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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday denied the allegation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it induced federal legislators to join the ruling party. In a statement released in Lagos on Wednesday, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, described the allegation as an attempt by the opposition to taint the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday fired Stella Oduah, the embattled Minister of Aviation, the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade; Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe; and the Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngana. www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that while Orubebe, Odua Ngama were asked to resign over various issues. Olubolade resigned to pursue […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday evening accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of tempting members of the National Assembly and others who had decamped from the PDP with foreign currencies to get them back. The opposition party said this after losing five members of the House of Representatives that had earlier defected from […]

The Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday commenced debate on the general principles of the 2014 Appropriation Bill after adopting the report of its six-man committee on the matter. Majority Leader, Mulikat Akande-Adeola (PDP-Oyo), who led the debate, urged members to “put individual differences away and look at national interest”> In a swift reaction, Deputy […]

No fewer than five members of All Progressive Congress (APC)  in the House of Representatives from Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara and Kaduna States to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They are Lawan Shehu-Bichi (Kano); Abdulsalam Asamu (Kano); Sani Dangaladima (Zamfara); Ibrahim Shehu-Gusua (Zamfara); and Umar Bature ( Sokoto) . Meanwhile another lawmaker from Kaduna State, Isa Ashiru […]

Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has maintained his innocence in his ongoing money laundering trial to the tune of N500m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFC)). On Monday, the Federal High Court had granted an application made by the EFCC to amend their charges, and ordered that Fani-Kayode should take a plea to those charges and be […]Read More

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the recent name-calling by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in response to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a childish response to the crisis of confidence currently troubling the ruling party. In the statement with which his media office in Abuja reacted to thoughts of […]

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi must resign his position, the New Nigeria Initiative (NNI) said on Monday. According to the group, Sanusi’s decision to throw caution to the wind on the money allegedly missing in the sale of crude oil by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) while reconciliation […]

Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, chief of staff to President Goodluck Jonathan, has resigned from his position.His resignation, www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt, took effect from Monday. “In view of the political exigencies in the country, I wish to resign from my position as chief of staff”, Oghiadomhe wrote in the single-paragraph letter of resignation. He thanked President Jonathan, “a friend […]Read More

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused a group of Yoruba leaders of planning to sideline Muslims in the selection and participation of Yoruba people in the scheduled National Conference to hold soon in the country. A group of leaders from the south-west zone had met days ago at Isara-Remo, Ogun State home, home of […]

The Nigeria Police has begun serious surveillance efforts towards recovering illegal arms in circulation all over the country ahead of the 2015 general elections. According to Public Relations Officer of the Police, Mr Frank Mba, surveillance is on public armouries within the countries and around its borders to prevent illegal possession of arms. “One major […]

Practitioners of African Traditional Religion have protested their exclusion from the proposed national conference and have therefore implored the Federal Government to allocate three slots to them. At a press briefing on Sunday in Abuja, President of International Council for Ifa (African) Religion and Dean, School of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Federal University of […]