Alhaji Tafida Isa Mafindi, the Yeriman Muri, was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) as well as a member of the campaign organisation of former President Jonathan in the last general elections.
In this interview , Mafindi explains why he dumped the PDP im…PDP was in disarray ahead of presidential election- ex-member of PDP BoT
In this interview with SEGUN OLUWAGBILE and TUNDE ODESOLA, former President Olusegun Obasanjo bares his mind on pro-Biafra agitations, Boko Haram war deadline, among other issues
You have some less privileged children you sponsor. Why don’t you make your philanthropic gestures public?
My bible s…Boko Haram war will not end in December – Obasanjo
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Nigerians on Friday agreed on the need by President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers-designate to publicly declare their assets before they take the oath of office.
Ministerial list
They asked the ministers-designate to follow Buhari’s example by stating their worth in terms of mon…Nigerians demand public asset declaration from Buhari’s ministers
The recent ruling on the governorship election by the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal has surprisingly drawn the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in the state closer to God, writes CHUKWUDI AKASIKE
Amaechi (second right) with his supporters at the thanksgiving…Rivers politicians turn to God after tribunal verdict
As President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption continues, anti-graft agencies struggle to convince Nigerians that it is not selective, GBENRO ADEOYE writes
President Buhari
Many Nigerians have come to the realisation that corruption is a major challenge standing between the country and …Heavy Knocks for Buhari’s anti-corruption war
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a quarrelsome and misguided individual, completely unfit to hold responsible national office in a democratic government.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa…Stop Being Quarrelsome, PDP Tells Lai Mohammed
A Russian airliner has crashed in central Sinai with more than 200 people on board, the office of Egypt’s prime minister has confirmed.
The Airbus A-321 had just left the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg.
Wreckage of the plane has been found in…Russian Airline carrying 200 people crash in Central Sinai
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James Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria reliably described as one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s top picks for appointment as Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, represents several controversial clients including an Indian accused of defrauding several Nig…Buhari’s Likely Attorney General, James Ocholi Has High-Caliber Fraud Suspects, Accused Terror Mastermind As Clients
President Muhammadu Buhari, the judiciary, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday came under fresh attack from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s recent electoral reverses in Rivers and Akwa Ibom S…Buhari, Judiciary, INEC behind our electoral woes, says PDP
Below are excerpts from the open letter, dated October 26, 2015, by Chief Edwin Clark, replying former Special Adviser on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, and other critics over his recent comments on the former president.
Edwin Clark
ORDINARILY at my age and position…Don’t use me as scapegoat for your failure – Edwin Clark writes Abati
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government and Nigeria can not afford to pay forty two ministers and that not all the minister nominees that have been screened will have portfolios.
President Buhari
Moreso he went on to say that the country Nigeria was ‘material and morally v…We can’t afford to pay 42 ministers – Buhari
THE Federal Ministry of Justice has recommended the trial of three top members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State over alleged forgery. The recommendation by the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, followed a petition to the police headquarters, by Hon. Dennis Oguerinwa Amadi, …Min. of Justice prosecutes three PDP chieftains over alleged forgery in Enugu
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his trial on 13 counts of false assets declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
By a two-to-one split decision the three-man panel of the appeal court, held that the appeal…Appeal court dismisses Saraki’s suit against CCT trial
The Federal Government, through the Code of Conduct Bureau, will arraign a former Minister of Niger Delta, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, on four counts of false assets declaration and bribery on November 9.
Orubebe, who is to be arraigned before the Justice Danladi Umar-led Code of Conduct Tribunal, was…FG arraign Orubebe on false asset declaration, N70m bribery
…Mobilizes, market women, traditional rulers, the clergy, others to protest
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has received credible information that Governor Nyesom Wike has begun to mobilize and incite different sections of Rivers people to protest…Wike goes full blast against judiciary – APC
The Appeal Court which the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who was removed by the election tribunal may never rule in his favor if documents obtained by online media, Elombah.com is anything to go by.
Nyesom Wike and Romiti Amaechi
In a dangerous manner that shows that the judiciary will be…Documents: How APC, Amaechi unseat Wike, plans re-election
The Cross River State Police Command on Thursday foiled a child trafficking attempt in Calabar.
The police also recovered a baby boy, whose name was withheld.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. John Eluu, who made the disclosure in Calabar, said the police had on October 27 received…Police arrest mother attempting to sell her new born baby
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described pro-Biafra agitators as miscreants who should be ignored.
Olusegun Obasanjo
Speaking in an exclusive interview with our correspondents at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, Obasanjo described the agitations by the Movement for the…Obasanjo calls pro-Biafra agitators “miscreants”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State yesterday gave details of some of the loans allegedly obtained by Governor Seriake Dickson.
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson
It said he should account for the N88 billion loans.
The Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation (SICO), the campaign…APC accuses Dickson of squandering N88bn loan
He’s one of world football’s best-known names — and now Samuel Eto’o is using that fame to draw attention to the ongoing crisis that “everyone stops talking about.”
Samuel Eto
The former Barcelona and Chelsea star has set up the Yellow Whistleblower FC …Eto rises against Boko Haram, set up foundation to help victims
Some lecturers came under attack from Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, who accused them of “smoking Indian hemp and harassing female students”.
Fayose made the allegation yesterday during the 22nd Convocation of the College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti where 2,348 students graduated and two dis…Some lecturers harass female students – Fayose
CHAMPIONS of devaluation may have lost the battle following the Federal Government’s resolve to retain the naira value against the dollar.
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
The naira currently exchanges for N197 to the dollar at the official market.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday that devaluation …Fed Govt won’t devalue naira, says Osinbajo
ABUJA—The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, will today, deliver judgment in the appeal seeking to quash the 13-count criminal charge pending against the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
Bukola Saraki
The appellate court had earlier adjourned i…Asset Declaration: Bukola Saraki knows faith today
ABUJA — The intrigues that shadowed the confirmation hearing of the 36 ministerial nominees reached an anti-climax yesterday when all but one senator in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus walked out to protest the confirmation of former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as m…PDP senators walk out as Amaechi is confirmed
Bauchi—The Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the mismanagement of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government was responsible for the sufferings experienced in the nation, assuring that the All Progressives Congress, APC government w…PDP govt responsible for Nigeria’s woes – Okorocha
