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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday while hosting Mr Modibo Toure, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Guinea Bissau at the State House, Abuja appealed to political leaders in Guinea Bissau to embrace unity and avoid any act that could plunge the nation into further crisis.  PMB Condemned the prolonged political crisis in the […]

A former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, in a statement on Monday said that there was a plan to frame him up as the sponsor of new Ombatse violence in Nassarawa State. The ex-Minister in the statement  entitled: “Plot to destroy my reputation”, denied the accusation by Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nassarawa that he […]

 Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday stopped the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party from going ahead with its plan to conduct the national convention of the party slated for Thursday. Abang ruled during the proceedings that lasted eight hours on Monday that the interim order would […]

Sen. Shehu Sani (APC Kaduna Central) said Gov. El-Rufai of Kaduna State had no justification to blame the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Nigeria’s problems. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State (2nd right), and Senator Sheu Sani. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, Sani said all […]

Mr Justin Onuorah Abuah, Director of Information, State House, has passed on. This is the second death amongst the aides of President Buhari in the past one week. Recall that last week, Ayodele Adu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Matters, passed. Mr. Abuah, who was born on January 29, 1959, is fondly […]

Ahmad Salkida a Nigeria journalist who is wanted by the military over alleged links to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, has released a statement saying he is willing to be questioned by the army. Salkida had previously denied links with the group and is currently in Dubai. He said, “My total allegiance and sacrifice […]

‎It appears that the Nigerian Army only declared three journalists wanted for the fun of it on Sunday as facts have emerged that the officers don’t even care whether they see the wanted people or not.  One of the wanted persons, Ahmed Bolori had willingly submitted himself for interrogation by the army, early morning on […]

The Nigerian military has declared wanted three people believed to have information regarding the exact location of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok in 2014.  The three people are Ahmed Salkida, (Ambassador) Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil. According to a statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations Sani Usman, the three […]

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has on Sunday in a statement issued by the group denied the media reports that two of its members were arrested by the Nigerian Navy. The two suspects identified as Stanley Tonghan and Felix Miyenminiye  were arrested and paraded by the Nigeria Navy Delta are few of the sleeper agents […]

Former Deputy National Chairman (PDP) Chief Bode George, has slammed popular politician Jimi Agbaje for contesting the party chairmanship against him. According to Bode George, Jimi Agbaje should’ve stepped down for him. “I am very disappointed but not angry. Vengeance is not mine, it is God’s. I want to quote the book of Ecclesiastics, which […]

The Nigerian government has released a statement following the recent release of a  video by the dreaded Boko Haram militants displaying the missing Chibok schoolgirls saying it is negotiating with the faction holding the girls. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who reacted to the video of some of the girls, said government […]

The Executive Secretary, Taraba Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Umar Leme, has said that the state government released N288.5 million to sponsor about 166 intending pilgrims for the 2016 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. He said the gesture of Gov.Darius Ishaku administration was to assist the less privileged Muslims to perform one of the major pillars […]