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It was jubilation galore in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal Capital Territory and Osun State on Wednesday, when news of a Court of Appeal ruling that reinstated embattled former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) filtered into the two areas of the country. In Osogbo, the Osun […]

Ahead of the 16th November 2013 Anambra State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed 10 numbers at its Abuja headquarters as hotlines. According to a statement released on Wednesday by Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, another 31 lines have been assigned to electoral officers and security personnel in the […]

The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has described media reports linking it to the Sure-P budget as a comprehensive falsehood stressing that the Corporation has no connection whatsoever with the disbursement and appropriation of funds to the Sure-P Committee. In a press statement issued on Wednesday by the Acting Group General Manager, […]

Erstwhile member of the Federal House of Representatives and Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), Otunba Dino Melaye has sacked his nine domestic staff of drivers, cleaners and stewards. The sack, coming one day after Melaye was arrested by security details, is believed to be a move towards preventing government agents from planting any incriminating […]

The Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday instructed its Committee on Police Affairs to summon Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar for explanations on the involvement of the Police in the alleged disruption of a meeting of G-7 governors that held at the Kano State Government House on Sunday. The committee is saddled with the task […]

The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North has explained its failure to achieve the much-talked-about dialogue with leaders of the Boko Haram Islamist sect. Speaking on Monday at the Presidential Villa while presenting the report of the committee’s work to President Goodluck Jonathan, Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru […]

The Delta State Police Command yesterday through its spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Lucky Uyabeme, refuted an earlier statement credited to it in an online medium and confirmed that indeed, there was an assassination attempt on the life of Rt Hon Victor Ochei, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, penultimate Friday […]

The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) chaired by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has taken over Gombe State, effectively dislodging the faction of the party chaired by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. According to the New PDP, this was amply demonstrated on Monday 4th November 2013, when Gombe trooped out in their thousands, conveyed by more than 600 vehicles, and […]

Nigerian politicians have carried their blatant disrespect for God and godly behavior to Prayer Camps, Adoration Grounds and Redemption Camps where they constantly desecrate the hallowed environment. Many prayer camps abound in Nigeria including Alone With God Prayer Camp, Abuja, Scripture Union Camp of Faith Okigwe which serves clerics cutting across denominations in the South […]

In continuation of its strategy to woo aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), especially seven of the party’s governors, top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), this morning stormed Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to hold a meeting with Governor of the state, Chibuike Amaechi,  The team of the APC, which […]

Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday met with five of the seven governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are members of the breakaway faction of the party.. Two governors, Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara State and Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto State, were absent. But five others — Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, […]

The Federal Government and the Senate were at loggerheads on Monday, following conflicting opinions of the management of $1.03bn Excess Crude Fund. Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gave the balance in the Excess Crude Account as $4.3bn but refrained from revealing the total accrual to the account at […]