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Presidency Query Into Fowler’s Variances’ in Tax Revenue May Halt Re-appointment

Some close to the Presidency believe that Babatunde Fowler, the executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) may soon be ousted...

Victory is going to be with those who stand for justice: Zakzaky loyalist in Iran says in new video

Dr. Shajareh, a Zakzaky loyalist, in Iran says it is “outrageous” that the Nigerian government put pressure on India to deport the ailing...

Deadly blast rips through wedding in Afghanistan, killing 63 people

A suicide bomb attack at a wedding in Kabul on Saturday killed 63 people and wounded 182, the Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said....

VP Osinbajo says Oyegun is “on the right side of history”

Former chairman of the ruling APC party celebrated his 80th birthday over the week-end with the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo wishing him well...

SERAP backs EFCC’s probe of Obasanjo govt’s $16bn power project

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed “the reported probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the government of...

Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s phone call with Zakzaky in India angered FG

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki looked to have sparked a potentially damaging row with Nigeria on Friday after speaking with Sheikh Zakzaky over...

OPINION/TRIBUTE: At 78, IBB maintains his important beats, but…

By Sufuyan Ojeifo   I had, in the past, written a number of tributes on the occasion of the anniversary of former military...

VON lauds NNPC on reputation turnaround

  The Voice of Nigeria; the mass communication apparatus dedicated to dissemination of information from the country to the outside world, has applauded...

El-Zakzaky chose Indian hospital, says Group

A non-partisan, public policy and good governance group in Nigeria, the Initiative to Save Democracy (ISD), has stressed that the leader of the...

Why Indian authorities repatriated El-Zakzaky, wife back to Nigeria

The Indian authorities, on Friday, flew Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat back to...

When Soldiers Do Police Work: Disaster by Reuben Abati 

If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than...

Osundare to Buhari: Release Sowore now, says Nigeria becoming a “big-for-nothing” 

Prolific Nigerian poet and media columnist, Prof. Niyi Osundare, has called on the Federal Government to release the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest and...

PDP hit by thunderbolt in 2015, says George

Raising the hope of a more formidable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after getting stuck in political mire, a chieftain, Chief Olabode George, says...

Real reason Obono-Obla is in trouble with the Presidency

Activities and conduct of the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has been under...

Afe Babalola to DSS: You don’t have power to arrest

In the wake of indiscriminate arrests and house raiding by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Nigeria, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,...

Nigerian Prisons Service Now Nigerian Correctional Service

President Muhammadu Buhari, has signed a bill into law changing the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) to Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). The bill also...