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Two former Nigerian presidents – Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ) and Goodluck Jonathan (GEJ) and a former military head of state, Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) were conspicuously absent at Eagle Square, Abuja on Wednesday, where President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo took the oath of office for their second term. No reason has been given for their […]

As Muhammadu Leko Buhari takes the oath of office for his second and final term as President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria’s armed forces, it is a despondent and optimistic people who are casting a retrospective glance at governance in the last four years, bemoaning the pains of the first term and hoping, even against expectations, […]

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened yesterday as a section of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) demanded the resignation of National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. APC Deputy National Chairman, Lawal Shuaibu, apparently speaking on behalf of some of his colleagues, blamed Oshiomhole’s style of leadership for recent setbacks in the party’s fortunes. […]

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has discounted widespread media reports that he was among the 393 passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane that had a close call on Wednesday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. A spokesperson for the former president, Kehinde Akinyemi told the BBC Pidgin English news that Obasanjo, who boycotted […]

Olisa Metuh, the former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how he spent an alleged N400 million traced to him as proceed of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to Metuh, while testifying before […]

The knives are out and a fresh crisis is brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Senator Lawan Shuaibu, defied protocol and asked the National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to resign.  Shuaibu, in a six-page letter addressed to Oshiomhole, said the APC chair has failed to add value […]

President Muhammadu Buhari went down memory lane, reviewing his career in the military and said it was hellish even as he recounted how he lived through the momentous events, particularly in 1966, which witnessed coups, counter-coups and later a civil war. The president spoke during a pre-recorded interview aired by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari has, in compliance with the constitution, submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) which by law must precede his oath-taking slated for today, Wednesday. The President also urged the CCB to preserve his assets declaration form in safe custody, saying many people who have been on […]

A magistrate’s court in Kano on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Munir Sanusi Bayero, (Danburan Kano), chief of staff to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, as well as Mujitaba Abba and Sani Kwaru, also aides of the monarch. The Kano State Public Complaints And Anti-Corruption Commission secured a court order from Chief Magistrate Court […]

The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim, Tuesday, tendered his resignation letter to the Clerk of the Assembly, Chris Duru. Ihim had earlier been suspended by 21 out of 27 lawmakers for absconding with the maze after reading a letter announcing the lifting of the suspension placed on the 27 Local Government […]

House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara yesterday reaffirmed the independence of the National Assembly, saying the legislature will not be a rubberstamp of the executive, even as the president expressed frustration over his strained relationship with the legislature. According to Dogara, “by the constitution and design, the executive informs us what they intend to do and the […]

Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that the fourth edition of its Fireside chat would hold on Friday, 31 May 2019 at its Digital Innovation Lab in Yaba, Lagos. The topic, Cyber Security in Digital Payments, would be delivered by Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale (Co-Founder of Digital […]