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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State has disowned Mr Ahmed Gulak as the National Chairman of the party....

Ooni, Awujale advocate peace, unity in Yorubaland

by Femi Adewale

The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, have called on Yoruba people...

Buhari calls for acceleration of Africa’s economic integration

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for an intensification of intra-African trade and acceleration of the pace of economic integration across...

Chris Uba in, Andy Uba out as Supreme Court sacks Oduah, other Anambra NASS members

The Supreme Court on Friday sacked the three senators and 11 members of the House of Representatives representing Anambra State....

Dakuku: We shall help Wike, we will provide virile opposition in the interest of Rivers people

Statement by Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in response to the Supreme Court...

CHAN: I spent $4,000 to feed Eagles, says Oliseh

Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh, has revealed that he spent $4,000 paying for the feeding of home-based Super Eagles...

NEC receives interim report on revenue generating agencies, orders forensic on NNPC, NIMASA, NPA, FIRS, 77 others

The National Economic Council (NEC) rose from its 65th meeting on Thursday in Abuja, with an approval to engage two...

Schools reopening: We are still evaluating, says FG

7,000 illegal private schools in Lagos

by Femi Adewale

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, on Thursday said that over 7,000 private schools in the state were not...

Persons with disabilities invade NASS over alleged neglect, injure security official

Reps spokesman dismisses Obasanjo’s letter, says ‘it’s a mere distraction’

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, has said that the National Assembly would not...

PIC. 10. GOV. YAHAYA BELLO GREETS INDIGENES OF KOGI AS HE RIDES ROUND THE CONFLUENCE STADIUM ARENA, DURING HIS INAUGURATION AS GOVERNOR, IN LOKOJA ON WEDNESDAY (27/1/16).
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PDP to Bello: You are on excursion in Kogi Govt House

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Wednesday's swearing-in of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as 'a comical event'....

Glo partners First Bank, Zenith, UBA, 12 others to launch new recharge code

by Ola Simeon

To enhance subscribers’ experience on its network, the next generation network, Globacom, has partnered with 15 banks to launch a...

Melaye to Obasanjo: You introduced corruption into National Assembly

Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) has told Nigerians not to take former President Olusegun Obasanjo serious in his letter to...

Why I won’t devalue naira, by Buhari; says ‘government officials use surrogates to run BDCs’

President Muhammadu Buhari declared late Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya that he was yet to be convinced that Nigeria and its...

PDP crisis deepens as govs tell Secondus to resign, hand over to Oladipo; NWC adamant, says ‘Secondus going nowhere’

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened with governors on the platform of the party telling the...

Jonathan: With the way people talk of corruption, you will think I was president since independence

Excerpts from an interactive session with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Geneva Press Club, Switzerland on Wednesday where he...

PDP Governors Forum condemns Gulak’s declaration as party’s national chairman, congratulates Wike, Umahi

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has condemned the action of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, an aide to former President...

N50 stamp duty: FG targets N66.1bn in 2016, N71.8bn in 2017, N78.5bn in 2018, says Emefiele

by Ola Simeon

The Federal Government is targetting an additional N66.1 billion revenue in 2016 from an imposed stamp duty of N50 on...

How terrorism can be defeated, by Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Eldoret, Kenya, said the global community must act with more determination and vigour against...

PIC. 7. ALHAJI YAHAYA BELLO (R), TAKING OATH OF OFFICE AS GOVERNOR OF KOGI AT HIS INAUGURATION, BEFORE THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE STATE, JUSTICE NASIRU AJANA, IN LOKOJA ON WEDNESDAY (27/1/16).
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Bello sworn-in as Kogi gov, appoints Chief of Staff, Media Adviser, CPS

Shortly after his swearing-in as Idris Wada's successor, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State appointed Mr Edward Onoja as his...

Lagos goes tough on cultism

by Femi Adewale