As the 2019 general elections draws closer, former president Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a surprise visit to the leaders of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere in Akure ,the state capital saying the age-long hostility between him and the group was over. The former President who simply told journalists that he came to visit
SENATOR representing Borno south, Ali Ndume, says he regrets supporting Bukola Saraki to emerge senate president. Speaking on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme, the lawmaker accused Saraki of targetting those who oppose him. In March 2017, the lawmaker was suspended for “embarrassing” Saraki and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Ndume had demanded that
THE former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, collapsed at a federal high court in Abuja on Monday morning. He was making his way to the dock for his resumed trial when he fell down. After he fell, medical personnel and Metuh’s relatives rushed to where Metuh was. Okon Abang, the presiding
The federal government has introduced the use of biometric registration to monitor the movement of people, goods and livestock into the country. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a special town hall meeting to address farmers/herdsmen crisis. Mr Dambazau said the move had become necessary as a result
Nigerian State Governors have described the N800 billion fuel subsidy payment as huge, insisting that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) name the beneficiaries. The chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, said this while answering questions from State House reporters on Thursday after a meeting of the National Economic Council
The Nigeria Hypertension Society (NHS) says that one-third of Nigeria’s adult population is hypertensive; only one-third of those who are hypertensive are aware of their status and just one-third of them are on treatment inspite of availability of potent drugs. The President of the Society, Professor Ayodele Omotoso, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday
Nigerians have taken to social media to express their reservations over a campaign lapel of President Muammadu Buhai donned by Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Magu had the lapel on him when he appeared on a programme on Channels Television on Tuesday. Reacting to Magu’s action, a Twitter
The federal government says it has not abandoned Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity out of the over 100 kidnapped by Boko Haram in February. While five died in custody, the remaining were returned to Dapchi in March but the sect refused to release Sharibu because she reportedly refused to convert to
Only four out of 35 Nigerian representatives to the ECOWAS Parliament were on Wednesday present at the presentation of the Nigerian Country Report at the First Session of the Parliament. The absence of the 31 representatives is coming days after only 19 of 35 representatives were reported to have attended the opening session of the
A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja on Wednesday granted bail to Dino Melaye standing trial over alleged criminal conspiracy, illegal possession and dealing in firearms. The trial judge and Chief Judge of the State, Justice Nasir Ajanah, said he granted the accused bail due to his ill health. Ajanah said that from the documentary