Embattled Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has reacted to claim by the police that two criminal suspects arrested in Kogi state confessed that he was the one who supplied them with guns. The Senator said the claim was part of…
Day: March 20, 2018
SOYINKA AND NIGERIA’S DINNER WITH THE DEVIL – REUBEN ABATI
Professor Wole Soyinka was keynote speaker at the maiden annual lecture of the Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism held in Lagos on March 15. Topic: “Rebuilding Trust in a Divided Nigeria: Can Nigeria be fixed?” The Nobel Laureate…
ELECTORAL ACT: SHOWDOWN IMMINENT IN THE RED CHAMBER
Though the Senate usually speaks with one voice on National issues, a showdown is imminent in the Red Chamber as senators loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari are putting in place certain strategies to neutralize plans by senators loyal to the…
FIFA 2018 WORLD CUP: I DREAM OF WINNING THE TROPHY IN RUSSIA – MESSI
Argentina star Lionel Messi is aware time is fast running out on his international career and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia may be his last chance to win a senior international title. In an incredible career in which…
APP: SARAKI DENIES LINK WITH PARTY
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has denied any link with a newly registered political party, Action Peoples Party (APP). Saraki in statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said he also has nothing to do with party’s…
KOGI: HERDSMEN STRIKE AGAIN KILLING TRADITIONAL RULER AND 11 OTHERS
Barely five days after the killings in Dekina and Omala Local Government Areas, a traditional ruler and 11 other persons have again been reportedly killed and several houses razed in separate attacks by suspected herders of cattle on Agbenema, Aj’Ichekpa,…
CORRUPTION: PDP COUNTERS OSINBAJO, TELLS BUHARI YOUR GOVT STINKS
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the difference between the present administration and “the other” was that the “Muhammadu Buhari administration is not corrupt.” He said once a country had a President that was not corrupt, half of such country’s…
BUHARI’S GOVT HAS NO SOLUTION TO THE MYRIADS OF PROBLEMS FACING THE COUNTRY – FAYOSE
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, yesterday, asked the politicians that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to seek God’s forgiveness. Fayose also lamented that Nigeria’s economy had become worse under the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, which he said has…