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Governors on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform called on the party’s senators and House of Representatives members to stick with the positions of the party in picking their leaders. The call was made on wednesday after tension rose about how to select the remaining key leaders of the house. APC is backing Senator Ahmad […]

The Senate President,Bukola Saraki has kicked against a move by some APC senators to read the letter by the APC recommending some senators to occupy other principal officers of the senate. This idea of reading the letter was initiated by Sen. Gbenga Ashafa (APC-Lagos East), who invoked Order 15 of the Senate Standing Order, maintaining […]

The Senate on has kicked against a move by some APC senators to read the letter by the APC recommending some senators to occupy other principal officers of the senate. This idea of reading the letter was initiated by Sen. Gbenga Ashafa (APC-Lagos East), who invoked Order 15 of the Senate Standing Order, maintaining that […]

Some members of the House of Representatives have disagreed over the decision of the house to instigate a probe into alleged scams in the Refined Product Exchange Agreement otherwise known as Crude oil swap contracts. The Rep members; Hon. Obinna Chidoka of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Mojeed Alabi, All Progressive Congress, APC, said […]

Tempers rose on Tuesday, with senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) turning against themselves in fisticuffs over the sharing of the other  principal offices in the Senate. The two senators who engaged themselves in the fight belonged to the different caucuses of the senate  had opposing views on the zoning of the vacant seats […]

President Buhari has assured State Governors that the days of impunity, lack of accountability, and fiscal recklessness in the management of national resources are over in Nigeria. Speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential Villa, on Tuesday, Buhari also vowed that funds stolen by government officials who abused their offices in the […]

Scores of Nigerians who carried out their daily business activities at a crowded market in Wagir, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State on Tuesday, were attacked and killed by a young female suicide bomber with more than 30 others sustaining various degrees of injury. Many of the injured are currently receiving treatment at the […]

Nigeria’s Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday appointment a former Senator representing Kebbi North Senatorial District in the Seventh Senate, Isa Galaudu, as his Chief of Staff. Saraki also approved the appointment of the immediate past Commissioner for Information and strategy in Ogun State, Mr. Yusuf Olaniyonu, as his Special Adviser on Media. He made […]

As part of efforts to reform the Oil sector and move towards transparency, sources tell www.aso.rocks search engine that President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to take direct charge of oil issues, indicating that he won’t appoint a Minister for Petroleum Resources, at least for the time being. Rather, the President will combine his office with […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos will on Tuesday rule on contempt trial slammed against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice by Senator Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu initiated the proceeding following the invasion of his house in Lekki, Lagos by operatives of NDLEA […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that what was handed over to him by the immediate-past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was a near-empty treasury. He also said debts running into millions of dollars was passed on to him. The president made the revelation on Monday during a meeting he had with State House correspondents to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that all military checkpoints set up in the wake of Boko Haram’s activities throughout the country should be removed. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Aliyu Ismaila told State House correspondent about the order  after a meeting Buhari had with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday. “The President […]