Reports

Loyalists of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji were filled with despondency on Friday, after Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos adjourned ruling on the “No case submission” of the speaker at the last sitting. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had closed its […]

The People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) on Thursday described the Wednesday statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of impunity and failure as a desperate effusion of noise, fury and falsehood saying these are the unmasked trademark of the Nigerian equivalent of the ancient “Athenian thirty tyrants” who would not mind […]

The Yoruba delegates from the South-West at the ongoing 2014 Confab have dissociated themselves from the report of Consensus Group on resolving the impasse on derivation issue. The delegation made its stand known in a statement signed by Secretary South-West Delegation Dr. Kunle Olajide. According to Olajide, the Yoruba delegates, arising from the caucus meeting, […]

There was confusion at the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta on Thursday as Isaac Akogun, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the state’s former Governor Gbenga Daniel told the court that a file containing records of properties allocated to the former governor had gone missing. Akogun, a deputy director with the […]

Fervent debates flourished during the plenary session of the National Conference on Monday as conferees commenced debate on the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power. The slim-volume submission, loaded with serious issues, focused principally on devolving power from the centre to the federating units; and the issue of resources. The report was however applauded […]

Honourable Segun Olulade the chairman, house committee on information, strategy and security of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has enjoined men of the Nigerian Military Force to respect the law of the country and protect the sanctity of its constitution instead of taking laws into their hand and resorting to jungle justice whenever they […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers State chapter has raised alarm over Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s penchant for collecting external loans, describing the act as a plot to mortgage the State and enslave its people forever. PDP pointed out the claim in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the State Chairman of the […]

Stephen Keshi, Nigeria’s national football team coach who resigned after the team’s last game at the ongoing Brazil 2014 World Cup, has revealed that he would love to stay on as the national team’s coach if Nigeria would be fairer in terms of contracts signed with him.  Keshi, the first Nigerian coach to have led […]

Following the warning by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sue him if he does not retract a statement he made on Channels television in June, attorneys of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode have written to the lawyers of APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed telling them that the statements made by Fani-Kayode do […]

The Magistrates Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter has suspended the proposed 3-day warning strike earlier scheduled to commence on Wednesday, July 2nd 2014. According to a statement issued in Ilorin on Thursday and jointly signed by the Chairman Association, Magistrate K. A Yahaya the strike was suspended following assurances received from the Kwara State Judicial […]

Barely three weeks after Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) were discovered at the headquarters of the Living Faith Church in Owerri, Imo State and 486 Boko Haram suspects were arrested at Aro Ngwa Junction and Imo Gate, near Aba, there was panic on Friday when bombs were discovered in Ohafia, Abia State. According to residents of […]

It was in the evening of Sunday, 15th June 2014 that I phoned one of my cousins living in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to make enquiries about what is happening in my state. He laughed and alleged that “Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is killing the Judiciary in the state” and also “frustrating the […]