The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the Peoples Democratic Party and six others from removing him from office.
Aminu Tambuwal
This came on the heels of his historic defection from the ruling PDP to the All…Tambuwal sue PDP, 6 others over plot to remove him from office
The immediate past Minister of State, Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, in this interview with OLALEKAN ADETAYO, speaks on his ambition to become the governor of Rivers State, his quarrel with Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his stewardship as a minister
Nyesom Wike
How will you respond to those who…The Amaechi I know must be regretting joining APC now –Nyesom Wike
The leader of Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has released a new video, a military source in Maiduguri confirmed to SaharaReporters.
According to the source, in the new video Shekau dismissed the much-publicized ceasefire with the Nigerian government as announced by Nigeria’s military…Boko Haram Releases New Video, Debunks Ceasefire And Says Kidnapped Girls Married Off
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in Kaduna on Friday said the withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, was a plot by the Federal Government…El-Rufai accuses FG of plan to kill Tambuwal
The All Progressives Congress has warned the Federal Government to desist from “compounding illegality” by compelling members of the House of Representatives to sign a paper seeking to reconvene the House ahead of the December 3 adjourned date.
Tambuwal, Tinubu
This was contained in a sta…Tambuwal: APC warns against attempt to reconvene House
Forty one members of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, were beheaded by the vigilante group in a Borno village, Gur, it was gathered on Friday.
A member of the youth vigilance group in the area, Mala Yusuf, recounted that after a failed attack on Sabon Gari in Damboa Local Government…Civilian JTF beheads 41 Boko Haram in Gur village
DEPUTY Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha, appears to have landed in trouble, for hosting the Speaker, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, to a reception, after the latter’s defection to opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Emeka Ihedioha and Tambuwal
Sources in the N…Deputy Speaker In Trouble For Hosting Tambuwal
BY HAY PISEY
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged eight Nigerian nationals with drug trafficking following their arrest in Phnom Penh on Sunday night for possession and distribution of crystal methamphetamine, but their interrogation will continue as police try to identify other…Eight Igbo Men arraigned in Cambodia for drug trafficking
Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he patronises drinking joints every Friday in order to get close to the ‘common man’ in the state.
Fayose, Govenor elect in Ekiti State
The governor said this in Abuja on Thursday while defending the concept of “stomach infrastructure” intr…Why I go to beer parlour every Friday – Fayose
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA – Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist in his reaction said, “Section 68 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution as altered, merely prohibits carpet crossing or defection from the original sponsoring political party to another. Where that ha…Tambuwal remains the speaker of the House, says Ozekhome
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor
The rescue of the 219 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by insurgents of the Islamist Boko Haram group must take priority over every other activity, Bringbackourgirls campaigner, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili has said.
Speaking ahead…200th day: Make rescue of Chibok girls top priority, Ezekwesili pleads
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—Forty-eight hours after he publicly declared his intention to contest for Presidency on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015, Kano State governor, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has purchased the party’s Expression of Interest and Presidential Nomination for…2015 Presidency: Kwankwaso picks nomination form
By Henry Umoru
ABUJA—PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday stormed the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he collected the expression of interest and nomination forms of the party to vie for the 2015 presidential election.
Jonathan takes nomination form
President …President Jonathan picks nomination forms
About 30 were reported dead after there explosions rocked the popular Gombe Line Transport Services Limited in Gombe State.
According to the police and an eye witnesses the explosions were reported to have occurred around 9:30 am Friday leaving many dead.
The Three bombs which were said to be…Breaking: 30 fear dead as explosion rocks Gombe
By Umar Yusuf & Ndahi Marama
YOLA —Few hours after the commercial nerve centre and the second biggest town in Adamawa State fell into the hands of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the insurgents, yesterday, overran Vimtim, the home town of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh.
The t…Boko Haram takes over CDS Badeh’s home town
….says it’s an abuse of the constitution
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State this afternoon reacted with outrage to the news of the withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, in the wake of his defection…Withdrawal Of Tambuwal’s Security Details Executive Radicalism – RIVERS APC
By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal may have beaten more than he can chew as the security personnel attached to him have been withdrawn after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC).
Aminu…Breaking: Defection saga: Police withdraws Tambuwal security details
After nearly a year of bitter relations, President Goodluck Jonathan and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, met Thursday in Abuja and reconciled differences that once drove both men to the extremes of their offices.
Sanusi and Jonathan
After nearly a year of bitter relations, President…Breaking: Emir of Kano, Sanusi reconciles with Jonathan
By Ben Agande & Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Abuja—President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday prayed the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal to dismiss the suit challenging his eligibility to seek re-election next year, even as he said he will formally pick the nomination form today to contest the p…Jonathan challenges eligibility suit, picks nomination form
By Boluwaji Obahopo
LOKOJA— A Lokoja senior magistrate’s court has remanded a 28-year-old mechanic, Abdulkadir Salihu, in prison custody for allegedly abducting and raping a teenage girl for five days.
Rapists
Mrs Joyce Abdulmalik of Lokoja Senior Magistrate Court 1 gave the order, yesterday, …Mechanic abducts, rapes teenage girl for 5 days in Lokoja
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA- National Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. John Oyegun yesterday re-echoed the determination of the party to relaunch Nigeria onto the path speedy development and greatness.
APC National Chairman, Odigie Oyegun
This was even as the Speaker of House…APC’ll relaunch Nigeria onto path speedy development and greatness – Oyegun, Buhari, Tambuwal
By Henry Umoru, Emman Ovuakporie & Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—THE national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday took a swipe at the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who on Tuesday defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the party would r…TWe ‘ll regain Speaker’s seat, PDP tells Tambuwal
By Peter Okutu
ABAKALIKI—A 32-year-old man, Mr. Simon Mbam, of Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has committed suicide after he was tortured by some villagers for allegedly stealing N1,000 from a shop in the market.
The victim, who jumped into a pond in the area last weekend, found h…Man commits suicide over N1,000 in Ebonyi
Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country’s remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two other attacks that further undermined claims of a ceasefire.
Soldiers in Borno fighting Boko Haram
Residents said insurgents first overran the town of Uba in B…Update: Boko Haram, Troops clash in Mubi along Michika
Yola – Following days of bombardment on the hideouts of Boko Haram by the Nigerian military, fleeing insurgents have attacked Uba town and other adjourning villages along the Michika-Madagali-Borno axis.
Another report has it that the fleeing insurgents are closing on Mararaba Mubi, Vimtim and M…Angry Boko Haram Attacks Uba Town Along Michika
