Nura Ilyasu, the man who climbed a telecommunications mast in Abuja, says he was on 7-day hunger strike to protest presidential impunity. Ilyasu climbed a telecommunications mast on Wednesday but descended after 24 hours.  He said President Muhammadu Buhari did ...

Agricultural, manufacturing and the sectors considered as growth and employment stimulating, can now borrow long term as much as N10billion at consolidated nine per cent interest rate under new guidelines issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Governor, Central Bank ...

Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Senate President Bukola Saraki’s real anger with the party is that President Muhammadu Buhari gave out over 200 juicy appointments without allocating some to him. Oshiomhole said this in ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Ita Ekpeyong, the former director-general of the State Security Service (SSS) Mr Ekpeyong was arrested on Thursday afternoon following a raid of his Abuja home by anti-graft detectives.  He was moved to ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen all bank accounts belonging to Akwa Ibom State government.  Reasons behind the freezing of the state government’s bank accounts by the anti-graft agency are not yet known. Meanwhile, the state commissioner ...

Simi tí síde ayeye tí Jannie, Jazz àti Whisky pè ní ìlú Abuja ní alé ojó náà, Simisola jungle ní orí ìtàgé láti kí eni ńlá, èníyàn pàtàkí àti gbajúgbajà olórin láti dá àwon èníyàn lárayá papò. Ògbóntarìgì olórin tí ...

I am amused. My Naija pipo na wah. We too get comedians. So, the ‘uproar’ is ‘oh the defections is not in our interests’! ‘oh defections are a slap on our democratic rights’! ‘oh, the PDP is the genesis of ...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was originally scheduled to attend a reconciliatory meeting with Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman ...

A socio-cultural group, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, says Tuesday’s defection of some national assembly members from the All Progressives Congress (APC) won’t affect President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid. Akin Malaolu, secretary-general of the group, made this known on Tuesday in ...

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has blamed the killings in the country on failure of leadership. Tambuwal, in a statement he signed and released yesterday said the deaths were avoidable and preventable. “The worst part of all this is that ...