 governorship election. Reading the lead judgment, Justice Emmanuel Agim of the Court of Appeal, awarded ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has sacked Regina Daniels husband Ned Nwoko as the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District. This is coming just few days after he got traditionally married to actress Regina Daniels whose father say is 17-years old. ...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK, has commended former past leaders of Nigeria for snubbing president Buhari’s inauguration. President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn-in for a second term in office today after emerging winner of the 2019 presidential election. He contested ...

  APC National chairman, Adams Oshiomole was chased away by security during the Presidential Inaguration in Abuja for breaking protocol.   See video below showing the moment military official went to question Adams Oshiomole for standing where he was and ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in for his second term in office The President took the oath on Wednesday, May 2019 with dignitaries from different parts of the world in attendance at the Eagles Square, Abuja.   The ...

The outgoing Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha who formally vacated the State Government House on Tuesday, while addressing his supporters in Owerriindirectly called off the fight he declared before the 2019 Gubernatorial election in the State. In the video, Imo ...

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has revealed that handing over to the incoming governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu won’t have been possible without the support of Lagosians. Ambode made this known in a social media post shared today as he officially handed over ...

Speaker Yakubu Dogara has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari should be blamed for the delay in the passage of the 2019 budget Buhari had yesterday placed the blame on the leadership of the national assembly saying: “I told them, how do they ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said the people calling baba go slow during his first administration will be shocked at what will happen in his 2nd term in office. Buhari said this during a media chat which was aired on Nigerian Television Authority ...

Justice Aminu Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Minna, on Monday, May 27, 2019, ordered the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, to arrest former Niger State Governor Muazu Babagida Aliyu and compel his appearance in court on June 13, 2019. The ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said he rates the Senate President Bukola Saraki and The Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, very low. “I told Saraki and Dogara that by holding the budget for 7 months, you’re not hurting me, you’re ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for rise in suicides and other social ills in the country. The opposition party made this allegation in a statement signed by the PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday, May 26, 2019, Pulse ...

APC elders have advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to appoint senator Godswill Akpabio as minister in his next administration. In a letter sent to President Buhari which was also made available to newsmen, the APC elders earned the president not to ...

  Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation in Nigeria, has said his ultimate ambition is to make heaven when he dies. He made this statement at the thanksgiving and birthday celebration organized and celebrated at St. Gabriel Chaplaincy, Catholic secretariat ...

  The wife of the governor of Lagos State, Mrs Bolanle Ambode has handed over to the wife of the state’s governor-elect, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu. Bolanle Ambode who was the chairperson of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), handed ...