Tagging me rubber stamp to executive laughable — Lawan
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has described insinuations that he is an uncircumcised appendage and a rubber stamp to the Executive as “sentimental and laughable.” Lawan made this known in…
Atiku: How APC Rigged Elections in Kaduna, Borno
Witnesses called by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in his petition against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday gave evidence to support their…
Court strikes out suit challenging appointment of Tanko as CJN
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Friday, dismissed a suit challenging the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria…
Ekiti: Gov. Fayemi pays outstanding arears of Fayose’s appointees
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Friday paid the outstanding salaries and allowances of some political appointees engaged by his predecessor, Ayodele Fayose. The affected former appointees were members of…
Kogi APC Guber aspirants disagree over indirect primary election
Unless the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) reverses its decision on the mode of governorship primary election to adopt, it stands the risk of…
Cabinet List: Buhari tells NASS leadership he will appoint only his personal friends
As the delay in submitting the list of ministerial nominees continues to generate controversy and anger, the leadership of the national assembly rose Thursday evening from a late dinner with…
Police charge 38 Shiites over violent clashes in Abuja
Nigerian police on Thursday charged 38 supporters of a detained Shiite cleric over a violent clash with security forces in the capital. The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) said police…
No plans to increase petrol price — NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no plans to increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol in the country. The Corporation made…
Buhari asks Senate to confirm Tanko Muhammad as CJN
President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter Thursday requested the Senate to confirm the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive CJN. The letter was read…
Editorial: Abbo’s “Dirty Slaps” and the Senate Code of Ethics
Even by their own ignominious standard of delinquency and bad manners, the video footage of Senator Elisha Cliff Abbo, assaulting a women in a sex toy shop in Abuja, where…