The criminal case brought against the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye and three others, at the Federal High Court, Lokoja was stalled on Thursday as the presiding judge, Justice Phoebe Ayua, washed her hands off the matter.
The judge said she could not go ahead...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of disguising his private visit to the United Kingdom as official.
The party said that it is instructive to note that President Buhari left the country on Monday, April 9, 2018, for London and arrived his destination same...
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has reacted to his suspension by the Senate on Thursday.
Omo-Agege reacted in a statement by his Senior Legislative Aide, Prince Efe Duku.
He said one of the conditions given by the Senate for his recall, the dissolution of the pro-President Muhammadu Buhari group in...
Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike has again urged Nigerians to prevail on the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the 2010 Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
He said this will guarantee free, fair and credible electoral system.
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In a rare display of legislative oversight functions, the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Management, yesterday, summoned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over an alleged illegal suspension of six directors at National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA.
Others summoned...
The House of Representatives, yesterday, resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the payment of $16.9 million to lawyers by Attorney-General of the Federation for the recovery of ‘Abacha loot’.
The committee is also to investigate the controversy surrounding the engagement of...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has told the international community that the ruling All Progressives Congress government and the Independent National Electoral Commission are working to truncate the country’s democracy.
Secondus said though the PDP...
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the recent robbery attacks on commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, saying the incidents were signs that the country’s security system was “sick.”
The lawmakers said the situation called for the overhauling of the security system...
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said there is no plan for sole candidacy for President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming presidential election.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, said yesterday that other interested members of the party had the right to...
A Niger Delta activist and House of Assembly hopeful for Warri South-West constituency, Mr Sheriff Mulade, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to adopt proactive measures for the riverine communities for Deltans to have confidence in his administration, saying that doing so will give the...
The Federal Government has made clarification on the confusion trailing the whereabouts of recovered looted funds, insisting that they were being paid into dedicated accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
Vanguard reports that discrepancies in the figures released to the media by...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Tuesday, alleged that the All Progressives Congress and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) plan to rig the Ekiti State governorship election coming up in July.
He made the accusation while...
Hours before he left the country for an official visit to the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked the nation with his declaration for a second term.
The declaration will inevitably stir issues that he is bound to confront as he goes about soliciting the votes of Nigerians for a...
As activities for the 2019 general elections gather steam, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai, has ordered the setting up of a standing special court martial to try senior army officers found complicit in favouring political groups and showing partisanship to politicians...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has written a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission on its plans to hold congresses and convention across the country.
Investigations according to the source in Abuja on Tuesday showed that the letter was written to the...
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, says it is worrisome that the older generation is refusing to leave the scene for the younger generation.
Onaiyekan, who is a former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said this at the presentation of a book titled...
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of failing to show the required immediate response after the armed robbery attacks about some banks in Offa in the Offa Local Government Area of the state.
Ahmad, a close ally of the Senate...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the nation’s security degenerated “dangerously” because the All Progressives Congress’ Federal Government chose to play politics with the security challenge in Rivers State.
The governor also called on professionals to show interest in...
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed the repatriation of the sum of $322.5m to Nigeria by the Swiss Government as part of funds looted by the late former military Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, confirmed the release of the fund in a...
The Accord Party (AP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state have advised President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to prepare for defeat in 2019.
They stated this in reaction to Buhari’s declaration that he would run for a second term.
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