Former Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that there will be no room for any party official who has served more than two terms in the party’s executive; at…
Year: 2018
APC SHIFTS DATES FOR CONGRESS
NWC INSISTS ON RIGHT TO FORM COMMITTEES The All Progressives Congress (APC) has shifted the dates for its congresses and national convention scheduled to start next month due to the Ramadan fast. The party said the national convention earlier fixed…
DILEMMA OF THE NIGERIAN YOUTH
Reaching a consensus about who a youth is in Nigeria is a fundamental challenge which may blur every other discussion about this demography. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation says youthfulness is an attribute of people who are…
MELAYE: SENATE TO GRILL IGP IDRIS ON LIVE TV TODAY
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…
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…