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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, June 4th, 2015
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade Another bomb blast rocked the troubled Borno State capital of Maiduguri late on Tuesday morning , leaving many dead and others wounded. Prior to the explosion at the popular Kasuwan Shanu (meat market), residents were rudely woken up at 12:45am on Monday by gunshots that boomed in […]
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Electricity, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015

Buhari • Nebo asks new govt to wield the big stick • Marketers fleecing customers FORMER Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo has opened up, giving excuses why the government he served for two years and three months could not deliver reliable electricity power supply to Nigerians. He blamed inadequate gas supply and vandalism for […]
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General Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Monday, June 1st, 2015

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu and the outgoing Senate President, David Mark, on Monday disagreed on the need for National Assembly to cut its budget in line with the current economic realities in the country. They spoke at a retreat organised for the Peoples Democratic Party National Assembly […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, June 1st, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd.). It was learnt that the meeting, which held at the Defence House, Abuja, was aimed at assessing the security situation in the country against the backdrop of renewed attacks by the Boko Haram sect. Investigations also revealed that […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
Former President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday identified a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as the person responsible for the political height he attained in Nigeria. Jonathan made this known during a special thanksgiving service in his honour at the St. Peters Anglican […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution but failed to make the contents public. The head of Buhari’s media team, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Saturday, said the President and the Vice President submitted their assets declaration forms […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29th May, 2015. I am immensely grateful to God Who Has preserved us to witness this day and this occasion. Today marks a triumph for Nigeria and an occasion to celebrate her freedom and cherish […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, May 29th, 2015

SaharaReporters citizen journalists were on the scene as former President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Yenagoa, the capital city of his home State of Bayelsa. The former president publically announced that he wished to settle in his hometown Otuoke in Bayelsa State a few days ago. Mr. Jonathan was met by a jubilant crowd of supporters, […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, May 29th, 2015

Muhammadu Buhari has been sworn in as Nigeria’s president, promising to bring “increased prosperity” to Africa’s most populous country. He is the first opposition figure to win a presidential election in Nigeria since independence in 1960. “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody”, he told cheering crowds at the inauguration in the capital, […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Friday, May 29th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan formally dissolved his cabinet midnight Thursday. Shortly after the presidential inauguration dinner held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, last night, he and his ministers proceeded to the Council Chambers tea room. A toast was proposed in his honour by one of the cabinet members a few minutes […]