Patrick Omoregie: As the comrade governor departs, who’s next? #Edo2016
The election that saw President Muhammadu Buhari emerge as the president of Nigeria could be described as the most inclusive presidential election, after the all-out 1993 general election, which...
View ArticleWhy there are more Almajirai in Kano than in other states–Gov Ganduje
Kano state has become a center for convergence of Almajirai in Northern Nigeria because there is no legislation outlawing itinerant children in the name of Qura’nic education, the state governor, Dr....
View ArticleKano state govt to construct multi billion naira under pass at Bukavu barrack
Kano state government will construct a vehicle underpass at cost of N1.2 billion, at the busy Bukavu Barrack junction adjoining Kofar Ruwa, along Katsina road – Aminu Kano way, in Kano metropolis....
View ArticleWhen Dogara met with Buhari today, he said budget padding was no offence and...
If you harbored the thought that Speaker Yakubu Dogara was going to throw in the towel under the avalanche of corruption allegations leveled by Abdulmumin Jibrin, you’d better think again. The House...
View ArticleFayose’s name calling against me shows he’s still bitter from election...
Wife of the president Aisha Buhari, has pointed to the aftermath of the election loss by the PDP in 2015 as reason for Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose’s continuous fusillade of attacks against...
View ArticleNiger Delta Avengers splits, breakaway faction promises to name and shame the...
Cracks have emerged from within the ranks of the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), with the breakaway faction announcing itself as the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA). The split was...
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Trump will begin receiving intelligence briefings. Obama warns on keeping his...
Days after bluntly declaring Donald Trump unfit to be commander in chief, President Obama warned the Republican nominee on Thursday to watch what he says after he gets the traditional pre-election...
View ArticleThere’s no way I’ll return to a dead PDP–Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has poured plenty of cold water on reports that he’s making a return to the PDP–a party whose membership card he publicly instructed to be shredded, two years prior....
View ArticleThe day Jonathan visited Buhari
By Olalekan Adetayo Penultimate Monday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in the Villa to hold talks with President Muhammadu Buhari. On Wednesday, it was the turn of former President Goodluck...
View ArticleAbdul Mahmud: Politicians and the courts are shackling INEC
The legal tussles over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, present a real challenge to the Independent National Electoral Commission- INEC. The challenge appears as an encumbrance on...
View ArticleEghosa Igbinóvia: continuity as a necessary tool for the development of Edo...
In the face of the new economic challenge we face, we need leadership with fresh and original ideas to take on these new challenges, so that we can build on and deepen the success of the current...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: I’m amazed that some persons are desperately praying for...
In November 2014, I penned an article, “My Grouse with President Jonathan”. I highlighted his major achievements in agriculture, infrastructure, finance and education. I, however, said Jonathan was...
View ArticleHouse transparency group demands the immediate resignation of “fraudulent”...
Transparency Group, a group of self-proclaimed anti-corruption lawmakers, on Saturday disparaged Speaker Yakubu Dogara for allegedly playing down the unfolding budget padding scandal in the House of...
View ArticleThis is what Hon Jibrin told APC execs when he met with them last week
Former chairman of the House committee on appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, isn’t ready to back down from his allegations against Speaker Yakubu Dogara, even after entreaties to do so by his party,...
View ArticleI have no personal issues with Amaechi, says Wike
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike and his predecessor Rotimi Amaechi, once worked together, but that now seems like eons ago. The duo have had media and public spats for a while now, resulting in...
View ArticleREPORT: Jonathan is the grand patron of the Niger Delta Avengers
A group that recently split from Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant organization that has claimed responsibility for bombing numerous oil facilities, has claimed that former President Goodluck...
View ArticleKwara cuts tertiary institutions’ subventions, disburses N430m
Kwara State government says it has so far disbursed the sum of N430, 388, 359.24 as subventions to seven of the State-owned tertiary institutions in 2016, noting that an outstanding balance of N86,...
View ArticleBuhari is off to Chad on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for N’Djamena on Monday to attend the inauguration of President Idriss Deby of Chad. This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday...
View Article‘Only the prejudiced and ill intentioned will accuse Dogara of corruption’–NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students has declared support for Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s leadership of the House of Representatives. The association made this known in Abuja on Sunday during a...
View ArticleJonathan says there’s a grand plot to assassinate him
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has raised the alarm that his life is under threat, according to a report in Punch newspaper. Jonathan said a list, which named him and other South-South leaders as...
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