Most Nigerians were astonished when the Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed last Sunday that the Federal Government would grant amnesty to the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents if they would surrender and…
Month: April 2018
RAPE: BAYELSA POLICE ARRESTS TWO TAXI DRIVERS
The Bayelsa Police command on Monday said it arrested two taxicab operators who allegedly raped a female dancer who boarded their taxi on Easter day in Yenagoa. Asinim Butswat, spokesperson of the Command confirmed the arrest of the two suspects…
SARAKI REFUTES CLAIMS OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST IN 2019
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday said news making the rounds that he will contest the 2019 presidential election is unfounded. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Saraki said, “the report is false. If it is true…
BUHARI MOURNS THE PASSING AWAY OF WINNIE MANDELA
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa of a courageous woman. The President said she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who held…
NIGERIANS HAVE SEEN THROUGH THEIR DECEIT- FAYOSE BERATES BUHARI LED FG
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria and protecting looters of the country’s commonwealth, adding that; “Nigerians have seen through their deceit and will…
ABIA APC LEADERSHIP TUSSLE DEEPENS
The crisis rocking Abia state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, deepened during the weekend, with the factions still laying claims to the leadership of the party in the state. Also, the two factions have embarked on gale…
TENURE ELONGATION: APC TO CONSTITUTE A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ITS DECISION
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will constitute a committee to review its decision to extend the tenure of its national leadership and other party executives at all levels. The party had agreed at its last National…
2015 CAMPAIGN LOOTED FUNDS: PDP URGES INEC TO PROSCRIBE APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately proscribe the All Progressives Congress (APC) following allegations that it financed President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 campaign with looted funds. The party, in a statement by…
WHERE IS THE NIGERIAN OPPOSITION? – REUBEN ABATI
Less than a year to the next general elections in Nigeria, the biggest deficit in the political process leading to that moment is the absence of a robust, virile and effective opposition. The role of the opposition in a democracy…
FARMERS/HERDSMEN CLASHES HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BREAKING THE COUNTRY – UDUAGHAN
Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, and Yusuf Ali, SAN, said, weekend, that incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen were inimical to the survival of Nigeria. While Gambari…