Gov Ahmed directs contractors to return to sites
Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed contractors handling various projects in the State to return to sites immediately. Governor Ahmed who gave the directive in Ilorin at the...
View ArticleJUST IN: Blogger Abubakar Usman is free again
Abubakar Usman who runs the eponymous political blog Abusidiqu.com, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after two directors in the federal civil service signed his...
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The 1st pictures as blogger Abubakar Usman regains his freedom
Earlier, we had brought you the story that political blogger Abubakar Usman, who was arrested by the EFCC on Monday, has regained his freedom. Thanks to Twitter user Etin-Osa @etinmagbe, who was at...
View ArticleOkah brothers vow to sue “perpetually timid and naive Jonathan” within 60 days
Henry and Charles Okah who are facing terrorism charges in Nigeria and South Africa, have vowed to sue former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan within 60 days for commenting on matters before the...
View ArticleBasketmouth: ‘I would have voted anyone who could speak two words of English...
Ace Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha who goes by the stage name Basketmouth, has called out immediate past president Goodluck Jonathan for leaving Nigeria “in a septic tank”. In an Instagram post he...
View ArticleThe presidency wants you to know that Buhari has nothing to with the budget...
The Presidency has distanced itself from the budget padding scandal rocking the National Assembly, saying the Appropriation Act being implemented was the one passed by the lawmakers in March. The...
View ArticleGov Ahmed sets up visitation panels for COED, Oro and CAILS
The Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the constitution of visitation panels for the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin and the College of...
View ArticleJAIL-BREAK: 15 inmates bolt from Nsukka prison
At least 15 inmates have escaped in a jailbreak that occurred at Nsukka Prison in Enugu state, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Quoting a source at the prison, NAN said the inmates broke...
View Article3 things we learned on the night Colombia took Nigeria apart #Football
By Jude Egbas At the men’s football event of the Rio Olympics, Nigeria lost its final group game to Colombia by two goals to nil. A few lessons the technical crew may have picked up…. Goalkeeper...
View ArticleOn the cyber-stalker near you: The power of arrest of the EFCC examined | By...
This week, the blogger and rabid defender of the rule of unlaw, Abubakar Sidiq Usman, was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following a dawn raid of his Kubwa,...
View ArticleBreakaway Avengers faction provides more shocking details linking Jonathan...
By TheCable Goodluck Jonathan, immediate past president, is the grand patron of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), says splinter group, Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA). The RNDA recently “broke...
View ArticleI’m not complaining about running 3 ministries–Fashola
Minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has said he’s got no problems coping with the amount of work running three ministries entails, while urging those who have a problem with his...
View Article#InCaseYouMissedIt: “Economic bullshit!”|| El-Rufai undresses CBN and Emefiele
The Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Wednesday decried the Central Bank’s prevailing fiscal regime, saying the bank’s 14 per cent monetary policy rate has led to massive job losses in the...
View ArticleGovernor Bello will be probing failed contracts in Kogi
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello has resolved to probe failed contracts during past administrations in the state. The decision was taken during the latest executive council meeting. In a statement,...
View ArticleJUST IN: Buhari and Soyinka locked in meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently engaged in talks with Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka at the presidential villa. Journalists have been barred from covering proceedings as the meeting is being...
View Article‘There’s no state in Nigeria that isn’t safe’| Lai Mohammed is angry with the...
The Federal Government on Thursday debunked recent negative reports by the U.S. government about the safety of citizens in at least 20 of the 36 states of the federation. Minister of Information and...
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‘We had quite a lot to talk about’, says Buhari after meeting with Soyinka...
President Muhammadu Buhari had a silver-maned visitor in his office on Thursday: Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka. While Aso Villa has remained tight-lipped on the details from that meeting, President...
View ArticleWhy we pad budgets–Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, gave reasons why he failed to surrender himself to be interrogated by the Police Special Investigating Panel over alleged padding...
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...
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