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The most compelling attribute of Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the new chairman of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), remains the doggedness with which he organised protests during the democratic regime of then President Olusegun Obasanjo. But events thus far are revealing the hard truth: Trade union activism is far from party leadership. This […]

Chief Judge of Oyo State, Nigeria, Justice Munta Abimbola, Tuesday, ordered the released of 30 inmates from the Agodi prison, Ibadan. The inmates included 25 inmates who were released unconditionally, 3 who were released on bail. Others include one who was sent to the remand home on age basis and another who was released on […]

Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Tuesday, blocked the effort made by Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan to prevent some All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators from dumping the party. Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Senator Barnabas Gemade and Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) led the defectors. The other defectors are: Senators Abdullahi Ibrahim Danbaba (Sokoto […]

Four gravely ill Nigerians went to see their doctor. One was Hausa, another Yoruba, the third Igbo and the fourth from Niger-Delta. They all had very high temperatures and could hardly walk or talk. They had the same complaints: Chest-pain, high blood-pressure, migraine, vomiting, stomach-ache and heart-palpitations. They had all lost considerable weight and were […]

Lawyers have extolled the virtues of the late Pa Tunji Gomez, who until his death, was the oldest practising lawyer in Nigeria. The death of Pa Gomez, a life bencher, was announced on Wednesday by the Mr Chukwuka Ikwuazomon, Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch. Pa Gomez, who was also a renowned rights activist, […]

Reports coming in say that the Benue State Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange has been impeached by the House of Assembly members. Terkimbi Ikyange, representing Ushongo state constituency, was impeached at the plenary on Tuesday. 23 out of the 30-member parliament impeached Mr Ikyange. Incidentally, all the 23 members belong to the Peoples Democratic Party, fueling speculations […]

In what is perceived as the last desperate attempt to intimidate and stop him from leaving the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has summoned Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki to appear at the office of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Abuja, Tuesday, over the robbery incident […]

It is more than two weeks now since His Lordship Justice Ijeoma L. Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave clear, positive and unambiguous orders in the matter between Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) as applicant and three persons – the Director General, State Security Services, the State Security Services and the Attorney General […]

Comrade and Senator, Mr. Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, has spoken on the invasion of his Abuja residence at the early hours of Tuesday. Shehu Sani took to his Twitter page, stating that some men in plain clothes came by his house requesting to see him. This is coming at a time when police […]

President of Nigerian Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Tuesday, explained how he escaped alleged ploys by security operatives to stop him from presiding over plenary on Tuesday morning. Security agencies had early Tuesday morning laid siege on the homes of Saraki and the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja. The move is said to be a ploy […]

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, is leading senators on solidarity visit to the Apo Legislative Quarters residence of Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, whose house has been under a siege by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and men of the Nigeria Police. Saraki had told lawmakers at the plenary […]

In a sudden twist of fate, the ruling All Progressives Congress has had 32 of its members in the House of Representatives defecting to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday. Four other lawmakers also defected to the African Democratic Congress. Thirty-two members of the APC in the House of Representatives had defected to the […]

Nigerian Senate, Tuesday, hurriedly adjourned plenary until September 25 given the current uncertainty in the nation’s political environment. Also, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is now in majority with the day’s defection of the 15 lawmakers from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki made announcement of the long adjournment […]

Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (r-APC), Buba Galadima, his son and two others escaped death after they were involved in a ghastly auto crash on Monday. According to NAN, the incident happened, when Galadima was returning from Yobe State, where he went to condole with his brother, who recently lost his daughter. Galadima […]

Anytime Senator Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, spoke about setting up a “national carrier”, I always switched off. Even though I like his ideas — and I still salute his single-mindedness in closing down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for a critical runway reconstruction last year — I just could not see […]

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the Federal Legislature of impending doom. Rev. Fr. Mbaka gave the warning during his sermon at the Adoration Ground, Enugu State yesterday. The fiery priest advised President Buhari to travel to Rome where he would ask […]

Speaking with journalists after meeting with Buhari at the President Villa, Abuja, the national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole said the party will not hesitate to suspend or expel any Minister who flouts orders from President Muhammadu Buhari. Asked on the comment by Ngige, the former Edo State Governor said, “If the minister refuse we […]

The first  son of Mrs. Olufunke  Kolawole, the late Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor of Osun State, Mr. Tolulope Kolawole, has committed suicide. Reports have it that the young man ended his life because he could no longer make ends meet. Residents of the Halleluya Estate in Osogbo, where he […]

Fellow Nigerians, permit me to say how flattered I was when the man of God, Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly, described me as one of the pen prophets in Nigeria and included humble me amongst the columnists he reads regularly. I can’t thank him enough for the extra-special lengths he went to […]

At least 5 governors, 30 senators, 135 members of the House of Representatives, and a host of other party members are ready to dump the All Progressives Congress [APC], it has been revealed. The revelation was made by the immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, […]