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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of sponsoring ethnic militias to foment trouble before, during and after the forthcoming general elections, saying the N9 billion recently paid out to some ex-militants and ethnic militias is aimed at mobilising them to scuttle the polls. In a statement issued by its […]

President Goodluck Jonathan Friday in Abuja presented letters of employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service to members of the 15 families who lost sons and daughters during the Service’s recruitment exercise last year. The President had promised to employ selected members of the bereaved families, but this employment did not come early, leading many of […]

Nigerian troops on a cordon and search in Buni Yadi,Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State have discovered a bomb-making factory used by the Boko Haram insurgents for the production of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).   The Defence Headquarters disclosed this on Friday evening, saying a large quantity of IEDs including those commonly used by […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday evening admitted that he never spoke with King Mohammed VI. He also expressed shock about reports that he spoke with the King. There has been a recent diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco over claims that President Jonathan spoke with the monarch for support in the general elections in Nigeria. […]

The popular Mile 12 market in the Kosoefe area of Lagos State was early Friday gutted by fire, killing two people and destroying property and wares worth several millions of naira. The two casualties were men males who were said to have slept inside their shops when the incident began. Their corpses were recovered after […]

Many states in Nigeria are facing serious economic crunch and this is biting hard on staff of the various state governments, www.www.aso.rocks search engine can authoritatively reveal. Apart from Lagos and Rivers states which, according to financial analysts, can meet the challenges of running the states without much support from the Federal Government, the other […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday denied that its National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu was planning to resign over a political squabble he had with President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Dame Patience, and some members of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO). Though the party had maintained that the working relationship between Mu’azu and the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum for unjustifiably opposing the use of card reader machines (CRMs) for the 2015 elections, noting that the forum’s position is an attempt to promote electoral frauds and rigging. The party, also, added that rejecting the use of CRMs for the next […]

Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Udughan, has secured a N40 billion bond without the  consent of 2/3 of members of the state house of assembly. A whistleblower within the state’s House of Assembly informed our correspondent that  the governor muzzled the speaker, Rt. Honourable Onwusanya, representing Oshimili South Constituency, and one (Mrs.) Lyna Ocholor,clerk of […]

A suspected fraudster, Emeofa Michael Ikechukwu (Alias Michael Briggs) has been docked before Justice H.A Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a nine-count charge bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of more than $127,457. The accused […]

For using the name of its royal leader, King Mohammed VI, in issues concerning election campaign, Morocco has recalled it’s ambassador from Nigeria. The country’s foreign ministry had issued a statement denying the king’s involvement in any matter concerning the forthcoming elections, as reported last week. It had been widely rumoured that President Goodluck Jonathan […]Read More

Amid tension on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, the Senate leadership overruled every Point Of Order to confirm controversial former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, as minister. Obanikoro was among some other nominees whose names were submitted by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Senate. The wide condemnation that followed his […]