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Ex-VP Atiku makes surprise appearance in Senate

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ex-Vice President and 2019 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday sauntered into the Senate in Abuja....

Sowore: Soyinka calls FG’s disobedience of court orders thuggish, disdainful

For the umpteenth time, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he is incensed by the Federal Government’s continued disobedience of court orders and judgments. Alluding...

UPDATE: N7.65bn fraud: Court sentence Orji Kalu to 12 years in Prison

  Former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu  has  been convicted and sentenced to 12 years in Prison for fraud by a Lagos...

Buhari, NASS may be on collision course as lawmakers raise 2020 budget to N10.6tn

  President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives may be on a collision course, as the lawmakers have upped the 2020 budget...

Terrorism: Buhari unveils made-in-Nigeria mine resistant vehicles

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, unveiled made-in-Nigeria Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, for Nigerian Army’s counter-terrorism and other operations across the nation....

Sowore, Bakare challenge FG’s fresh application, says transfer to prison contemptuous

The convener of #RevolutionNow protest and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-detainee, Adebayo Bakare, in a notice of preliminary objection filed...

Academic fraud hits Nigerian universities, 100 fake professors discovered — NUC

  By Kunle Akinsola   A scary news of fake professors numbering 100 discovered in the Nigerian universities has filtered in from the...

Osoba, ex-gov. and media guru, rejects Hate Speech Bill, swipes sponsors

    Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lent his much-needed voice to...

Smart Adeyemi kicks out Dino Melaye from senate, wins Kogi West senatorial rerun

The broom has swept away entire 16 senators, Adams mocks Dino   A one-time senator, Smart Adeyemi of the All progressives Congress (APC)...

SERAP sues Buhari administration over failed Chinese $460m Abuja CCTV project

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed a lawsuit in Federal court against Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National...

Aisha Buhari to governors, ministers: Fear God, we shall all return to Him one day

…things are getting out of hand, no clean water for the poor in states   Outspoken and fiery Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha...

Appeal Court Judgment: Leave political scene for younger generation, Lalong taunts Useni

  The governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has ‘advised’ the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, in the March 9, 2019 elections,...

Buhari honours Elumelu, Dangote, Momoh, Otudeko, 22 others with National Merit Award

  Mr Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) and Heirs Holdings, Africa’s richest...

President Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For $30 Billion Economic Stimulus Infrastructure Fund

  President Buhari informed the Senate that the borrowed funds will fund 39 emergency projects in the Power, Agriculture, Transport & Mining sectors of...

HEDA’s False Alarm Over New Rule By AGF Malami

By Taiwo Odulana A civil society organization, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, HEDA, uncharacteristically raised a false anti-corruption alarm a few days ago...

U.S. Congress to DSS: Stop harassing, detaining journalists, activists

    …obey court orders, Nigerian constitution   …continued detention of Sowore, others, use of force affecting Nigeria’s image   The Congress of...