politics

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 ...

Nigerian society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has blasted the presidency for comparing Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare with the deadly terrorist group, Boko Haram. FG had said this in their recent statement days ago, “The Boko Haram militants, who are behind the violence, also fancy themselves to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has come out to say that he was attacked by some misguided Nigerians in Madrid. Revealing this through his Twitter handle, @ChibuikeAmaechi, the ex-governor of Rivers said luckily for him, the Nigerians were fought off by the Spanish police before they could cause ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated Professor Emeritus, renowned poet and playwright, JP Clark, who clocks 86 today, December 6, 2019. Buhari hailed him for tirelessly working for the growth of Nigeria in writing, teaching and coaching. His congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media ...

Convener of RevolutionNow and publisher of Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been freed from detention after spending over 100 days in DSS custody. His release is coming few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja gave the agency one day to release him and Bakare from detention. Omoyele Sowore ...

The Programme Director of the European Centre for Electoral Support, Maria Mauro, has come out to say that the level of poverty in several 3rd world countries, including Nigeria, makes it impossible to eradicate electoral crimes. Maria revealed this in Abuja on Wednesday during the public presentation of a report ...

Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has come out to say that the controversial hate speech bill is a crazy piece of legislation. Having his say at the opening ceremony of Shiloh, Bishop David disclosed that the bill is already dead. According to him, he could not ...

The Kogi State Government has reacted to the memo in circulation requesting political office holders to state the election results of their Polling Units. Answering questions from journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Director-General of Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo the noise surrounding the memo was not ...

The Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation have been applauded for showing commitment to quality budgeting in the state. Chief of Staff to the Governor of Ekiti State, Hon. Biodun Omoleye who praised the committee recently sating their input in the 2020 budget will surely aid ...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has lost his dad, Gabriel Nkanang. The governor’s aide, Aniekeme Finbarr revealed this via a Whatsapp message recently. According to him, Gabriel died on Sunday and he was 90 years old. Burial arrangements have been announced by the family. May his gentle soul rest ...

The World Bank has come out to say it will keep collaborating with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to make statistics available to the Nigerian government to lift Nigerians out of poverty. Mr. Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank Country Director, disclosed this at the launch of the report of the ...

Ex Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie caused him mental and psychological trauma via fabricated offensive electronic messages when he was contesting to be Nigeria’s president. According to him, he saw several baseless allegations against his person on social media and they were aimed ...

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that the new N30,000 minimum wage cannot even take workers home because of the current hardship in Nigeria. According to him, it will, therefore, be wickedness on the part of any governor to not pay the already small N30,000. He ...