politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated Professor Emeritus, renowned poet and playwright, JP Clark, who clocks 86 today, December 6, 2019. Buhari hailed him for tirelessly working for the growth of Nigeria in writing, teaching and coaching. His congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media ...

Convener of RevolutionNow and publisher of Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been freed from detention after spending over 100 days in DSS custody. His release is coming few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja gave the agency one day to release him and Bakare from detention. Omoyele Sowore ...

The Programme Director of the European Centre for Electoral Support, Maria Mauro, has come out to say that the level of poverty in several 3rd world countries, including Nigeria, makes it impossible to eradicate electoral crimes. Maria revealed this in Abuja on Wednesday during the public presentation of a report ...

Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has come out to say that the controversial hate speech bill is a crazy piece of legislation. Having his say at the opening ceremony of Shiloh, Bishop David disclosed that the bill is already dead. According to him, he could not ...

The Kogi State Government has reacted to the memo in circulation requesting political office holders to state the election results of their Polling Units. Answering questions from journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Director-General of Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo the noise surrounding the memo was not ...

Ex Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, who has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, over N7.65billion fraud, by a Federal High court sitting in Lagos, was heard saying “2023, here we come” as he was led out of the court by the Correctional Service officers. The politician ...

The Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation have been applauded for showing commitment to quality budgeting in the state. Chief of Staff to the Governor of Ekiti State, Hon. Biodun Omoleye who praised the committee recently sating their input in the 2020 budget will surely aid ...

The South West chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) wants the instant review of the Electoral Act to aid electronic transmission of election results to collation centers in future elections. PDP revealed wants the 8th National Assembly to look into the amendment of the electoral act passed by them ...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has lost his dad, Gabriel Nkanang. The governor’s aide, Aniekeme Finbarr revealed this via a Whatsapp message recently. According to him, Gabriel died on Sunday and he was 90 years old. Burial arrangements have been announced by the family. May his gentle soul rest ...

The World Bank has come out to say it will keep collaborating with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to make statistics available to the Nigerian government to lift Nigerians out of poverty. Mr. Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank Country Director, disclosed this at the launch of the report of the ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu has come out to say that a total moral re-orientation of the police is compulsory if they want to gain the trust of Nigerians. Represented by Peter Ogunyanwo, the DIG in-charge of Research and Planning, he said this during his official visit to ...

Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State agree that the closure of the border is part of measures to preserve Nigeria’s foreign policy. They revealed it during the launch of the maiden Foreign Policy Journal by the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria ...

Ex Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie caused him mental and psychological trauma via fabricated offensive electronic messages when he was contesting to be Nigeria’s president. According to him, he saw several baseless allegations against his person on social media and they were aimed ...

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that the new N30,000 minimum wage cannot even take workers home because of the current hardship in Nigeria. According to him, it will, therefore, be wickedness on the part of any governor to not pay the already small N30,000. He ...

Ex Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba is fully against the ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation 2019’ bill trying to regulate Nigeria’s social media space. According to him, everybody will be victimized if the bill is signed into law. As he accused sponsors of the bill of trying to ...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has come out to say that FG remains committed to ending impunity and aiding recourse to justice for victims and due punishment for evildoers. Malami revealed this in a recent statement issued by Dr. Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military to respect human rights and international humanitarian laws as they do their jobs. He disclosed this in Kaduna during the Chief of Army Staff conference and the commissioning of the ultra-modern Army Reference Hospital. According to PMB, his government will keep supporting the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that he is yet to give any date for the reopening of the land borders. According to him, the decision to close it will not be changed until the situation improves. His spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, shared in a recent statement in ...

Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong has blasted the persistent agitation for the amendment to the Nigerian constitution. According to him, doing this is affecting the seamless operation of the document. Simon, who said this at the opening of the 2019 Law Week of the Nigeria Bar Association, Jos branch added ...

Executive Director, Kaduna State Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Aliyu Yakassai has come out to say that those living with disabilities feel the most terrible effects of corruption due to their peculiarities. Aliyu revealed this at a symposium in Kaduna organized to celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities. According to ...