Author: Olabanji Ayoola

The presidency on Tuesday restated its often repeated claim that the Boko Haram insurgency has been defeated. It said in a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, that: “The position of the Nigerian government is that the Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated. The real Boko Haram we know is defeated,” The statement […]

Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar has sought immediate adoption of the Justice Muhammed Uwais Panel report to address electoral flaws in the country. In a statement he personally signed yesterday in Abuja, he also advocated the creation of an Electoral Crimes Commission […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has no plan whatsoever to groom a successor for the 2023 presidential election. The president stated this while reacting to one of the requests made by the members of progressives in academics, who visited him at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday. The spokesperson of the group, Dr. Bolarinwa Bolaji […]

• Early jobs unrealistic, says Fashola, seeks N10tr infrastructure loan• Aregbesola blames ignorance, mischief for criticism of his govt• Submit ministerial list to EFCC, PDP urges lawmakers  The performance of the President Muhammadu Buhari government in the last four years, especially on infrastructure, came under heavy criticism at the Senate on Monday. Many lawmakers rated […]

Immediate former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has vowed to pioneer serious taxation for wealthy people in Nigeria, when he becomes a Minister of the Federal Republic. He said this on Monday when he was being screened by the Senate. The minister nominee said  he was responding to the senator representing Abia central, Theodore […]

Court alters schedule of proceedings The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it chose not to call any witness in defence of the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. INEC’s lead lawyer, Yunus Usman (SAN) told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) […]

Lawyer to the detained leader of Shiites in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaki, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, said on Monday that his clients, El-Zakzaky and wife Zinat, were in dire need of medical attention. Particularly, he said that El-Zakzaki’s deteriorating health is ‘very bad.’ He told reporters after Monday’s hearing that his clients had not been given […]

Thousands of women, under the auspices of PDP Women Liberators (PWL), staged a peaceful protest at the weekend in Owerri, Imo State, demanding an apology and stoppage of alleged harassment of ex-Governor Rochas Okorocha’s daughter by the agents of the state government. Okorocha’s daughter, Uloma, is married to Chief Uche Nwosu, a former Chief of […]

A coalition of Igbo women under the aegis of Assembly of Igbo Women in Nigeria and Diaspora (AIWND), on Monday handed a 24-hour ultimatum to the Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha, to investigate the reported assault on the daughter of the immediate past governor of the state and wife of the governorship candidate of Action […]

The Nigerian Senate has suspended the screening exercise to reconvene at 2 pm. This they did after screening three ministerial nominees. Today makes it the fourth day of the exercise, which started with the minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola During his screening, Fashola stated that the major problem for road construction […]