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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos on Monday took a swipe at the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) for demanding for a Christian as the next governor of the state. Fashola’s tenure ends on 29th May 2015 and some aspirants are already throwing up themselves to contest the election. The PFN had expressed its demand through […]

Since His Royal Highness, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos openly endorsed Akinwunmi Ambode, a retired civil servant in Lagos State, for the 2015 governorship  post, various groups in the state have continued to slam him. On Monday, the Democracy Volunteers (DV), a self acclaimed non-partisan platform for democratic values and transparent electoral processes, […]

Barely 24 hours after a bomb-laden car exploded in Sabon Gari area of Kano State, killing many residents; the Nigeria Police, said its men has averted another explosion on Monday morning. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, at about 9am, Nigeria Police averted what could have been another devastating […]

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has declared that he does not have any adopted son and that the linking of his name with an alleged fraudster, Mohammed Buhari was only meant to denigrate his image. The suspect, which reports had claimed was Buhari’s adopted son, was said to have […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s aborted trip to Chibok is symptomatic of his administration’s policy flip-flop in the fight against the terror group, Boko Haram, hence it did not come as a surprise to close watchers of the administration. In a statement issued  by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji […]

The Ekiti Youth Emancipation Movement (EYEM) has expressed disappointment about the attitude of President Goodluck Jonathan to governance,describing it as placing more premiums on politics than the lives of defenceless Nigerians. Observing that the president has not been aboard in the discharge of his constitutional duty of providing security for Nigerians, EYEM stated that politics […]

A vehicle laden with bomb was detonated on Sunday night in Sabon Gari area of Kano State and has left  a lot of residents dead . An eyewitness affirm that the explosion occurred at about 10pm, while many residents were returning from the Sunday outings. Sabon Gari is inhabited  mainly by Nigerians from other parts of […]

After Saturday`s parley on Boko Haram in Paris France with some leaders from West Africa,the US delegation, comprising Wendy R. Sherman,Under Secretary for Political Affairs , Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs and Tina S. Kaidanow,Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, held a special briefing Q: On the record? A: So I just wanted to begin with a […]Read More

The tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abubakar Mohammed in office will end on the 31st of July 2014, and as expected the race to replace him has begun. Media reports indicates that the IGP has been suspended from office and may proceed on terminal leave, but, the reports were quickly dismissed as rumours. […]

Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has spoken out against a purported tenure elongation for governors in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States ― the three states where the Federal Government has declared an emergency rule. Keyamo bore his position against the ostensible tenure elongation in a press statement released on Friday, saying the condition in those […]

Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has debunked claims by a section of the media that President Jonathan has cancelled his planned visit to Chibok.  saying the president never had it in his itinerary to visit the place on Friday. Abati made the clarification on Friday through his twitter […]

In what looks like a hint of the final decision of elders and king makers in Lagos State, the traditional ruler of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, on Thursday declared the nomination and support for Akinwunmi Ambode as the next governor of the state come 2015. The monarch’s declaration may have put paid to the speculations […]