The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday in Abuja donated 150 operational cars to the Nigeria Police Force. The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, described the donation as the single biggest gift ever by a private sector operator to the…
Year: 2018
Senate probes OAU sex-for-mark scandal
The Senate has begun an investigation of the case of sexual harassment at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, involving a postgraduate student, Miss Monica Osagie, and a lecturer at the Accounting Department, Prof. Richard Akindele. The investigation was based on…
Tackle Corruption to Stop Electoral Rigging – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on Wednesday said Nigerians must get the current fight against corruption right to be able to address the vexed issue of electoral rigging that has marred the nation’s political system. Soyinka who spoke at a…
Name bribe takers- Saraki challenges Jega
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has lamented the allegation by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, that members of the National Assembly are bribe takers. Saraki, who described the comment as embarrassing, challenged…
TIME FOR YOUTHS IN NIGERIA’S LEADERSHIP
The promise of President Muhammadu Buhari during his Democracy day speech on May 29, 2018 to sign the “Not too Young to Run Bill” into law to give opportunities to Nigerian youths to participate in politics and governance has sparked…
2019: Turaki declares for presidency
A former minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the PDP. The ex-minister also announced a former governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna, as the…
IPOB, pro-Biafra groups shut down parts of South East again
In what can be described as about 70 per cent compliance of the sit-at home order at the instance of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, many parts of the south east zone were shut down for business and…
Police arrests Kwara Governor’s P.A.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the Personal Assistant to the Governor of Kwara State on Political Matters (Kwara South) Mr. Alabi Olalekan. Reports say Olalekan was arrested on Tuesday night from his residence in Ilorin. Operatives were said to…
Rowdy session as Melaye resumes senate plenary
Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday made a dramatic appearance at the Senate, declaring his intention to cross-carpet to the Senate wing of the chamber. Melaye had been away from the Senate, since over a month, when the Nigerian Police arrested…
Killings: Ortom, Fani-Kayode Lied about Dan Fodio – Sultan of Sokoto
Nigeria’s largest Islamic organisation, Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has berated Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode for alleged unbridled attacks against founder of the Sokoto caliphate, Usman…