Buhari snubs Time 100 gala celebrations in New York

President-elect, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), who was named in the Time Magazine annual 100 influential people in the world list, did not attend the Gala held at Lincoln Center in New York. The gala is put together to celebrate the 100 influential people in the world. The TIME 100 is an annual list of […]

Jonathan demands N2tr election funds refund, audit (that’s what happens when you buy elections instead of running on achievements and ideology)

  President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the March 28 and April 11 elections, the President has asked the party and government officials, who handled campaign funds, to refund unspent monies, or those not judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH […]

Revealed: Plot to abduct Jega during presidential poll

    INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy Fresh facts have emerged on the March 31 attempt by a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, to scuttle the announcement of the March 28 presidential election results. The main part of Orubebe’s action, according to Reuters on Thursday, was a […]

Buhari, Ezekwesili, Shekau among TIME’s 100 most influential persons

Buhari, Ezekwesili, Adichie, Shekau President-elect Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has made the TIME’s list of 100 most influential people in the world. Also included in the 2015 list are a former Minister of Education and an advocate of the BringBackOurGirlsGroup, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili; award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, and leader of the Boko Haram terrorist […]

I’ll restore military ties with US –Buhari

The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said his administration would restore military cooperation with the United States of America. In an article published by the New York Times in its Tuesday edition, Buhari promised to among other things reformed the military. The outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration had cancelled the training component […]

Man of the Decade – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 13, 2015 – Tears dripped from my eyes as I watched President Goodluck Jonathan’s nationally televised address. His speech was short but momentous. He conceded defeat, and accepted the electoral victory of his political opponent, Mohammadu Buhari. In the lawless and unprincipled milieu of Nigerian politics, that […]

BREAKING NEWS: Deadlock in Imo as INEC declares election inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. Due to the number of cancelled votes (144,715) in relation to the margin of win (79,529) by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, the Returning Officer, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive. He said a new date […]

How Ambode defeated Agbaje in Lagos

By Abiodun Alade The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akinwunmi Ambode defeated his main challenger, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, according to the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Below is the result from the 20 Local Government Areas as announced by INEC. APC PDP 1. Ibeju Lekki. […]

Arms deal: S’Africa to return Nigeria’s $15m, says report

  South African President Jacob Zuma South Africa is considering returning more than $15m, it seized from Nigeria in September, last year. The money, which was meant for the purchase of arms to fight the Boko Haram insurgents, was seized in two batches of $5.7m and $9.3m. A South African newspaper, The Mail & Guardian, […]

For fear of probe, Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke flees to London; Feigns sickness as cover to escape

By iReports-ng.com The Minister of Petroleum Resource; Diezani Alison-Madueke Barely two months to the inauguration of a new government, the fear of the President-Elect General Muhammadu Buhari is already driving corrupt officials who wield enormous power under the out-going Goodluck Jonathan administration out of the country. Buhari has declared that the fight against corruption will […]

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