Dear readers, kindly watch out for another blockbuster from the National President of a Non-Governmental Organisation and democracy group, the Nigerian Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), Mr Niyi Aborisade President this weekend. It’s going to be another spark on the objective and goals of the organisation in educating Nigerians across the globe in the quest to
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his administration has done a lot to halt the advancement of Boko Haram in the country. Buhari said this on Thursday while speaking at the 73rd African Parliamentary Union (APU) conference in Abuja. The president said terrorism, armed banditry and organised crimes have continued to be a security challenge
The contractor behind the videos showing Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, purportedly receiving bribes, says he is ready to testify before the state assembly panel investigating the matter. In a letter sent to the chairman of the investigative panel, through Saeed Muhd Twada, his lawyer, the contractor referred to as a ‘whistleblower’ said his allegation against
THE Chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Governments, Senator Abdullahi Gumel has said that poor development and lack of social amenities at the border towns across the country were major reasons for continued conflicts and insecurity. Gumel made this assertion in an interview with newsmen at the end of the committee’s oversight visit to
The ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project can be converted to electric train in future, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has assured Nigerians. The Railway District Manager of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Jerry Oche, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the Federal Government was serious on delivering the project on
THE Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, says the Kano State House of Assembly is not equipped to investigate Governor Abdullahi Ganduje who was allegedly caught on camera collecting bribes from contractors. A video had gone viral on the Internet purportedly showing Ganduje collecting dollars as kickbacks from contractors, a development
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described as reprehensible, revelations that President Muhammadu Buhari was shielding the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole from being investigated by the Department of State Service (DSS). An online medium, The Cable, had reported that Oshiomhole was on Sunday, arrested by the DSS in
THE national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Adams Oshiomhole, was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday, TheCable exclusively gathered. Oshiomhole was grilled by DSS operatives for nine hours after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during the party’s primary elections across the country. Sources told TheCable that the
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday announced minor changes in the leadership of four standing committees. By this development, Sen. Lawal Gumau (APC-Bauchi), who was elected into the Senate in August, is now the Chairman of the Committee on Federal Character. Gumau took over from Sen. Tijani Kaura (APC-Zamfara North), who has
Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar both made history Tuesday by winning their elections and becoming the first Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Tlaib won the congressional seat for Michigan’s 13th district after former Representative John Conyers abruptly stepped down following sexual harassment allegations, leaving the seat vacant. The Palestinian-American