Nigeria

Ex President, Olusegun Obasanjo has referred to Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rrufai as a good student. During his recent visit to the governor at Government House in Kaduna on Wednesday, Obasanjo said El Rufai is one of the best persons to work with. According to him, the state governor ...

Civil rights organization, Anti-Corruption Crusade Network has urged the National Assembly and anti-graft agencies to come up with laws that would make it impossible for politicians to finance their campaigns with public funds. The Executive Director of ACCN, Pwanabeshi Alson revealed this in a recent interview with The PUNCH. According ...

Immediate past senator that represented Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Shehu Sani has said he has not quit politics and he will be back in 2023, when his people want him to return. He disclosed this in Kaduna when he has conferred an award of excellence for his brilliant ...

Ex Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi has come out to say that he did better than past governors in the state in terms of the infrastructural development and service delivery he unveiled during his 8 years in office. Ajimobi, who revealed this during a live radio programme in Ibadan, ...

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has reacted to a Punch editorial that described Buhari as a draconian leader and dictator. In the article, Punch blasted the president’s several human rights violations, incompetent security operatives and detention of journalists. Their words, “Buhari can ...

Chief Executive Officer, Women Radio 91.7 FM, Mrs. Toun Okewale-Sonaiya has asked tertiary institutions in Nigeria to organize platforms for students to rate their lecturers anonymously. Mrs Toun revealed this at the 2019 Olabisi Onabanjo University Alumni Inaugural Annual Lecture series held at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. According to ...

Popular Nigerian socialite, Pretty Mike has blasted some of his female admirers on social media. According to him, the way some girls feel they are too big for some guys is the same way some guys think they are bigger than some ladies. On Instagram, he warned ladies who are ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said he does plan to protect any of his appointees accused of corruption from investigation and prosecution. Governor Ortom revealed that he has never been one to prevent justice from prevailing. He added that his utmost respect for the rule of law will always ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State has urged state governor, Seriake Dickson, to desist from heating things up in the state with wild allegations and inciting comments. APC revealed this in a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Doifie Buokoribo, saying that Seriake has been dishing out threats ...

The Presidency has come out to say that failure to control what goes down on social media will result in more lawlessness, violence and deaths in the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this as he spoke to the Kawararafa Media ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begged Nigerians to abandon their corrupt ways and join in the government’s fight against corruption. ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, also begged every citizen to accept integrity, transparency and accountability as the way to go if we all want ...

New York State senator, Robert Jackson has told Nigerians and other black people across the globe that Africa is waiting for them to make it whole again. He revealed this at the premiere of a movie titled “We Are The Endless Roar (WATER),” in New York. According to Robert, Nigerians ...

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has come out to say that there are millions of Nigerians who do not care about the re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore, the #RevolutionNow convener, by the Department of State Services (DSS). He disclosed this during a Channels Television’s Sunrise ...

After the statement from the Department of State Services saying that its operatives did not cause commotion at the Federal High Court, Abuja to rearrest Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Friday, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has come out to say that the DSS team leader apologized to Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu for ...

The seat of the jailed senator, Orji Uzor Kalu representing Abia North has been declared intact by the Senate. The politician was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for corruption recently. According to Senate spokesperson, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, Kalu’s seat is retained until he has used up every legal option to ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out to say that the shameless invasion of the Federal High Court by the Department of State Services (DSS) to rearrest Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare further proves that Nigeria, under Buhari, is gradually sliding into a sad dictatorship. According to PDP, what ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Nigerian banks for the way they have spread their tentacles across Africa. PMB also urged state governments to make the process of land ownership easier so the citizens can have access to banks for cheaper homes. Buhari disclosed this as he received the Governing Council ...

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari has said bad people have taken over Nigeria from those that should be in charge. Mrs. Aisha revealed this in a television program today via a phone-in interview on Television Continental (TVC)’s “Journalists Hangout.” According to her, it is sad that the people ...

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has reacted to the invasion of the court and harassment of Omoyele Sowore by officers of the State Security Service, SSS. According to him, all he saw African wild dogs on a pack hunt and he wants Buhari to teach these officers simple court manners. ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out to say that it fulfilled its constitutional duties in the conduct of the November Governorship and Supplementary polls in Kogi State. Director, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) in the Kogi office of the commission, Ahmed-Bagudu Biambo, revealed this at a Post-Election ...