APC to beg Ribadu for help on war against corruption

The All Progressives Congress has revealed that efforts are being made to return former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the ranks of the ruling party to assist in the war against corruption. This was made known by the National President of the APC National Coalition for Peace and Mobilisation, Ahmed... Read More

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2015, APC, division, EFCC, election, Leadership, ribadu, Unity

June 28, 2016

Markafi extends olive branch to Sheriff, his ‘colleague and friend’

The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, called on the sacked national chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, to toe the path of dialogue over the Edo state primary. Markafi made the comment in Abuja when he received report of the Edo state PDP governorship primary... Read More

election, INEC, Markafi, PDP, rimary, sheriff

June 27, 2016

Opinion: The Nigerian government and its citizens habit of playing the ostrich

Recent happenings in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state calls for urgent action by all and sundry, this is impunity in its highest form. How can residents sleep with an eye open and walk in fear of being attacked by so called militants -Ijaw or whatever and wherever they come from and no one seems... Read More

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Brexit, citizen, election, government, nigeria, Odua

June 27, 2016

Opinion: The #NotTooYoungToRun bill and why the future is now

by Douglas Imaralu ‘A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline, but a society that engages their interests, enlists their talents and liberates their energies brings hope to the world’, says former UN Sec-Gen Kofi Annan. But don’t you find it odd that the same society that encourages you to follow your... Read More

bills, election, facebook, future, traffic, youth

June 27, 2016

‘Throw open the doors of jail, I shall be a happy guest’ – Saraki

President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday, alleged that there is a government within the government of President Muhammadu Buhari that is using the executive power to carry out its atrocious activities. The Senate President made the allegation in a statement signed personally by him. He noted that the forgery charges brought against him... Read More

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Attorney General, Ekweremadu, election, Executive, Leadership, legislatures, Saraki, senate

June 26, 2016

‘Wike diverting attention from noose around his neck by probing Amaechi’ – APC

The River state All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday, accused the state governor, Nyesom Wike, of trying to divert attention from the investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into his administration by probing the school projects carried out by former Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s administration. The APC made this known in a statement... Read More

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Amaechi, APC, EFCC, election, Finebone, PDP, PROBE, wike

June 26, 2016

PDP Edo primary: Sheriff, Markafi in battle of supremacy

The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, took a new turn as the Ahmed Markafi-led executive of the party overturned the decision of the Ali Modu Sheriff-led executive to suspend the Edo state PDP executive committee. The caretaker committee’s decision was supported by the Edo state leadership of the party led... Read More

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Edo state, election, guber, Markafi, PDP, primary, sheriff

June 25, 2016

Disgruntled Edo guber candidate pitches tent with Sheriff

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo state primary has come under contention as an aspirant who lost the election, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, is challenging the outcome of the primary which produced Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as its candidate. According to the Punch, Iduoriyekemwen has also pitched his tent with the embattled National Chairman of the PDP, Ali... Read More

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candidate, Edo, election, PDP, primary, sheriff, state

June 25, 2016

Oshiomhole fires aide who called APC guber candidate ‘unsellable’

The Edo state Executive Director of Poverty Alleviation and Mobilisation, Evelyn Igbafe, has been sacked by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Igbafe’s termination was announced in a statement released on Friday, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria. According to the statement, the ED was sacked over “dereliction of duty, incompetence, among others.” The termination letter... Read More

Adams Oshiomhole, APC, Edo state, election, Evelyn Igbafe, Godwin Obaseki, sack

June 24, 2016

‘Sheriff has political madness’, ‘Fayose will apologise to Aisha Buhari’ and 3 other things we learnt from Bode George

Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has advised embattled former National Chairman of the party, Sheriff Modu Ali to desist from his political lunacy by insisting that he remains the chairman of the party despite being ousted. Bode George in an interview with Vanguard newspaper, spoke on the issues plaguing the PDP as... Read More

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Amosu, ANPP, APC, Buhari, election, Fayose, PDP, Presidency, Saraki, sheriff

June 22, 2016

‘Zenith Bank funded my campaign’ | ‘Aisha Buhari should visit the USA’ – Fayose has more to say

“I have no financial transaction whatsoever with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro either by cash, cheque or electronic transfer.” Those were the words contained in a statement issued on behalf of the Ekiti State govenor, Ayodele Fayose,... Read More

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Aisha buhari, Buhari, campaign, Ekiti, election, Fayose, funds, money, Obanikor, Zenith bank

June 20, 2016

‘PDP is not an issue… they are lighter than a loaf of bread’ – Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has declared ahead of the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo state, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not an issue to be worried about. The Governor noted that the APC will focus its attention on other political parties and ignore the PDP as the former ruling party is currently... Read More

