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General Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, July 7th, 2016

• NASS budget slashed from N150b to N115b • Lawmakers say it’s a sacrifice for Nigeria The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers have rejected the N10 billion proposed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in the 2016 budget for the construction of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
BREXIT: MY WORRIES FOR NIGERIA —AKINYEMI JULY 06, 2016 / BY: DAVID 13 Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chairman, 2014 National Conference, speaks on the exit of Great Britain from the European Union (EU) and its implication for both Britain and Nigeria, and the report of the 2014 confab, Nation, in this interview […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
*Kachikwu now NNPC Board’s Chairman By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Sebastine Obasi & Mike Eboh ABUJA-President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Maikanti Baru as new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. He also approved the composition of the board of the corporation, which is provided for under Section 1(2) of the Nigerian National […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 30th, 2016

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is dead. He died in Abuja on Wednesday evening. The cause of his death was however unknown, but the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Walid Jibril, confirmed his death. Until his death, Maduekwe was the secretary of the PDP BoT. […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Monday, June 27th, 2016
Ovie Okpare, Warri The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, Ijaw Youth Council, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to back his appeals with action in making the Niger Delta militants halt hostilities by personally kick-starting the dialogue process with stakeholders in the region. A statement signed by the spokesman for the group, Eric Omare, on […]
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Corruption Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Monday, June 27th, 2016

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has granted Senate President, Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ekweremadu, and two others bail in their trial over an alleged forgery. All four accused persons pleaded not guilty after which their lawyers argued that they be granted bail. The case has been adjourned to July 11. -Punchwp_posts
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
-Saharareporters.com Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, along with the Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS) and newspaper publisher Nduka Obaigbena, has commenced a full-scale war against Ibrahim Magu, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Under the scheme, Magu will be replaced with a […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
-Saharareporters.com The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to another campaign of calumny and distraction by faceless criminal gang of economic saboteurs that hide under the aegis of Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) alleging that some officers of the Nigerian Army approached them for support to overthrow our duly elected present democratic […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, National Politics, Navy, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016

A consolidated group of militants, Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), yesterday, claimed that some senior military officers were scheming to overthrow the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari through a coup d’état. The militant group, which was behind threats of missile launch that created panic in the Niger Delta region, said persons behind the coup […]
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Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Kamarudeen Ogundele and Eniola Akinkuotu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen the bank account of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose and some of his associates. The governor told reporters on Monday in Ado Ekiti that his personal account with the Zenith Bank had been frozen on an alleged order of the […]