NO COURT ORDER STOPPED DEREGISTRATION OF 22 PARTIES-INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has defended its decision to deregister the 22 political parties which the Court of Appeal in Abuja recently ordered it to relist. A five-man panel…

ASUU WANTS BUHARI TO CONSTITUTE VISITATION PANEL

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to constitute a special visitation panel to look into the purported removal of Prof.…

WHY I WISH TO LIVE BEYOND 100- OBASANJO

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he wished to live beyond 100 so as to have more opportunities to celebrate with the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sabur Bakare, Jamolu II. Obasanjo…

GOV MAKINDE,ORDERS RE-ARREST OF FLEEING SERIAL KILLER

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday asked the police to re-arrest Sunday Shodipe,  the suspect alleged to be involved in the series of murders in the Akinyele Local…

NASARAWA GOV UNDER SIEGE OF DISLODGED BANDITS

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Tuesday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja over the worsening security situation in his state. Sule…

DEMOCRATS NOMINATE JOE BIDEN AS BIDEN AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

US Democrats nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential candidate on Tuesday, offering the Washington veteran as a “man of courage” who would sweep away the “chaos” of four years…

LOAN : CRISIS HITS REPS PANEL, MINISTRY SUMMONED OVER SOVEREIGNTY CLAUSE

 . Chairman digging into issues beyond his mandates – Aggrieved member • I won’t stop probe, we must renegotiate dangerous clauses, says Ossai • No law permits China to seize…

ABACHA ARRESTED ME AFTER I IGNORED CARRINGTON’S ASYLUM OFFER – OBASANJO

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the late former American Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, leaked to him the plan by the regime of the late military dictator, Sani Abacha,…

ECOWAS SUSPENDS MALI, TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS

The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar…

BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING ON MALI CRISIS FROM ECOWAS SPECIAL ENVOY JONATHAN

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…