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It is no more news that national security and security threats have been cited to justify postponements of elections under former President Goodluck Jonathan...

The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki today at plenary said that the Senate must do something drastic and quick to restore confidence back into...

Amaechi and Kachikwu are two unique Ministers and faces of good fighters and managers in the Buhari administration. Amaechi, as a politician believes in taking decisive actions on critical issues, while Kachikwu is an advocate of managing any issue to a logical conclusion rather than through confrontations.

Niger state Governor, Alhaji  Abubakar Sani Bello on Sunday reassured people of the state that his administration has sworn to cater for all Nigerlites,...

Two former ministers and top PDP members, Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman are to remain in prison till Monday July 4, 2016 (a day to Sallah) as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos reserved ruling on their bail applications.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 arraigned  Nenadi Esther Usman, a former Minister of Finance and Director of Finance...

The former Governor of Kano State and Education Minister, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has denied receiving the sum of N25m from the alleged N950m campaign fund shared at his residence in Kano before the 2015 general elections in Nigeria.

How Saraki Rescued Buhari from Tinubu’s Trap- Naja'atu Mohammed ... Rejected Muslim-Muslim Ticket in APC Unknown to many Nigerians, Bukola Saraki, the Senate President was one...

The National spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday April 11, 2016, again attempted to throw another spanner in the wheel of justice at his ongoing trial before Justice E. O Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on the seven count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Metuh who is being prosecuted alongside his company, Destra Investments Limited for the alleged N400m fraud, had earlier on Friday April 8, 2016, met a brick wall in his attempt to stall his trial.

They were also to misinform the President and in fact, the Nigerian public that the DGSS had acquired choice properties in Maitama and Asokoro areas of Abuja. The overall objective was to scare the DGSS and put him under pressure just for the group to extort money from him to serve their pecuniary interest.

“We therefore urge the court to discharge and acquit the defendant based on the points contained in the written address,” Ikpeazu prayed.

The trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 23-count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, continued on February 2, 2016 with the statement he made in 2007 forming the thrust of the day’s proceedings.

Badejo-Okusanya, while being led in evidence, told the court that, he was paid a total sum of N77m (seventy seven million naira) by the 2nd defendant, Destra Investment Limited, to carry out media campaigns for PDP. Documents in support of his claim including documents containing evidence of payments for different placements of advertorials of PDP in various media were tendered and admitted as exhibits.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 14, 2015, arraigned former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki( rtd.), and four others...

High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the erstwhile Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc, on Thursday, December 10, 2015 failed in his bid to regain freedom after being...

Finally, the long awaited list of ministerial nominee is out. President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded the list on the last day of September after a...

An Elder statesman and controversial Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has declared his support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s double war against corruption and terror. Clark...

President Muhammadu  Buhari Tuesday in the United States vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who stashed away ill-gotten oil money,...

Obviously, the theory has been proved empty. The international community and some individuals predicted doom if any of the two major contestants in the...

The President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has performed the ground breaking ceremony of the College of Health Sciences and University Teaching Hospital, Akwete-Akpa, Otukpo,...