Politics

Governor Ayodele Fayose will spend many years in jail after leaving office in October, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, his predecessor said. Fayemi who is now Minister of Mines and Steel Development, and wants to seek re-election made the vow during his declaration of intent to contest for Ekiti State governorship seat ...

A former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has explained why he is seeking a return to the Gvernment House on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. At a declaration ceremony attended by a mammoth crowd on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development said ...

Isah Garba, a Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander in Kabala Doki, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, accused of killing one Lawal Dona, has said he was tortured to mention Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central, in the case. Mr Garba alleged that soldiers who arrested him in February, took him ...

Public and private sector leaders in Nigeria can have access to high quality professional training in business management, entrepreneurship and attain global citizenship and contribute optimally to the building of a viable nation.   A UK-based Educationists and Development Communication Consultant, Dr Peter Ogudoro made this statement in Ikeja,Lagos on  ...

A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja on Friday issued a bench warrant against one Ade Obege, standing trial with four others over alleged assassination attempt on a senator, Dino Melaye, in April, 2017. The presiding judge, Ajayi, who issued the bench warrant following the failure of the accused to ...

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court in Lagos today declined to grant an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC seeking to seize the funds in 15 bank accounts linked to former first lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan. According to the EFCC, the funds are $8,435,788.84 and over N7.35bn. ...

Hello Naijavibes!!! Hope you having a great day out there? May God bless our hustle . Earlier today, the social media aide to the President, Bashir Ahmad, broke the news via his social media page that the president will be running for 2nd term come 2019.   Also few hours ...

This was disclosed by Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai via his twitter handle some minutes ago. This will be the first time President Buhari will be publicly declaring his intention to run for a second term in office. Before now, the President had left Nigerians guessing as to whether or ...

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, April 9 declared his intention to seek re-election in the 2019 general elections. Some Nigerians have expressed their displeasure over the president’s re-election bid, while pro-Buharists have continued to garner supports for his second term ambition. On the basis of the foregoing, Naijavibe highlights ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has condemned in strong terms the attack on passengers by some hoodlums near Yelwata, along the ever-busy Lafia – Makurdi Highway on Saturday. It was gathered that some armed hoodlums attacked passengers along the the highway and killed three of them. The governor in a ...

The Nigerian presidency has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Monday 9th April, 2018 for an official visit to Britain where he is due to hold discussions on Nigeria – British relations with Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May, prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled ...

Following the announcement of the Federal government to undertake the rehabilitation of communities destroyed by herdsmen in the country,   the President of the Tiv Youths Organization, TYO, Comrade Timothy Hembaor has urged President Muhamnadu Buhari to give directive to the military to flush out herdsmen from Benue communities to allow ...

The Police had a few days ago, declared the senator wanted over his implication in handing over illegal weapons to some kidnappers who claimed to be his thugs. The SARS’ operatives had stormed Kabawa Primary School, Lokoja, venue of the fidau prayers, in efforts to arrest Senator Melaye but were ...

  The President also called on religious leaders to work towards the broader goal of building a strong and unified nation, and avoid insinuations that could divide the populace, especially along religious lines. Speaking while receiving a delegation of the Arewa Pastors Non-Denominational Initiative for Peace in Nigeria led by ...

It will be great miracle if we pull through 2019 elections— Kukah CATHOLIC Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, said, yesterday, that the recent call by former Defence Minister, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd), for self-defence should normally cause apprehensions in the Presidency, since its legitimacy was in doubt. ...

A 39-year-old businessman, Mr Olasunkanmi Yusuf, on Friday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that he could no longer marry his wife for abandoning their matrimonial home. Olasunkanmi, while responding to a divorce suit filed by Beatrice, his wife of five years, said that Beatrice abandoned their home during ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded that the Presidency immediately make public all issues relating to the so-called private visit of President Muhammadu Buhari’s to the United Kingdom. The party, which queried the Presidency for always shrouding issues around the President in secrecy, pointedly demanded a full disclosure on ...

Troops deployed in Exercise AYEM AKPATUMA have intercepted a large number of Armed herdsmen in Asom village, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State following a tip off. The bandits on sighting the troops at Ukaa and Babban Ruwa area opened fire on them. One herdsman was killed during the ...