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Erstwhile member of the Federal House of Representatives and Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), Otunba Dino Melaye has sacked his nine domestic staff of drivers, cleaners and stewards. The sack, coming one day after Melaye was arrested by security details, is believed to be a move towards preventing government agents from planting any incriminating […]

In continuation of its strategy to woo aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), especially seven of the party’s governors, top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), this morning stormed Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital to hold a meeting with Governor of the state, Chibuike Amaechi,  The team of the APC, which […]

Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday met with five of the seven governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who are members of the breakaway faction of the party.. Two governors, Abdulfatai Ahmed of Kwara State and Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto State, were absent. But five others — Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, […]

The Federal Government and the Senate were at loggerheads on Monday, following conflicting opinions of the management of $1.03bn Excess Crude Fund. Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gave the balance in the Excess Crude Account as $4.3bn but refrained from revealing the total accrual to the account at […]

An Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Abdulrazak Umaru Ruma died on Monday after slumping during a paper presentation at a Stakeholders Consultative Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs. Despite arriving at the programme as stand-in for the Niger State Comptroller of Immigration looking hale and hearty, Ruma slumped, causing a rumpus at the […]

Executive Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), Mr. Dino Melaye has been arrested by security operatives, less than two weeks after leading a demonstration at Eagle Square, Abuja, against the purchase of two bulletproof cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah at the cost of N225m. The […]

Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, is dead.Though details of the incident were sketchy at the time of this report, sources say Tsokwa died few minutes ago after a brief illness. The late speaker, a core loyalist of Deputy Governor of the state, Garba Umar, is believed to have been poisoned, […]

nPDP has condemned in strong terms, a second attempt by the police to disrupt its G7 caucus meeting which took place on the eve of 3rd November, 2013, at the Kano State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, where the faction had assembled to review progress reports, accept the reports of committees and take important decisions […]

Airlines in Nigeria on Sunday announced that they may be forced to ground flights later this week if nothing is done by the Federal Government to sanitise the aviation sector that has been enmeshed in corruption, especially the one that involves embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah. The airlines also said they have decided to […]

 The increasing closeness between leaders of the New Peoples Democratic Party (New PDP) and those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised questions in the minds of many Nigerians and fuelled speculations on the possible merger of the two parties. Speculations along this line have heightened since last Tuesday’s inauguration of the Sokoto State […]

Seventy-eight-year old National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur may not be having the best of times as www.www.aso.rocks search engine has learnt that the moves by some of the party members to get him off the seat is gaining momentum. Top sources within the party have confirmed that Tukur may […]

The stampede that occurred in Uke, Anambra State, resulting in the death of up to 30 worshippers was not caused by security aides of Governor Peter Obi as claimed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) but rather by a false alarm raised by someone yet to be identified, the Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese […]