Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave Abuja for London tomorrow to partake in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Monday, January 20, 2020. The summit, hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will unite African leaders, international business chief executives, and heads of international organisations. A recent ...

Ex Borno state governor, Sen. Kashim Shettima has said he is ready to be one of the cabals in Abuja. He revealed this as a guest speaker at the 17th Edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue held in Abuja entitled: 20 Years of Democracy in Nigeria: Strengths, Weakness and opportunities. ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to say that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, organized by the six Southwest States to battle crimes in the region, is here to stay. According to NANS, any move by the Federal Government to scrap it will not ...

Leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has backed Operation Amotekun, the new regional security outfit of Nigeria’s Southwest geopolitical region. According to the Biafra clamourer, IPOB is ready to work with the incumbent leadership of the Yorubas to make it happen. Nnamdi believes the outfit is ...

Reverend Mbaka has come out to say that his Imo governorship prediction success is only the beginning and there are more to come. According to the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, he has 39 more prophecies that will come to pass this year. He said Nigerians must know ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is celebrating the 1st interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande on his birthday. He revealed this in a statement by Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Thursday. PMB wishes him long life, ...

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has said the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami does not have the power to declare “Operation Amotekun” legal or illegal. According to him, the public should disregard any statement from him because he or the other governors involved have said nothing ...

The Youth Wing of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has begged Imolites, especially youths, to stay calm over the Supreme Court’s judgment on the governorship election in the state. The National Youth Leader of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Arthur Obiora, revealed this as he spoke to newsmen in Enugu ...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland land, Iba Gani Adams, who recently installed new chiefs, has said there is no reason to compare the Aare Onakakanfo’s chieftains and that of the Alaafin of Oyo. This was his reaction to news circulating that the freshly installed Mayegun of Yorubaland, Wasiu Ayinde, came about ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Supreme Court for its courage and perseverance to name Sen. Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo. According to PMB, the road to justice might be lengthy, it remains the best way ...

Ex PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has come out to say that Nigeria will fulfill her potential as the nation of Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress. This was his reaction to the Supreme Court ruling which sacked Emeke Ihedioha as Imo State governor. According to Atiku, Nigerians must accept ...

Ex governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha has come out to speak after the recent Supreme Court ruling that kicked him out as the state governor. According to Ihedioha, the Supreme court simply contravened the will of Imolites because the people clearly elected him. He, however, said he would always ...

An APC chieftain, who was the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Edo State 2016 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has come out to say that Governor Godwin Obaseki is responsible for the issues the state House of Assembly is currently battling. According to him, 10 ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the judgement of the Supreme Court on the Imo state governorship election stressing that the destiny of the people of Imo state is being taken from the governor they chose. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has shut down rumors of President Muhammadu Buhari directing the stoppage of salaries of university lecturers that are yet to enroll into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, revealed recently the reports are false. He added ...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has come out to say that governors in the South West would soon review Federal Government’s decision to declare Operation Amotekun, an illegal outfit. He revealed this at a recent press dinner with the media in the state. According to him, he cannot say anything ...

The Federal Government has revealed reasons why Amotekun, launched by the governors of the South-West to decrease challenges in the region, is illegal. The government had their say via the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. According to Malami, the South-West governors did not consult ...

Professor Pat Utomi has called for the decentralisation of Nigeria’s government, saying such move will move the government closer to Nigerians. Pat revealed this during his keynote address at the 50th anniversary of the country’s Civil War organized by the Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo in Lagos. According to him, it ...

The Supreme Court has sacked governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State. The top court, in a unanimous judgment by a seven-man panel of justices that was led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, ruled that Emeka who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, ...

Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Abiodun Tobuna has said Lasgidi roads would soon be free of potholes. According to him, in the next 6 months, this dream will come true because the House has provided adequate cash to rectify all the potholes on the ...