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APC, election, gubernatorial, PDP, projects

June 12, 2016

Abiola’s family to FG: ‘Pay us presidential entitlements’

As the nation marks the 23rd anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the family of the presumed winner of that historic election, MKO Abiola, on Sunday, called on the federal government to declare him winner and pay presidential entitlements due to him. Head of the Abiola family and younger brother to the late... Read More

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Abiola, election, Ogun State, president, saro wiwa, une 12, winner

June 12, 2016

Jonathan, Yar’Adua’s ADCs fall victim to mass sack in Nigerian Army

For their alleged roles in the 2015 general elections and in the dubious arms procurement scandal, the Nigerian Army Council has reportedly retired the Aide de Camp to ex-Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Umaru Yar’Adua, and 57 other officers. The affected officials include: Jonathan’s Aide de Camp, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe; a former Principal Secretary to an... Read More

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army, election, jonathan, Military, retire, top officials, yaradua

June 12, 2016

CAN hit by new crisis, Catholic church threatens to pull out

As the tenure of Ayo Oritsejafor, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), winds down, a wave of fresh crisis has hit the organization- regarding his replacement. The Catholic church has allegedly threatened to pull out of CAN if the crisis isn’t resolved. According to Vanguard, reports indicate that the candidate of TEKAN/ECWA bloc, Jeremiah Gado,... Read More

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CAN, catholic church, christian, crisis, election, Oritseajor, president, pull out

June 9, 2016

‘I’m with her’ | Obama endorses Hillary Clinton

After a hard fought battle with Senator Bernie Sanders, Former First Lady of the USA and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has emerged the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party. To crown her campaigning efforts, President Barrack Obama has, in an emotional video, expressed his support for Clinton, saying, “I don’t think there’s ever been... Read More

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clinton, democratic, election, obama, party, Presidency, Sanders, trump, USA

June 9, 2016

#NotTooYoungToRun: 73 or 24, no age is too young to contest for office

By Jude ‘Feranmi This piece is long overdue but then, they say better late than never. My objective is simple and it is to address the notion which I personally consider a slander that there is a certain fetishization of ‘Youth’ and the capabilities of young people when it comes to nation building or Leadership. I... Read More

election, government, House of Rep, KOWA, young people, youth

June 8, 2016

32 political parties (and counting) set to burst into the scene

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, announced that over 32 new political parties have applied for registration. This was disclosed by chairman of the electoral commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, during the second quarterly consultative meeting with the chairmen and secretaries of registered political parties in Abuja. The chairman noted that INEC has started... Read More

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court, election, INEC, offenders, political parties, re-run, Yakubu Mahmood

June 7, 2016

Like Faleke, Wada fails to unseat Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello

Former Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada, has lost his petition challenging the election of Governor Yahaya Bello at the state election tribunal. Wada, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, lost the December 2015 governorship election to Bello, the candidate of the All Progress Congress. He subsequently filed a petition before the Kogi State... Read More

APC, election, Idris Wada, Kogi State, PDP, Tribunal, Yahaya Bello

June 6, 2016

The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today. 1) Election tribunal upholds Yahaya Bello’s election An election tribunal sitting in Kogi has confirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi state gubernatorial election. 2) Militant leader, Tompolo in Libya Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, a former militant leader wanted by... Read More

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Bello, Buhari, election, Faleke, jonathan, libya, Tompolo

June 3, 2016

EFCC ‘investigating bloggers, reporters’ that took money from Fani-Kayode

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission is reportedly investigating bloggers, newspapers and other journalists allegedly given money by the Director of Publicity for the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode. This was contained in statement signed by the Special Assitant o Media to Fani-Kayode, Jude Ndukwe. The statement noted that the former Minister of Aviation... Read More

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bloggers, campaign, EFCC, election, FFK, jonathan, journalist

June 3, 2016

Donald Trump can now kiss China’s a**, literally

Following Donald Trump’s anti-Beijing rhetoric during his U.S. Presidential campaign, a Chinese company, Qingdao Wellpaper Industrial Co., has reacted quite literally. The reaction is a Chinese toilet paper with Donald Trump’s face with a pout printed on it literally means the Presidential candidate can ‘kiss whoever’s a**’ is making use of it. Not surprisingly, it has seen... Read More

donald trump, election, Hillary Clinton, presidential candidates, Tissue paper, toilet, USA

June 2, 2016

Seriously speaking, Atiku Abubakar may be posturing for 2019

After Muhammadu Buhari comes former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in the order of perennial presidential candidates Since 2007, the former Vice President has repeatedly vied for the Presidency, and has repeatedly failed to win even as he jumps from one political party to another, forming high-powered political affiliations along the way. But the curious thing about Atiku is... Read More

