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Legislature, Senate
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Sunday Aborisade, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, forwarded to the senate, two new bills meant to effectively tackle the menace of money laundering in the country. The first bill is titled, ” Money Laundering Prevention and Prohibition Bill 2016″ while the second one is “Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill 2016.” The president’s […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
By Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday raised the alarm that having lost the war to the nation’s armed forces, insurgents are desperately seeking ways of returning to the society to wreak havoc. Buhari therefore called on all Nigerians, especially those that are resident in areas previously ravaged by terrorists, to be more vigilant […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
By Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the expelled former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Tope Aluko, as a new distraction from the All Progressive Congress in Ekiti State. The governor, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Aluko was already beclouded […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
By Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Embattled Secretary of the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party Dr. Temitope Aluko, has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan gave Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, $37m cash to prosecute the June 21, 2014, governorship election in the state. Aluko said the money was effectively used to defeat the […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, January 31st, 2016

Nigerians have expressed outrage at the Economist for labeling the country’s past president, Goodluck Jonathan, as an ‘ineffectual buffoon.’ In an article titled “Crude Tactics: Cheap oil is causing a currency crisis in Nigeria. Banning imports is no solution”, published in The Economist last Thursday, the magazine, while analysing the economic policies of President Muhammadu […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Oil Politics, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Palpable fear gripped the residents of coastal communities of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, following an explosion that rocked oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company. The explosion, which was said to have been triggered by dynamite attacks allegedly launched by suspected militants, affected pipelines located in Orukari, Golubokiri and Kpongbokiri […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Navy
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.) Roll call: Ex-defence chief, Badeh, ex-NAF chief, Obanikoro’s sons, 14 others The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will this week interrogate at least 16 military officers as part of its investigations into $2.1bn arms scandal. It was learnt on Saturday that among those to be […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Several people have been reportedly killed as the military engaged militants suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect in a fierce gun battle that reportedly lasted for hours on Saturday. The insurgents were said to have attacked Dalori and Walori villages, on outskirts of Maiduguri, at around some minutes past 7pm on Saturday night. […]
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Headlines
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
huoma Chiedozie, Enugu Enugu Catholic priest, and founder, Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has said he is going to suffer in his new parish. Mbaka made the statement after he was moved from the Christ the King Parish, G.R.A, in Enugu metropolis, where he served as parish priest for over 20 years, to Our […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Judiciary, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
The Supreme Court has removed Stella Oduah and Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party as lawmakers representing Anambra State. The ruling means the election of all three Senators representing Anambra State had been nullified. The election of Uche Ekwunife was nullified by the Court of Appeal in December. Ekwunife defected from the PDP to […]