The Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stamped his deputy, Umar Ganduje, as his successor in 2015. Kwankwaso is aiming to win the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the 2015 presidential election in 2015. At a crucial meeting of the APC’s stakeholders held in Kano on Friday, it was agreed that…
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke, has been elected as President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Diezani becomes the first female to be elected into that position. She was elected on Thursday at the 166th ordinary meeting of OPEC in Vienna, Austria. Diezani now replaces Libya’s Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman…
Some members of the Kebbi State House of Assembly sat on Thursday night and impeached the Speaker. The sitting, which held around 10:30pm on Thursday, had 16 out of the 24 members of the Assembly in attendance. The 16 lawmakers signed the impeachment of the Speaker, Habib Musa Jega and elected a new leader. Mohammed…
The crisis rocking Ekiti State may soon be over if the latest move by traditional rulers in the state turns successful. At a statutory meeting held on Tuesday in Ekiti State by the monarchs, it was resolved that the waring parties would be called to a round table talk. The traditional rulers, under the aegis…
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, at an event in Ogun State on Tuesday, revealed how he was diagnosed of cancer in late 2013. Soyinka, speaking at a press conference at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Abeokuta, explained that in December 2013, he was told that he had cancer and pondered on the issue before taking…
No fewer than two female suicide bombers in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Tuesday, killed more than 30 persons at a crowded market in the city. The incident also left several others injured. The girls, who entered the market wearing full hijab, a clothing material worn by female Muslims, detonated the bombs, killing some people in…
Following the nose-diving oil price in the international market, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has made a move to ensure the Nigerian economy stays afloat. The price of oil in the market has dwindled and Nigeria has been struggling to adjust to its hard effect on its economy. Oil is country’s major export and…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit filed against one of the key suspects docked for the bomb blast that occurred at a bus station near Abuja in April 2014. The suspect, Aminu Ogwuche, son of a retired military officer in Nigeria, was extradited to Nigeria from Sudan by Interpol…
Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Josiah Kente, has resigned from office. The number three man of the state, in his resignation letter presented to the Clerk of the Assembly, disclosed that his decision to relinquish his position was in the interest of peace in the state. Kente informed journalists on Monday in…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on his appointment, even as it requested his immediate intervention in the crisis that has paralyzed the State Judiciary. “The news of Hon. Justice Mahmud Mohammed’s appointment as CJN came…