You have heard that $16billion was ‘wasted’ on power projects under the watch of Olusegun Obasanjo as President. That line of argument is not original to...
The presidency has confirmed that the National Assembly has now transmitted the 2018 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to...
There are indications that the short-term bonds of the Federal Government are no longer attractive as its five-year and seven-year tenor bonds in May were poorly...
It was a sweltering Wednesday afternoon when my telephone line rang, mid May. I took no special heed as I was just settling down to work,...
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has replied President Muhammadu Buhari over his insinuation that his (Obasanjo’s) administration wasted $16 billion on the power sector. Buhari had while...
The centre is no longer holding firm at the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, in Imo state as staff have become jittery in fear of what becomes...
1. What goes round comes around Whatever goes around comes around is a popular cliché which is now proven by the state congresses of the All...
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state realized very late into his leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum, popular known as Progressive Governors Forum,...
That Kayode Fayemi, Nigeria’s incumbent Minister of Solid Minerals Development, defeated Segun Oni, erstwhile governor of Ekiti state to become flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress...
The presidential pendulum for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019, is still swinging. From earlier permutations for Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice president and perennial...
The federal government Thursday brought a 25-count amended charge against former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki for the second time in 24 hours, but he was...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has cried out over an alleged plan by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to implicate him. Saraki...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says President Muhammadu Buhari does not require the support of the nPDP bloc within the All Progessives Congress (APC) to...
Nigeria’s inflation rate further dropped for the 15th consecutive month in April, creating a positive outlook for interest rate cut to drive growth. This is contained...
The Senate leadership has taken a temporary position on the court ruling over the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. Omo-Agege was suspended for 90 legislative days,...
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will be closing the 2017 fiscal year with spending on capital projects in excess of N1.5 trillion. Kemi Adeosun,...
The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum has dismissed ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo and his fellow third force apostles as being against the progress of the country. The forum...
Drawingblood is a campaign by Nigerian cartoonists under the aegis of Cartoonists Association of Nigeria (CARTAN) who are pained by the wanton killings in Nigeria. Kindly...
The senator representing Delta central at the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has triumphed over the Senate in his suit challenging his suspension. The Federal High Court sitting...
A new crisis appears to be brewing within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as members of the ‘New PDP’ bloc who moved to the party...
Probably, one of those who seemed not to understand the body language of the presidency and its abhorrence of criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari and his...
A World Bank Mission, comprising of 10 Executive Directors, is expected in Nigeria on Wednesday. While here they are billed to hold high-level discussions with the...
President Muhammadu Buhari will be embarking on a medical trip to the United Kingdom on Tuesday. According to a statement on Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on...
Imo state governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha, is not a happy man. This is because his effort to seek presidential intervention in cancellation of the outcome of...
The value of transactions recorded in the Nigerian banking sector rose by N3.04 trillion in the first quarter of 2018 Also, the number of bank staffs...
Minister of Mines and Steel Development and governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has condemned the disruption of the...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has branded the three senators representing Kaduna State as “useless”, saying “God will curse them”. The governor’s statement was in...
The ruling of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Friday granted Nigerian law enforcement agencies powers to arrest Senator Buruji Kashamu should the need to...
The long awaited currency-swap deal with the Chinese government, which seemed to be on hold for over two years after President Muhamadu Buhari visited China in...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has expressed fears that no Nigerian is safe under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former minister and a fierce...
Speculations that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo would respond to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent remark accusing him of being ‘abusive’ and lacking respect for his office materialized...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again spoken directly to Nigerians youths, whom he says make up about 60 per cent of the country’s population. The president told...
Just as former UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, described Nigeria as fantastically corrupt, nearly two years ago, President Donald Trump of US on Monday in Washington...
The Federal Government has temporarily taken over two properties linked to wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday,...
The body language of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration seems to suggest that dissent is anathema and those who engage in vocal dissention risk being treated...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to begin the verification of signatures for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye, who is currently under arrest at...
The order by the Supreme Court on Imo state government not to conduct local government elections pending conclusion of cases seeking to establish status of duly...
By Patrick Egwu… In every conflict, people are always at the heart of it – from those who were killed, relatives of the deceased and chilling...
Against the backdrop of the #lazyNigerianyouths frenzy centred around the debate over how many Nigerian youths sit back and do nothing while expecting free money because...
Few hours after he ‘’miraculously’ escaped from the custody of Immigration officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, embattled senator, Dino Melaye’s house has been taken...
Embattled Senator Dino Melaye who was earlier arrested this morning by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has been released. The senator, who represents Kogi West at...
Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been picked up by security agents in Abuja. Though it...
By Etaghene Edirin… Few days back, a notable Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Keyamo was appointed as the spokesman of the Buhari campaign team. This, also a few...
The Emir of Kano State, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has rued how the Federal Government fails to grab opportunities to attract foreign investors into Nigeria. Citing an...
Recently, Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, entered judgment in a case bothering on transaction in OPL 245 popular refered to...
Professor Wole Soyinka on Thursday decried how ‘evil’ has continued to triumph over ‘good’ in Nigeria and urged President Muhammadu Buhari and all Nigerians to join...
The quest by the National Assembly to rework the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010 (otherwise referred to as Election Sequence/Reordering Bill) suffered some setback on both...
Some people suspected to be political thugs on Wednesday morning invaded the floor of the Senate during plenary and snatched away the mace. This is coming...
Lagos State based lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded that the Federal Government explain how fuel subsidy payment that used to be...
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Okorocha said this on Monday when he hosted some political stakeholders at...
