Tempers flared at the Senate on Wednesday when lawmakers debated the arrest and detention of Senator Dino Melaye by the police over alleged involvement in gun-running. The Senate, after a debate that lasted over one hour, resolved to step down…
Month: April 2018
2019 ELECTIONS: COURT UPHOLDS INEC
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, held that the National Assembly lacks the power to re-order the proposed sequence for 2019 general elections. The court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, maintained that the…
FACEBOOK RELEASES LONG-SECRET RULES ON POSTS
Facebook Inc on Tuesday released a rule book for the types of posts it allows on its social network. This move gives far more detail than ever before on what is permitted on subjects ranging from drug use and sex…
How Buhari administration encourages human rights abuses – U.S. Government
Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The…
Champions League: Liverpool closer to final
Mohamed Salah scored two goals and the same number of assists as Liverpool secured a 5-2 victory over Roma in the first leg of their semi-final Champions League clash on Tuesday night at Anfield. Surprisingly, it was Roma that dominated…
50 days to Russia 2018
Brazil won the 1994 World Cup but amongst the 23-man squad was a certain Ronaldo De Lima, who did not get a single minute of action in the USA. Four years later, at France 1998, he took Brazil to that…
2019: APC GOVERNORS ENDORSE BUHARI
All the 24 governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) on Tuesday announced their endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidature for the 2019 presidential election. Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo made the position of the governors…
DINO MELAYE: POLICE SPOKESMAN STORMS HOSPITAL
The Police spokesman, Mr Jimoh Moshood has stormed the hospital where Senator Dino Melaye is currently receiving treatment along with 30 Police officers. Recall that Dino was said to have jumped off a police vehicle conveying him to Lokoja and…
ROWDY SESSION AS REPS CALL FOR BUHARI’S IMPEACHMENT
The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session yesterday following calls by some lawmakers for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the unauthorised withdrawal and spending of $496,374,470.00 million on war planes. The House was sharply divided over…
CONVENTION: BUHARI MEETS APC GOVS, SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OSHIOMHOLE
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening met with state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The meeting was held behind closed doors inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to a Presidency official who spoke with…