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President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday confessed that after he was inaugurated as the President in May 2015, it got to a stage that he felt like running away. The President said that the feeling was as a result of the pressure from the countless problems his administration inherited from past governments. This was communicated by […]

The Presidency on Thursday commended the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki for initiating the reform of the nation’s budgeting process.  The President also expressed full support for the move. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr. Udoma Udo Udoma, according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Sanni Onogu, […]

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday barred judges who are under investigation for various offences from sitting pending the conclusion of the cases against them. The NJC’s made this known in statement issued by its Acting Director, Information, Mr. Soji Oye,  at the end  its 79th meeting. Excerpts of the statement, reads: “Council also […]

  The audio recording you are about to listen to is a conversation between Ibanga Akpabio, deputy chairman of PDP, Akwa Ibom Chapter, and another man.   Mr. Akpabio, who is also the younger Brother former Gov. Godswill Akpabio, threatens to take the life of Hon. Robison Uwak, who  had  penned a pétition against him to the […]Read More

.. Buhari calls for immediate probe  Nigerian officials have been accused of sexually exploiting women and girls living in camps for victims of Boko Haram in the North East. Human Rights Watch (HRW) made the accusation on Monday. According HRW, 43 cases were documented of women and girls in seven internally displaced persons’ camps in […]

The Nigerian Bar Association President, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud on Monday said that judges and lawyers could no longer practise freely in the North-East because of insurgency in the area. Mahmoud said lawyers  were endangered in the region. He made the submission ‎while inaugurating the NBA’s  North-East and Niger-Delta task forces in Abuja . He said with internally […]Read More

In what surprised many Nigerians, Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah on Monday paid an unscheduled visit to the holding facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, where some top-ranking Peoples Democratic Party officials, are being detained over corruption related issues.  Kukah, who was conducted round the […]

Former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former governor entered the plea on Monday before a Federal High Court in Lagos.  Kalu was charged alongside his company, Slok Nigeria Ltd., and his former […]

…Urges NLC, TUC, Others To Join Forces Against NASS’ Action The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has strongly condemned the amendment to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act by the National Assembly (NASS) and urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to sign the amended Act. The CNPP […]

A group Christians under the aegis of Patriotic Christian Youths of Nigeria (PCYN),miss described as lies allegations by one Musa Dikwa that leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) offered him N1 million bribe for him to stop speaking about the alleged N7 billion gift for the 2015 Presidential election. The PCYN in a […]

One of Nigeria’s former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo engaged Forbes’ richest African woman, Folorunsho Alakija in a quick trade of words on Saturday. Obasanjo explained to Alakija that she’s among the 25 billionaires he made during his tenure as President. The former president made the statement at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum in Lagos. […]

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the deaths of at least nine persons in a twin bomb blasts in Maiduguri the Borno State capital.  Col. Mustapha Anka, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Department made the confirmation on Saturday.  Anka said that the blast occurred at  the Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp and the NNPC […]