‘This is nothing but a provocation’| Ikpeazu reacts to Ogah’s certificate of...
Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said he still remains governor of the south east state, moments after the electoral umpire handed Uche Ogah the certificate of return. A court had ruled earlier...
View ArticleKano augments local government funds to enable them pay salaries
Kano state government has released N1. 2 billion to the 44 local government councils in the state to augment their federal allocations, so that they can pay their workers salary for the month of June....
View ArticleAbdul Mahmud: The road to Aluu
For all the criticisms of the law, justice and equity remain its redeeming features even though the courts of law are ever too slow to serve justice to litigants who battle for either reparation or...
View ArticleKingsley Fanwo: No one stopped governor Yahaya Bello from traveling abroad
Since I read the piece purportedly written by one Mr. Amuda Dan Suleiman to the effect that Governor Yahaya Bello was barred from travelling abroad, I have restrained myself from responding to the...
View ArticleHow former Chief of Air Staff Amosu, stole Nigeria to the ground
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos how a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, took money from the Nigerian Air Force bank account to buy...
View ArticleMy priority is to rescue the Chibok girls unharmed–Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his resolve to rescue the Chibok schoolgirls unharmed. More than 200 schoolgirls from the rustic Borno community remain unfound since April 2014; when they were...
View ArticleOil price falls as Nigeria’s output rises
Oil prices dropped more than three per cent yesterday due to return of Nigerian and Canadian crude output from outages and as traders booked profits at the end of the best quarter in seven years....
View ArticleSam Hart: That attempted coup in Abia State
There is no point mincing words. We will call what transpired in Abia State yesterday, June 30, 2016 what it is exactly – an attempted civilian Coup-de-etat. Or how else do you explain a phenomenon...
View ArticleBuhari apologizes to the senate
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday tendered an unreserved apology to the Senate over comments by his Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obon-Obla to the effect that the Senate lacked the powers...
View ArticleJubril Gawat: 16 benefits of TSA, 16 months after
The Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy of the federal government partially commenced in February 2015 under the administration of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. It was however the Muhammadu...
View ArticleI apologized on behalf of the attorney general, not the president–Ita Enang
The Senior Special Assistant to the president on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang has said reports stating that he apologized on his principal’s behalf, were a misrepresentation. It has...
View ArticleKano governor wants you to join hands with Buhari to salvage what is left of...
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has charged Nigerians to rally round the Buhari administration to enable it put the country back on the track of progress. He said despite inheriting an...
View ArticleTo accommodate the new inspector general, the police had to retire 21 others,...
The Police Service Commission on Friday approved the retirement of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police. The retirement followed the elevation of Idris Ibrahim, who was a junior to the officers...
View Article7 other great sex locations other than the bedroom, you should absolutely...
It’s 2016, fellas, and if all you know about sex is having yourselves locked up in the bedroom, then we should put you on some time machine and transport you back to the ’70s. When it comes to great,...
View ArticleBuhari can be stubborn–SGF
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, says convincing President Muhammadu Buhari on issues of national importance could oftentimes amount to a herculean task,...
View ArticleWhy militants invaded governor’s office in Cross River and held deputy...
Over 20 suspected Bakassi militants on Friday invaded the Cross River State Governor’s office in Calabar, apparently to express anger over alleged abandonment of the Bakassi returnees by the...
View ArticleFalana says Saraki and Ekweremadu should stop ‘crying’ and face their trial
Renown lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has said there’s no immunity to shield public office holders in Nigeria anymore and that senate president Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu would do well to...
View ArticlePolice receive 102 petitions against Fayose
The police has received 102 petitions and counting against Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose, reports Punch. According to the story, the petitions were said to have been written by persons alleged...
View ArticleOgah says Ikpeazu’s court injunction was purchased in the black market
The governorship tussle in Abia State assumes newer dimensions by the day. Uche Ogah who was handed the certificate of return last week after the court sacked Okezie Ikpeazu as governor, says the...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: Can we have a decent conversation?
Chief Ojo Maduekwe, former minister of foreign affairs, left a lasting impression on me the first time I met him in the flesh. It was at the airport in Cape Town, South Africa, sometime in 2008, I...
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