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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, said his government would continually regard the principle of separation of power as is enshrined in the constitution. The President hosted members of the National Assembly to a dinner as part of the activities to mark his first anniversary in office. Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Odigie-John Oyegun; former... Read More
Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to an alleged plot of President Muhammadu Buhari to place two Nigerian governors, one from the South-South and another from the South-West on travel restriction. His Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka on Monday, addressed a press conference to this effect. Fayose dared... Read More
Wait a minute. Embrace your imagination for a moment. Break the bounds of reality and picture something different in your mind. What if Nigeria had a functioning and effective child services department? Have you imagined it yet? Okay, hold on a second for those who don’t understand how the child services system is supposed to... Read More
Residents of Mende/Araromi area of Lagos, unable to stomach their incessant exorbitant electricity bills, engaged, confronted and protested against the Ikeja Electricity Distribution (Ikeja DISCO) Company. The residents complained that they barely get 9 hours of electricity in a month but the attendant bill the Disco presents is usually in tens of thousands. Frustrated by the excessive charges... Read More
While the whole country celebrated Democracy Day yesterday, Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike refused to and he has revealed why. The governor, speaking at a thanksgiving mass to mark the first anniversary of his administration at Our Lady of Holy Rosary of the Catholic Institute of West Africa in Port Harcourt, said there was... Read More
After surviving the 2016 budget back and forth with the federal lawmakers, President Muhammadu Buhari has invited them for a dinner in Abuja today. According to Punch Newspapers, all 360 members of the House of Representatives have been invited by the President to dine with him. The lawmakers will be led to the dinner by... Read More
According to figures given by the Deputy Comptroller of prisons in Nigeria, Musa Tanko, Kuje Prisons in Abuja is holding inmates way beyond its capacity – consequently leading to congestion. Tanko revealed the figures on Sunday when a group of the Alumni Association of the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Abuja chapter, visited... Read More
Written by Femi Oyesile How time flies, it’s already one year since President Buhari took over from Goodluck Jonathan’s government, after a supposed free and fair electoral process marred with campaign battles, selective propaganda, disillusioned rants and so many other things that come with such process in this part of the world. For so many... Read More
The beauty of a democratically elected government is the freedom of speech that comes with the package. In a democracy, any one with a mouth can mouth off and drop ceaseless soundbites on the government of the day. While this freedom is not to be abused, it is imperative – for the polity of any country –... Read More
Former President Goodluck Jonathan – on this day, one year ago – ceremoniously handed over the mantle of Nigeria’s leadership to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. Despite having spent only one of his 4 year tenure, the administration of Muhammadu Buhari has been largely eventful and has consistently remained in the news- both... Read More
Quite a number of concerned Nigerians are still befuddled at how the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has managed to still keep his job after a year full of inciting, careless and seemingly unguarded statements on social media. The presidential aide has at different times been at the... Read More
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President Muhammadu Buhari has once again pushed forward a promise he made to Nigerians. On May 14, during the Anti-Corruption Summit which held in London, President Buhari promised to reveal details of assets recovered by the government from looters of the Nigerian treasury today, May 29. “So far, what has come out, what has been recovered... Read More
By Nwagwu Everest Chimankpam and Oke Umurhohwo Sometime in mid June 2015, as patriotic Nigerians who wanted to hold the new government accountable, we asked what president Buhari was doing, but his supporters were quick to remind us that we should give him time. Fair enough, time we have given him. The braggadocios also mentioned that Buhari’s... Read More
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is officially a year old today – May 29, 2016. 365 days ago, Buhari took over from Goodluck Jonathan as President, on a dawn when every Nigerian clung to the hope of change. Riding on this crest of change, the government in the past year, has made relative stride... Read More
Bën Nwosu, counsel to Olisa Metuh, former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised some issues regarding a petition prompting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate and interrogate former President Goodluck Jonathan. The counsel says the bearer of the petition, Barrister Osuagwu Ugochukwu – who claims to be representing a former lawmaker – is... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered his Democracy Day address to Nigerians today in commemoration of his first year in office. He was sworn in May 29, 2015 after winning the April general elections deposing Goodluck Jonathan as President of the nation. Read the full text of his address below My compatriots, It is one year... Read More
By Jude Ndukwe The current travails of Femi Fani-Kayode in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had long been expected. In fact, with developments leading to his arrest, Fani-Kayode thinks the EFCC came too late. This is because owing to the current administration’s aversion to criticism even of the slightest and... Read More
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state has in recent times become more busy owing to the magnitude of work and development constantly going on in the state. On Monday, he received the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in place of President Muhammadu Buhari, who commissioned some newly constructed roads and other projects that hallmark the development... Read More
By Imam Imam The present democratic experiment clocks one year on May 29, 2016 and all over the country, governments will roll out the drums to celebrate their achievements and make renewed commitments to the citizenry. In Sokoto, it has been 365 days since the election of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Governor of the state.... Read More
The Nigerian Army has reportedly attacked Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom where Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo hails from. According to Vanguard newspaper, the soldiers arrived the community at about 2:00am and laid seige till 8:00am on Saturday morning. The soldiers, believed to have arrived in gunboats, proceeded to beat up residents... Read More
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has described reports that over 500 people were killed in Agatu community of Benue state by Fulani herdsmen. The IGP, at the investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives committee on the killings in Benue State claimed that 3 people and not 500 died from the... Read More
By Frank Ijege Since the return to democracy in 1999, no election of has been celebrated like the one that brought General Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2015. His victory saw a lot of Nigerians throng to the streets in jubilation for the victory of a man they feel would wipe away their tears and bring... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari met with Newspaper Proprietors of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja on Friday. It must have been a good meeting going by the bright smile everyone had on. See photos below;
In a world of ephemeral hashtags and trends, the environment is one issue that no matter how much it is ignored, never seems to go away. The environment, has elicited constant debates and arguments about the validity of climate change or the necessity of nature conservation, an argument which ‘eXploring’ for the week was all about.... Read More
The children of today are the future of tomorrow and should by all means be protected and kept alive. The Strap and Safe Child Foundation went on an awareness rally to remind people that the safety of children is paramount especially when they are in a moving vehicle. The aim of the foundation is to... Read More
For Nigerian kids, Children’s Day is like Christmas Day. The young at heart in Nigeria partake in a series of activities on May 27 and one of such recreational areas visited by children – is the Oshodi Recreational Park in Lagos state. See pictures below. Photography by Hycienth Iyereosa
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun has revealed that some of the governors under the umbrella of the party are under investigation by the Federal Government as opposed to the claims of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on “The Encounter with Constance Ikowu,” a programme on WEFM, Oyegun chided... Read More
‘Every generation must out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.’ – Frantz Fanon In January 2012, citizens from all walks of life were part of the #OccupyNigeria movement asking government to cut institutional waste; prosecute those responsible from driving our subsidy payments from N219.72 billion in 2006 to N1.9 trillion... Read More
By Kingsley Charles Dear son, I’ve slunk into your cubbyhole this midnight hour to whisper this confession to your ears while you lie asleep, snoring softly. Where I lay on my bed, I could scarce sleep, for my heart was laden with grief. The evil that has become my habit haunted me. Son, as I... Read More
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