Germany repatriates Nigerians 48 hours after Ekweremadu’s attack
The German government has deported a new batch of Nigerian migrants, less than 48 hours after the attack on former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu, by the Indigenous…
Abuja Indigenes Lose Bid to Stop Cabinet Inauguration
Indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday failed in their bid to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from inuagurating the 43 ministerial nominees, following the refusal of the Federal…
Buhari tasks ministers-designate on nation’s challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday challenged Ministers-designate to reflect and assess the country’s position in 2015 and now so as to chart a course for the country for the foreseeable…
Buhari to Tribunal: Atiku’s Petition is a Sham
Details from the final address by lawyers to President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, revealed a spirited defence against the petition by the presidential candidate of the…
Full Text of President Buhari`s Speech at the Presidential Retreat for Ministers- Designates, Others
PROTOCOLS: I welcome you all to this meeting whose purpose is firstly, to familiarize ourselves with our colleagues with whom we shall be working closely for the next four years…
SERAP backs EFCC’s probe of Obasanjo govt’s $16bn power project
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has welcomed “the reported probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of the government of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s $16 billion power…
Beating of Ekweremadu and the stones awaiting others
There is pain. There is anger. And there is collective rage in the land. Nigerians are empty of options and are seeking avenues for a purge; for catharsis. The season…
DSS arrests El-Zakzaky, Wife on return to Nigeria
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Ibrahim El-ZakZaky and his wife, Zeenat, Friday were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on arrival to…
Police, Army Trade Words over Killings in Isheri
The police and the army continued their war of words over an incident during the Isheri Day celebrations in Isheri, Ogun State, in which three persons were reportedly killed and…
Court freezes Ex-Governor Yari’s Bank Accounts
A Federal High Court in Abuja Friday ordered the interim forfeiture of a bank account of the former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari. The accounts of two firms linked…