INEC disqualifies PDP from Anambra Senatorial rerun

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State yesterday issued its schedule and timetable for the March 5, 2016 rerun senatorial election in Anambra Central zone.The informati…

Kogi:Gov Bello appoints Simon Achuba as deputy gov

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has appointed Hon. Simon Achuba as the deputy governor of the state.A post on APC's Facebook page indicates that Bello in a letter to the House of Assembly, asked th…

PDP Govs regroup, plan on how to bounce back for 2019

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have started regrouping to strategise for the 2019 elections.This is comes as recent, favourable Supreme Court judgments restore endangered gubernat…

Dasuki not a fugitive - Lawyer

The immediate past National Security Adviser, (NSA) Col Sambo Dasuki (rted) is not a fugitive but a lawfully retired officer of the Nigerian Army, his Lawyer, Ahmed Raji confirms. Raji explained…

James Ibori neither released from UK prison nor re-arrested - aide

The Media Office of former Delta State Governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, on Thursday debunked that the reports of his release from a prison in the United Kingdom was not correct and true.The offic…

Supreme Court upholds Okezie Ikpeazu's election as Abia governor

 The election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State was af?firmed by the Supreme Court, yesterday, in Abuja. The petition of Alex Otti of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was dismissed …

Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki, yesterday threw a bombshell when he declared that all public office holders in Nigeria since 1999, were involved in one corrupt practice or the other, which h…

Anti-corruption war: Judiciary, my main headache, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that the judiciary remained his main headache in the fight against corruption.Speaking at a town hall meeting with Nigerians livi…

Akpabio to Nigerian govt.: Seize any money I own in foreign accounts

Mr. Akpabio denies he is working to transfer looted funds from Dubai.A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has challenged the federal government to seize any money found in a foreig…

Account for N3 trillion, Rivers government tells Amaechi

 Rivers State government has called on the Minister for Transport and former Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi, to account for about N3 trillion he received throughout his eight years tenu…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has replied former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who on Monday Jan. 25, described him as an Integrity Challenged Charlatan in a statement she released. In …

Faleke: I wasn't invited to inauguration

  James Faleke, the running mate to Audu Abubakar, the late winner of the of the Kogi State governorship election, has revealed that he was not invited to the swearing-in of Yahaya Bello, who wa…

Supreme Court affirms Wike

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of the oil-rich Rivers State. The panel set aside the judgment of the Abuja Division of the A…

Obasanjo writes Saraki and Dogara, attacks 'insensitive' plan to buy 469 cars

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara criticizing them over the reported plans to buy…

Governor Yahaya Bello is sworn in without a deputy

Kogi State on Wednesday made another unusual history as its fourth democratically elected governor, Yahaya Bello, was sworn in without a deputy.The man nominated by the All Progressives Congress to b…

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to the call by Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana for her arrest and prosecution at the International Crim…

PDP youth calls for party name change, merge with others

The Peoples' Democratic Party National Youth Frontier (PDPYF) come out with strong resolutions from an emergency session of its National Working Committee in Abuja on Thursday, January 21.A youth gro…

Buhari won't spare Jonathan if ex-president is proven corrupt

According to the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, anyone including former President Goodluck Jonathan that is found guilty of corruption will be made to fac…

Ogbemudia dumps PDP

A member of the People Democratic party (PDP) Board of Trustees member, BOT, and a Former two-time governor of old Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, has withdrawn his membership of the Peoples Demo…

2016 BUDGET: Senators questions N3.9bn for Aso Rock renovation

Senate members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Mohammadu Buhari's allocation of N3.7 billion for Aso Rock renovation as curious. This was said during the commencement o…