Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari will be honoured with a Doctorate in Humanity by Sun Moon University, Asan, South Korea on Monday. Professor Hong Young-Shik recently presented at the State House the letter notifying her of the…
Sagay rejects calls for Adeosun’s sack over NYSC certificate
Itse Sagay, Chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Thursday in Abuja dismissed calls for the resignation of Kemi Adeosun, the country’s minister of finance over the controversies around her National Youth Service Corps certificate. Sagay reacted to…
Dino Melaye fails again to appear in court
Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West, Thursday failed to appear before a Senior Magistrate Court 11 sitting in Lokoja in a criminal case involving him and two others. The trial magistrate, Sulyman Abdalah, had at the last hearing fixed…
Saraki meets chairmen of 45 political parties
Senate President Bukola Saraki is meeting with chairmen of 45 political parties in his office at the Senate. This was contained in a message on his verified Twitter handle, Bukola Saraki @bukolasaraki. He had tweeted: “I am now meeting with…
Buhari planning to freeze opposition leaders’ accounts -Timi Frank
Timi Frank, the immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives (APC) has revealed that current administration was planning to freeze accounts of major opposition leaders ahead of the 2019 general elections to render the opposition party incapacitated.…
Anxiety in Edo Assembly over hint of defections
The wave of defections rocking Nigeria’s political clime may soon hit Edo State as no fewer than eight lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state House of Assembly may have concluded plans to defect to other political…
Saraki, Dogara meet INEC over 2019 election –Saraki
Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives are in a meeting with Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The meeting is to discuss the funding of the 2019 general…
“This is not about me,” says Saraki after ‘parliament takeover’
Bukola Saraki, Nigerian Senate president held a #WorldPressConference Wednesday to address Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by armed security agents alleged to be operatives from the State Security Service. The conference which lasted about an hour with the presence of principal…
‘Hands of tyranny’ defeated, Dogara hails lawmakers over invasion
Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has commended the resilience of members of the National Assembly over the invasion of its complex by officials of the State Security Service. Operatives of the SSS had in a perceived…
SSS DG takes only Buhari, Osinbajo’s order- former DG Amachree
Dennis Amachree, a former director at the State Security Services (SSS), has attempted to clarify some of the speculations surrounding Lawal Daura, sacked Director-General of the agency, and who ordered him to besiege the National Assembly on Tuesday. Amachree revealed on…
