Following the judgment of the Lagos State National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal dismissing the petition against his victory over the weekend, the senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has stated that the petition against his victory is a frivolous distraction against his popular mandate from the people. The senator, who was…
Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar of the Code of Conduct Tribunal has ruled that the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase must produce Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Tribunal on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 to answer allegations levelled against him. The Judge ruled after resuming from a short adjournment on Monday, September 21, 2015 that…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, failed to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal again on Monday, September 21, 2015. His counsel, Joseph Daudu, argued that his client did not appear before the tribunal because some issues were not made clear. The Tribunal had ordered the Inspector General of Police to produce the country’s number one…
Leader of the Boko Haram group, Abubakar Shekau, in a new audio released recently, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a liar. He accused the President of lying to Nigerians on the progress made in the fight about terrorism in the country. On Saturday, authorities of the country’s military claimed they were winning the war…
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was seen in Mecca on Friday observing prayers with other Islamic faithful all over the world at the Holy City. He was spotted in Mecca with his entourage from Nigeria. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, who was removed from office prior to his…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has stressed that any attempt by the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to return the country to Egypt will not succeed. APC, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday in Lagos, accused the PDP of trying to frustrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts in cleansing the…
Several blasts around Ajilari Railway Cross of Gomari Airport ward of Maiduguri have left many persons dead on Sunday night. The explosions were said to have occurred simultaneously in the area, leaving several people dead and seriously injured. It is believed that members of the deadly group called Boko Haram must have carried out the…
The onslaught on members of the terrorists group called Boko Haram by the Nigerian troops has recorded a massive result going by the latest information released by the army. Since President Muhammadu gave a marching order to the new Service Chiefs to defeat Boko Haram in the country in three months, the insurgents have not…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has commiserated with the Awolowo family, the government and people of Ogun State and Nigeria in general on the death of MRS HID Awolowo, wife of late Obafemi Awolowo, who died on Saturday at the age of 99. Saraki, in a statement issued on Saturday, disclosed that he was “enthusiastically looking…
News reaching us indicates that wife of late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, Madam HID Awolowo, has passed on. The respected woman was said to have breathed her last on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at her residence in Ikenne, Ogun State. Her husband died in May 1987. Details later.