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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Party, Mr.  Rotimi Akeredolu, as winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. This is coming hours after ‎Akeredolu already declared himself winner and took his victory to the streets. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, told newsmen in Akure that Akeredolu polled […]

With one local governments left out of the 18 in Ondo state, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, has clinched 14 local governments, clearly ahead of other contenders. Results still being collated on Sunday in the Ondo state governorship election indicate that APC is still ahead of PDP and AD. The result still being awaited is from Ilaje […]

A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has announced his retirement from partisan politics. Anenih, who goes by the nick name, ‘Mr. Fix It’, said this during the launch of his book titled, ‘My Life and Nigerian Politics’ in Abuja on Saturday. He said, “I am persuaded that […]

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has stated for yet another time the three sure steps that would take Nigeria out of its current economic situation. Sanusi made the assertion at the 42nd convocation of the University of Benin, Edo State. He urged Nigerians not to use God as an excuse for failure, adding that […]

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Saturday, expelled former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and a member of House of Representatives from Remo North federal constituency, Ladi Adebutu for alleged wilful undermining of the party. Others who were expelled from the party are a factional Chairman of the Party, Sikirulahi Ogundele and […]

The distortions that happened to Budget 2016, in which series of rogue projects and figures were injected into the financial document won’t happen to next year’s budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed. Receiving in audience members of the Governance Support Group (GSG), led by Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, at State House, Abuja, Friday, the President said: […]

The presidential aircraft that was handed over to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed within the Air Force base in Makurdi. The president recently handed over the aircraft from the Presidential fleet to the Nigerian Air Force. It was gathered that the helicopter Augusta AW101 crashed at the NAF Base after it had already landed. A source  said […]Read More

Transparency group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent a letter to the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, demanding that he urgently “appoint an independent counsel to investigate allegations of corruption in the spending of $16 billion on electricity by the government of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007.” SERAP […]

Less than 24hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari`s administration, NASS and the army, a Buhari proxy and  spokesman of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazaq Namdas has issued a rebuttal. Hon. Abdulrazaq Namdas described Chief Obasanjo as the grand father of corruption in Nigeria who is plannning to derail […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday complicated the troubles of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Jimoh Ibrahim by referring his case in the court back to the Appeal court. This comes as an affirmation for Eyitayo Jegede after his Appeal Court Win on Thursday as flag bearer in Saturday’s governorship election […]

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian security forces of killing at least 150 supporters of the pro Biafra group IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) in the past year. The right group made this accusation in a report published on Thursday, titled, “Nigeria: At least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra activists killed in chilling crackdown” According to the […]

The House of Representatives has increased the N180bn virement sought for by President Muhammadu Buhari to fund critical recurrent and capital items by N28bn, taking it to N208.821bn. The president had written the National Assembly on 26th October, seeking the approval of the legislature to vire N180.8bn from the funds appropriated for special intervention in […]