Politics

The Executive Director of Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan has urged Nigerians to stop referring to its members as “NEPA.” if they want electricity. ANED is the umbrella body of electricity distribution companies in Nigeria (DisCos). According to Mr. Sunday, calling their people NEPA ...

PDP chairman, Uche Secondus has come out to say that APC has taken electoral manipulation to the next level. This is coming after the opposition party raised an alarm over the alleged plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to pressurize the Supreme Court to reclaim ...

Nasarawa State Government wants a stronger synergy with the state’s chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) towards improving and promoting opportunities in the sports sector. Commissioner of Youth and Sports Development, Othman Bala-Adam revealed this on Friday, during a courtesy visit to the ministry by members of ...

Ex-Finance Minister, Chief Olu Falae has come out to talk about the new minimum wage. According to him, he believes it would only be effective for some years before we all go back to the way things used to be. Falae thinks if we can reduce the minimum wage and ...

The Nigeria military has promised to not allow any individual or group to jeopardize the sovereignty and stability of the country’s territorial integrity. The military urged important stakeholders to unite with the armed forces and intelligence agencies to make sure Nigeria is protected, begging them to search for other ways ...

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South has warned against an imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and other democratic agencies in the country. According to him, if the Supreme Court keeps ruling out election results, a democratic agency like INEC will ...

Ex Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has said Amotekun should not be used as an agenda to push Nigeria to war, even if it has to be supported. According to him, Amotekun has to be accepted and not blasted by some Northern groups. ...

Ex-member of the House of Representatives, Chief Mathew Omegara, has come out to say that Hope Uzodinma, newly inaugurated governor of Imo, is the best thing to happen to the state. Mathew disclosed this today in Abuja, saying Governor Hope is a philanthropist and selfless leader who has a desirable ...

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja, has sacked Ifeanyi Ubah as the senator representing Anambra South. With this latest ruling, Justice Bello Kawu turned down Ifeanyi’s request to wave the order issued in a judgment delivered by the court on April 11, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave Abuja for London tomorrow to partake in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Monday, January 20, 2020. The summit, hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will unite African leaders, international business chief executives, and heads of international organisations. A recent ...

Ex Borno state governor, Sen. Kashim Shettima has said he is ready to be one of the cabals in Abuja. He revealed this as a guest speaker at the 17th Edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue held in Abuja entitled: 20 Years of Democracy in Nigeria: Strengths, Weakness and opportunities. ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to say that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, organized by the six Southwest States to battle crimes in the region, is here to stay. According to NANS, any move by the Federal Government to scrap it will not ...

Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has backed Operation Amotekun, the new regional security outfit of Nigeria’s Southwest geopolitical region. According to the Biafra clamourer, IPOB is ready to work with the incumbent leadership of the Yorubas to make it happen. Nnamdi believes the outfit is ...

The Federal Government has said a plan is already in place to provide alternative petrol, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), that would cost around N95 to N97 per litre, very soon. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, revealed this as he spoke to journalists in Abuja today. According ...

Reverend Mbaka has come out to say that his Imo governorship prediction success is only the beginning and there are more to come. According to the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, he has 39 more prophecies that will come to pass this year. He said Nigerians must know ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is celebrating the 1st interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande on his birthday. He revealed this in a statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Thursday. PMB wishes him long life, ...

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has said the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami does not have the power to declare “Operation Amotekun” legal or illegal. According to him, the public should disregard any statement from him because he or the other governors involved have said nothing ...

The Youth Wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has begged Imolites, especially youths, to stay calm over the Supreme Court’s judgment on the governorship election in the state. The National Youth Leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Arthur Obiora, revealed this as he spoke to newsmen in Enugu ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland land, Iba Gani Adams, who recently installed new chiefs, has said there is no reason to compare the Aare Onakakanfo’s chieftains and that of the Alaafin of Oyo. This was his reaction to news circulating that the freshly installed Mayegun of Yorubaland, Wasiu Ayinde, came about ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Supreme Court for its courage and perseverance to name Sen. Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo. According to PMB, the road to justice might be lengthy, it remains the best way ...