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75 Political parties yesterday passed a confidence vote on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, saying the 2019 general elections met the expectation of majority of Nigerians. Chairmen of the parties who spoke at a 2-day  Roundtable on the evaluation of the last polls in Abuja, however blamed […]

In one of the strongest signals yet, that President Muhammadu Buhari and all the President’s men have decided to cut APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu down to size, www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt that the president snubbed Tinubu and APC national chairman Adams Oshiomhole; refusing to grant them audience in London, while on a […]

The Acting Director of Operations, Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Felix Omongue, has disclosed that Rivers would have burnt to ashes, if not for the military’s quick intervention during the 2019 General Elections. Omongue spoke in Port Harcourt on Monday at the House of Representatives public hearing on political violence in Rivers. The House Committee on Army, […]

Having survived a humiliating and tendentious prosecution by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) where he was subsequently cleared by the tribunal and the Supreme Court, the decision by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to initiate a fresh investigation, which seeks to probe all salaries, allowances, estacodes, and payments Dr. Bukola Saraki received […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, has, in a reaction of anger, ordered the security agencies, most notably the Nigerian police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate and bring to justice, those behind what has been described as a global record-shattering consignment of pangolin scales illegally hidden in a shipment from Nigeria that was intercepted […]

In a desperate attempt to rejig the fight against armed banditry, kidnapping and other sundry crimes across the nation, particularly in Kaduna and other contiguous States, the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Police Commissioner in charge of Kaduna state command, Ahmed Abdulrahaman to the Force […]

A cold war is brewing between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu after the president made an unexpected volte face and signal his tacit approval for the headquarters of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) to be relocated from Abuja back to Brazzaville in the Republic of […]

This could be his last days in office for the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, but if and when he is eventually sacked, one of the biggest regrets that would continue to haunt him will be his failure to wean Nigerian traders who are still hooked on swap deals; according to […]

After taking arguments from all parties involved in the case, Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 17 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking the removal of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and 52 other lawmakers. The other defendants include 17 Senators, 37 House Reps, […]

Oyo State House of Assembly yesterday nullified the purported suspension of Chairman of Irepo Local Government Area, Asifu Adediran-Sulaiman and his vice, Mrs. Ojedele Victoria over alleged misconduct.The nullification followed a letter written by councilors of Irepo Local Government Area to the state lawmakers, seeking their approval of the duo’s suspension. Describing the suspension as […]

The Nigerian Senate Tuesday resolved to investigate the appointment of the new Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shaibu Ibrahim, which the upper legislative chamber described as unconstitutional. A statement by the Army on April 26 announced the appointment of Ibrahim who replaced Major General Suleiman Kazaure. The appointment was part of […]

The National Assembly yesterday, unanimously endorsed the 2019 Budget at separate plenaries which held simultaneously in both houses and presided over by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Dec. 19 presented the 2019 Appropriation Bill and of N8.83 trillion before a joint session of the National Assembly. However, […]