The Presidential Election Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed another petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 presidential election. The petitioner, People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) and its presidential candidate, Aminchi Habu were challenging Buhari’s second term election at the February 23, 2019 poll. PDM’s lawyer, Aliyu Lemu applied for the withdrawal of the […]

The earthly cloak of the Channels Reporter, Precious Owolabi who was killed during the Monday protest by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), in Abuja would be buried in Zaria on Thursday. He was hit by a stray bullet while covering the protest by members of the IMN, also known as Shiites. Body […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a list of his 43 ministerial-nominees, comprising 14 returnee ministers and 29 new appointees to the Senate. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read out the President’s letter at plenary on Tuesday, said the screening of the nominees would start on Wednesday (today). Buhari returns 14 former ministers, drops 17. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ministerial list forwarded to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari as “colourless, stagnant and uninspiring”. In a statement by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party said the list did not convey any sense of hope or purposeful governance under the All Progressives […]

Nigerians bombarded the social media om Tuesday shortly after the Senate read out the ministerial nominees list submitted to it by President President Muhammadu Buhari, to express diverse opinions on the list. The list of 43 nominees was read by senate president Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the Senate immediately after a closed session held […]

After a long wait, President Muhammadu Buhari finally sent a 43-man ministerial list to the Senate on Tuesday. The list, which was read by Senate President Ahmed Lawan, has few surprises, some new entrants and old-timers. Here is a quick look at the profile of the ministerial nominees: · Okechuckwu Ogah: The Abia-born Ogah is a […]

Governors of the South West states of Nigeria on Monday asked the Federal Government to set up ranches across the country and discourage nomadic system of cattle rearing. The normadic system through which cows are reared freely across the land, towns and forests nationwide, has led to frequent bloody clashes with many casualties recorded, and […]

54 suspects arrested Enough is enough, IG warns protesters A Deputy Commissioner of Police at the FCT Police Command, was killed during Monday’s violent protest in Abuja by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The officer was shot while trying to calm the protesters who took over major part of the Central Business District […]

The Presidency on Monday released further details on how $1billion removed from the excess crude account for security was spent. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained the N876.9million already spent from the money domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to him, a balance of $123,111,571.29 has remained unspent […]