My tenure as Transport Minister will be corruption free–Amaechi
Newly appointed Minister of Transportation Honorable Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi on Wednesday assured that his tenure as Minister will be devoid of corruption and impunity, saying that he believes in...
View ArticleThe new Niger Delta Minister has a murder case hanging around his neck
The newly appointed Minister for Niger Delta ministry, Pastor Uguru Usani Uguru, has been fingered in the alleged murder of one Mr. Iwara Osuaya, a Chairmanship contestant in May 1996, in Cross River...
View ArticleThe military has promised to take back control of Sambisa forest before the...
Sambisa forest, an area the size pf Belgium by some estimates, has been under Boko Haram control for as long as anyone can remember. But the army has said that will cease to be the case before the...
View ArticleKachikwu unveils policy direction of the ministry he oversees with Buhari
The newly appointed minster of State in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu yesterday unveiled President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy direction for the nation’s oil and gas sector. This...
View ArticleDokpesi wasn’t speaking for us when he said fielding Jonathan was a mistake–PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Chief Raymond Dokpesi who two days ago apologized profusely to Nigerians on the PDP’s behalf and who said fielding Jonathan for the 2015 ballot was a...
View ArticleSupreme court stops code of conduct tribunal from proceeding with Saraki’s...
A panel of Supreme Court judges led by Justice John Fabiyi has asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal to delay proceedings in the corruption trial of Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki. The justices...
View ArticleBe prepared to solve enormous problems, Tinubu tells Ministers
APC national leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said the task ahead of the newly sworn-in ministers is an enormous one. He however charged them with fulfilling...
View ArticlePDP is an endangered specie waiting for extinction–APGA
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a band of election riggers whose days are numbered. In a statement signed by APGA chairman...
View ArticleI’ll turn the solid minerals sector around–Fayemi
The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has expressed his determination to realize President Muhammadu Buhari’s dream in transforming the solid minerals sector by turning its potentials...
View ArticleI’ll be the best Minister Nigeria ever had–Ogbonnaya Onu
Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has said as a representative of Ebonyi State in the newly formed cabinet of Muhammadu Buhari, he’ll ensure he leaves his mark on the memories of...
View ArticleMilitary issues warning to pro-Biafra agitators
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, on Thursday, read the riot act to those calling for the exit of Nigeria’s south-east and parts of the south-south to form an independent nation of...
View Article‘We are not Biafrans. Take your rascality elsewhere’| Rivers State warns...
A new Biafra republic as envisioned by the agitators would not have Rivers State on its map, according to the Rivers Elders and Leaders Council (RELEC). RELEC Chairman Chief Albert Horsfall and...
View Article‘Your biggest problem is that you never witnessed the civil war’| Akpabio has...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has said the agitators for a sovereign state called Biafra are naive, starry-eyed dreamers. Akpabio’s Akwa Ibom State...
View ArticleSegun Adeniyi: The man from Biafra
Most people, according to Robert Greene in his “48 Laws of Power”, have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. And principally for that reason, those smart enough in the business of...
View ArticleThugs, miscreants and mistresses were ministers during the PDP era–APC
The ruling APC has reacted quite angrily to the PDP’s statement that the Muhammadu Buhari assembled cabinet “doesn’t inspire confidence”. The national secretary of the APC, Mai Buni, said coming from...
View ArticleView from abroad: ‘Fashola’s portfolio is an opportunity to cement his...
In the end, the wait lasted 166 days, but Nigeria finally has a full government cabinet after president Muhammadu Buhari swore in thirty-six ministers on Wednesday (Nov. 11) in Abuja. The nominated...
View ArticleCourt rules that DSS should let Dasuki travel abroad for medical care
A Federal High Court in Abuja, Friday ordered the Department of State Services to allow a former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, to travel out of the country for medical...
View Article‘Facebook is training us for free’–Senate President Bukola Saraki
Nigerians have been understandably agitated since news broke that senators would be returning to the classroom to learn how to use Facebook. The Facebook team led by the African Head of Public Policy,...
View ArticleBoko Haram will soon be a thing of the past, says Buhari as he visits IDP...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured persons displaced by the insurgency in the north-east states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa that the federal government will do all within its powers to end the...
View ArticleSaraki commends Nigerians for contributing to policy formulation through...
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has commended Nigerians home and abroad for their prospective policy recommendations. According to a post on his facebook page “Last week, I asked Nigerians,...
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