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The Yoruba have come a long way since the days of Goodluck Jonathan. Goodluck Jonathan’s government was without a doubt Nigeria’s most anti-Yoruba government ever surpassing even Abacha’s government in giving effect to a most egregious anti Yoruba agenda. Afenifere, that group of self appointed leaders with no political followership within Yoruba land, not only […]

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 presidential election. El-Rufa’i, who made this known to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Mr.Preye Aganaba, has said that the party has no choice than to present President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians for re-election in 2019. Aganaba, who was a Senatorial candidate on the platform of the party in the 2015 election in Bayelsa, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in […]

A Nigerian minister has promised to quit if President Muhammadu Buhari decides to seek re-election, claiming the ailing leader had earlier vowed to serve only one term. Women’s affairs minister Aisha Alhassan said she would back former vice-president Atiku Abubakar for the presidency at the next election in 2019 rather than the incumbent. “If today […]

The Senate has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to caution Professor Itse Sagay, the chairman of the Presidential Action Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), from spreading falsehood and making hate speeches against the National Assembly.. The upper chamber said Sagay was fond of using every occasion he has to make public speeches to ridicule the Federal […]

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has appointed five new directors for better service delivery of its mandate. PTAD’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Emma Okondo, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Okondo listed the appointees as Mrs Ndidi Egwuatu as Director, Civil Service Pension Department and Mrs Olufunmilayo Onafowokan, Director, […]

A Federal lawmaker, Hon. Mohammed Kurfi Danlami, has chided the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Al-Hassan for the statements credited to her in an interview with BBC Hausa service, that she will support a former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2019 presidential election. Danlami who is currently representing Dutsin-ma/Kurfi Federal Constituency of Katsina […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said yesterday he had been side-lined by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government which he said he helped into power in 2015. Atiku’s pot-shot at the government came on a day one of Buhari’s ministers said she would resign from the cabinet should Atiku announce today he would run for president in […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen has said that no matter what method is employed to investigate him, he will come clean. The CJN who said he has no skeletons in his cupboard, noted that rather, he is committed to the reforms of the judiciary to enable it effectively deliver justice and […]

The 6 Division Nigerian Army Port Harcourt has stepped up operations to deter criminal acts within its Area of Responsibility  (AOR) in the Port Harcourt zone. These operations include; Anti-Illegal Oil Bunkering, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti Robbery, Anti-Cultism, Anti- Piracy as well as Stop and Search Operations against other sundry crimes. The move is in line with […]

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung on Wednesday took a swipe at government agencies who reject National Youth Service Corps members posted to serve with them. Dalung made the comment after the Budget Office of the Federation, Abuja refused to accept a Corps member from Rivers State who had been posted on […]

The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan has thrown her weight behind former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar for the coming 2019 presidential elections. Alhassan made the submission while speaking during an interview with BBC Hausa recently. According to the interview captured on video, the serving minister said in Hausa language that even if […]