Samson Siasia’s mother regains freedom from kidnappers’ den
“Madam Beauty Siasia, who was abducted on November 16 2015, was abandoned by her abductors along the East-West Road, at about 0130hrs, 28 November 2015, due to hot pursuit by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal sacks David Mark as Senator
The court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi has nullified the election which returned David Mark as senator. Former Senate President Mark was declared winner of the Benue South constituency election in...
View Article“Do not play with fire”| Turkey President warns Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Friday that Russia would be suspending its visa-free travel agreement with Turkey, in light of Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian warplane...
View ArticleSupporters of Audu’s son protest with bonfires because their candidate wasn’t...
Supporters making a case for Mohammed Audu, son of the late Abubakar Audu, cordoned off major roads around Ajaokuta in Kogi State, as they protested the decision of the APC in overlooking the junior...
View ArticleDSS warns Abuja residents of impending Boko Haram attacks on Churches, Mosques
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for increased vigilance from residents of Abuja, the nation’s administrative capital. In a security alert issued on Saturday, the DSS said terrorist...
View ArticleIbraheem Sanusi: Young people have to join political parties if they desire...
I was recently part of a group of 19 Africans selected from various countries by the United States (US) Department of State to participate in its prestigious International Visitors Leadership...
View ArticleDonald Trump has lost 12 percentage points in latest poll results
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the real estate mogul’s biggest decline since he vaulted to...
View ArticleBuhari has not tampered with the salaries of ministers–Presidency
An earlier report today in The Nation appeared to suggest that ministers in Buhari’s cabinet aren’t happy with their emoluments and have been grumbling loudly about it. But Senior Special Assistant to...
View ArticleWe won’t cancel or postpone Kogi supplementary election–INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the December 5 scheduled date for the Kogi supplementary governorship election is sacrosanct. The commission also said it expects the APC...
View ArticlePoliticians tell a lot of lies–Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan returned to the stump on Saturday for incumbent Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson, who faces a re-election battle. Jonathan told the Bayelsa people that re-electing...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: Audu’s death and other deadly scenarios
Some things are predictable in life, but many things are not. When the 1979 constitution was being drafted, a provision was introduced with the hope of promoting national cohesion. The drafting...
View ArticleAbdul Mahmud: The search for fuel, water, light and other stories in between
My generator set sputtered to a slow death as it ran out of fuel. The way it sputtered, the GREE-GREE, GREEEE… GREEEE sound made me think it was either close to that final moment of seizure or it was...
View ArticleFaleke writes APC, says he rejects being Yahaya Bello’s running mate. Says...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate in the stalemated governorship election in Kogi State, Mr. Abiodun Faleke, is not disposed to the party’s choice of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as replacement...
View Article‘Jonathan and Okonjo-Iweala can’t account for $500m recovered Abacha loot’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “received several documents from the World Bank totalling over 700 pages on information on the spending of recovered assets stolen by...
View ArticleWe haven’t taken a decision on Audu’s replacement–APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is yet to name a replacement for Abubakar Audu who was its flagbearer in the Kogi governorship contest until his passing last Sunday. Media reports on...
View ArticleSonala Olumhense: Buhari should recover every stolen tuber of yam
The confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari that former government officials are returning looted money may not be the good news he intended it to be. “…We are collecting documents and some of them...
View ArticleTo combat climate change, Sen Ashafa advises all Nigerians to dump kerosene...
The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial Constituency, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has called on the general public to join in the fight against the adverse effects of climate change. Speaking on...
View ArticleThis is what Buhari has decided to do with Federal Executive Council meetings...
The very idea of cabinet members sitting around the President to award contracts every other Wednesday, appears to irritate new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, if a report in TheCable is anything...
View ArticleProphet TB Joshua shuns court trying his church for killing 116 persons
Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) and two engineers who supervised the building of the church’s edifice which came crashing down on September 12 2014, killing 116...
View ArticleFight breaks out at APC secretariat as Faleke and Bello supporters go for...
Just so we are clear, Alhaji Yahaya Bello is the man who polled second in the APC primary which produced the late Abubakar Audu as Kogi governorship standard bearer. News have made the rounds for days...
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