Fomer National Deputy Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has declared that the gale of defections sweeping through the ranks of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a good omen that will boost the electoral…
US wildlife refuges end ban on neonics and GM crops (BBC)
The Trump administration has overturned bans on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in US national wildlife refuges. The move, reversing a policy adopted in 2014, has attracted heavy criticism…
2019: NYSC, INEC sign MoU on Corps members security (ThisDay)
In a bid to forestall violent attacks on Corps members during the 2019 general elections, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guarantee the safety of Corp…
I really enjoy Nigeria’s suya, jollof rice and pepper soup –Suomela- Chowdhury, Finland ambassador (Punch)
For the past four years that you’ve been in Nigeria as the ambassador, how would you describe your stay so far? I have thoroughly enjoyed my years in Nigeria. It has been a very busy time, and professionally a…
Osinbajo, Obasanjo, Others, urge women to participate in politics (ThisDay)
Wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s wife, Tola, and former Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Aisha Alhassan have called on Nigerian women to rise up and participate in partisan politics as a way of choosing…
Makarfi advocates institutional restructuring (Independent)
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, former caretaker Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday called for the restructuring of Federal Government agencies to make them accountable to Nigerians. Makarfi made the call while on a visit to Kogi Secretariat of the PDP…
My son was radicalised in university – Osama bin Laden’s mother (Punch)
Alia Ghanem, the mother of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 deadly attack on the United States, has spoken about her son, saying he was a shy boy who was radicalised in the university. Over 3,000…
Offa robbery: Court orders service of summons on Saraki (Nation)
A court in Abuja has ordered the service of summons on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in relation to the ongoing investigation by the police into the April 5, 2018 bank robbery incident in Offa, Kwara State. Justice Abdullahi Garuba…
How I fell out with Fayose – Ex-Ekiti Attorney- General Ajayi (Nation)
The Ekiti State governorship election has come and gone. As an active player in the election, what is your assessment of the exercise? Let me start by saying that the election was free, fair, transparent and credible. All the insinuations…
APC chief silent over purported defection of Ayade, Ugwuanyi, Umahi, as Timi Frank dumps party (Guardian)
As far as the National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Hilliard Eta is concerned, the purported moves by three state governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defect to the party still…