PFN tells El-Rufai to be ready to jail 5,000 pastors
Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s preaching bill has won him few friends in religious circles. The Kaduna state chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has asked the governor to be ready...
View ArticleFalana, others, slam senate for inviting CCT chairman
The summon of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Umar, by the senate has earned the legislature a tongue lash from legal luminaries. The Senate Committee on Ethics,...
View Article‘All tweets from that handle no longer represent our views’| PDP shuts down...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the shut down its official and verified twitter account @PDPNigeria. A check by Ekekeee however shows the Twitter account is still open, but the last...
View ArticleMitt Romney: Trump will win the GOP nomination if Cruz and Kasich remain in...
Mitt Romney suggested on Monday that Manhattan billionaire Donald Trump would secure the GOP nomination if Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich stay in the race until the July convention. In...
View ArticleAnti-Saraki senators stage walkout as Ekweremadu presides at plenary
Senators opposed to Bukola Saraki’s emergence as Senate President yesterday, walked out from plenary just as the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekwerenmadu, took over from Saraki who had to leave the...
View ArticleSenate suspends amendment of CCT act
The Nigerian senate has suspended the Amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau/Tribunal (CCB/T) and the Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJ) Acts. The CCB amendment whose motion was first moved a...
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Today’s federal executive council meeting in pictures
President Muhammadu Buhari has just presided over the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Below, some of the pictures courtesy presidency...
View ArticleThat moment when Saraki and Orubebe met at the code of conduct tribunal
You certainly remember Godsday Orubebe, don’t you? The former Niger Delta minister needs little introduction if you recall the events that transpired during the last presidential election collation...
View ArticleCourt fines SSS N5m for illegally detaining Ekiti lawmaker
The Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti Division, on Wednesday fined the State Security Services, SSS, N5million for illegally arresting and detaining a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Afolabi...
View Article‘I never begged for your award’| Ekweremadu, EFCC trade words over...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, is not an anti-corruption ambassador of the agency. The EFCC, therefore, urged members of the public to...
View Article#InCaseYouMissedIt: Again, EFCC clears CCT chairman of corruption allegation
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has put out the word that its chairman, Danladi Umar, has been cleared of a N10m-bribe allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ibrahim...
View ArticleThe petrol queues you still see are the result of sabotage–Kachikwu
The petrol queues have refused to go away, weeks after petroleum resources minister, Ibe Kachikwu, said they would. Kachikwu says vandals are the reason why his self-imposed deadline for the...
View Article‘They provide loans to entrepreneurs’| This is how Boko Haram now rolls
The Nigerian Army Headquarters has warned citizens to be wary of the new modus operandi of Boko Haram as it recruits more vulnerable persons into its fold. “It has come to the knowledge of the Defence...
View ArticleREPORT: It appears the naira strengthened after Buhari’s visit to China and...
The naira firmed on Wednesday following the expected Nigeria-China Yuan swap deal announced by the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the week, according to TheCable. Naira firmed from its position...
View Article#MySexuality: How important is a touch in marriage?
Good day ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to another series of #MySexuality. On today’s episode of #MySexuality, we shall be discussing “How important is a touch?” A lot of people don’t know that the...
View ArticleKachikwu removed as NNPC GMD amid corruption allegations
Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has been removed as Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)–a position he combined with being Nigeria’s petroleum minister, presidency...
View ArticleBuhari returns 2016 budget to national assembly
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned the 2016 budget details to the National Assembly with observations on some “grey areas.” According to Daily Trust, the spokesman of the House of Representatives...
View ArticleNNPC denies Kachikwu sack story
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has flatly denied our earlier report that Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has been relieved of his duties as Group Managing Director (GMD) of the oil...
View ArticleBuhari grants state governments relief from monthly deductions
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT BUHARI GRANTS STATE GOVTS RELIEF FROM MONTHLY DEDUCTIONS REGARDING CBN SALARY ASSISTANCE LOANS SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 66TH NEC MEETING – THURSDAY, 21ST APRIL,...
View ArticleLike seriously, the U.S has offered to help Nigeria end its lingering petrol...
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, was so moved by the long lines of queues at gas stations as she touched down in Nigeria on an official visit, she has offered her country’s...
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