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2019, APC, Atiku, Buhari, election, Politics

June 1, 2016

INEC banks on ‘hope’ for suspended elections

Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, said that it will hopefully conclude elections suspended in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano states before July 31, 2016. According to a statement issued by the INEC Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, in Abuja, the commission disclosed that it has received several... Read More

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May 31, 2016

Demola Rewaju: If Jonathan had won in 2015? A reflection… (Y! Politico)

By Demola Rewaju This piece is an email response I sent to one of my twitter friends who asked me the title as a question. I said that the answer required deep thought on my part and the response wasn’t stuff for twitter DM. She then suggested I make it public to commemorate May 29. Enjoy.... Read More

2015, APC, Buhari, democracy, election, jonathan, PDP, social media

May 31, 2016

Okorocha is worried about the threat to his ‘relationship with Buhari’

Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, distanced himself from campaign posters of himself and Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetttima, depicting them as vying for the 2019 presidential election. According to Okorocha, this is yet “another mischief.” The governor made his position known in statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo.... Read More

2019, APC, election, posters, Rochas, Shettima

May 27, 2016

‘Nigeria’s economy would have collasped if not for President Buhari’ – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Friday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s election saved Nigeria from economic collapse. According to a statement signed by the Minister’s spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi, Mohammed stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. He said: “For the fact that God loves... Read More

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buhai, economy, election, Ganduje, kano, Lai Mohamed, town hall

May 27, 2016

Opinion: Amaechi- 51 garlands to the new face of democracy in Nigeria

By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze PREAMBLE My good friend and political leader, Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who piloted with other great Nigerians the ousting of the last looting PDP Administration under the watch of Dr Goodluck Jonathan that ruined and brought our country to her knees, will by this Friday, May 27,... Read More

Amaechi, APC, election, Ex-Governor, Minister, River State, transport

May 27, 2016

Opinion: Buhari’s first year in office – Facts don’t lie

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun Even before Nigerians went to their polling boots on March 28, 2015 objective polls could safely predict a victory from opposition candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. Little wonder the spontaneous jubilations that greeted his victory even when counting is still on. One year after, Nigerians are not too certain as to whether... Read More

APC, biafra, Biafran troops, CMS, democracy, election, nigeria, president buhari, TSA

May 26, 2016

‘Trump is rattling world leaders’ – Obama

President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, today said that the Republican Presidential party nominee, Donald Trump, is rattling world leaders. While noting that world leaders are surprised by Trump’s nomination, he said they are rattled by what he called “careless” and “ignorant” statements. Obama, who spoke at the sidelines of the ongoing G7... Read More

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APC to beg Ribadu for help on war against corruption

Markafi extends olive branch to Sheriff, his ‘colleague and friend’

Opinion: The Nigerian government and its citizens habit of playing the ostrich

Opinion: The #NotTooYoungToRun bill and why the future is now

‘Throw open the doors of jail, I shall be a happy guest’ – Saraki

‘Wike diverting attention from noose around his neck by probing Amaechi’ – APC

PDP Edo primary: Sheriff, Markafi in battle of supremacy

Disgruntled Edo guber candidate pitches tent with Sheriff

Oshiomhole fires aide who called APC guber candidate ‘unsellable’

‘Sheriff has political madness’, ‘Fayose will apologise to Aisha Buhari’ and 3 other things we learnt from Bode George

‘Zenith Bank funded my campaign’ | ‘Aisha Buhari should visit the USA’ – Fayose has more to say

‘PDP is not an issue… they are lighter than a loaf of bread’ – Oshiomhole

Abiola’s family to FG: ‘Pay us presidential entitlements’

Jonathan, Yar’Adua’s ADCs fall victim to mass sack in Nigerian Army

CAN hit by new crisis, Catholic church threatens to pull out

‘I’m with her’ | Obama endorses Hillary Clinton

#NotTooYoungToRun: 73 or 24, no age is too young to contest for office

32 political parties (and counting) set to burst into the scene

Like Faleke, Wada fails to unseat Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello

The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

EFCC ‘investigating bloggers, reporters’ that took money from Fani-Kayode

Donald Trump can now kiss China’s a**, literally

Seriously speaking, Atiku Abubakar may be posturing for 2019

INEC banks on ‘hope’ for suspended elections

Demola Rewaju: If Jonathan had won in 2015? A reflection… (Y! Politico)

Okorocha is worried about the threat to his ‘relationship with Buhari’

‘Nigeria’s economy would have collasped if not for President Buhari’ – Lai Mohammed

Opinion: Amaechi- 51 garlands to the new face of democracy in Nigeria

Opinion: Buhari’s first year in office – Facts don’t lie

‘Trump is rattling world leaders’ – Obama

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