I am being prosecuted because I am Senate President, says Saraki

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- SENATE President Bukola Saraki who appeared  before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT  following a 13-count charge against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau, over alleged falsification of assets he admitted, said Tuesday that if he was not the Senate President, he would not be going through the present trial. […]

Picture: Saraki succumbs, says I am not guilty

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has compelled the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, to mount the dock to answer to corruption charges preferred against him by the federal government. Saraki who initially refused to enter inside the accused box to enter his plea to the 13-count criminal charge against […]

No arrest warrant for Saraki — Police

By Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Nnochiri Amid the controversy generated by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) order for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police said, yesterday, they were yet to receive a bench warrant to effect it. “I am yet to see one”, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon […]

Extra-Judicial Killings in Abuja, Benin: ASP kills senator’s son

Force CID arrests officers BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI, ABUJA The Force Criminal  Investigations Department (FCID) of the Nigerian Police force has arrested and detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, and six other Police officers over allegations of extra-judicial killings in separate incidents that occurred in Abuja and Benin, the Edo State capital. The first case […]

Must Read: Magnus Abe Writes President Buhari

Must Read: Magnus Abe Writes President Buhari 27th August, 2015 His Excellency The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja.   Your Excellency Sir,   ALLEGATION OF POLITICIZATION OF SECURITY AGENCIES (NIGERIAN ARMY AND STATE SECURITY SERVICE) AGAINST THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) RIVERS STATE CANDIDATES […]

The Antidote to a Legitimized Armed Robbery – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 30, 2015 – The governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, once defined armed robbery as “small work with big pay.”  Armed robbers, in their laziness, lounge around as others toil for a living, and then, they emanate from their shadowy hideouts and criminal dens to rob and […]

Controversy trails N36m largesse for each senator

Controversy trails N36m largesse for each senator • Lawmakers deny claim Controversy is trailing claims that each Senator received N36 million allowance before going on the six-week summer recess penultimate week. National Assembly sources at the weekend said that contrary to denials by federal the lawmakers,  each Senator received N36 million credit alerts from their […]

Buhari may force pay cut on GREEDY NASS

By ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI   PERHAPS, in response to the yearnings of Nigerians to reduce the allowances of National Assembly members, the Presidency has summoned the leadership of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on the matter   Daily Sun gathered yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon meet with the Fidelis Mbah-led leadership […]

Why I supported Dogara to become Speaker – Tambuwal

By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 National From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said his unflinching support for the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was not based on sentiment and personal relations. The former Speaker said he supported the Dogara project against the candidature of his main […]

National Assembly Crises: Searching Seriously – By Olalekan Waheed Adigun

By Olalekan  Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 1, 2015 – If you have been frantically looking out for my opinion on the recent National Assembly leadership election, you are probably searching too seriously. My only conclusion is that you must be an extremely interested party for pushing so hard to know my views on […]

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