Category: Politics
“Head for the monastery” – Soyinka advises Obasanjo, attacks him in new book
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has advised former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from struggling to restore Nigeria to the path of sanity [...]
Court orders National Assembly to begin impeachment process against Buhari
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has granted an order of mandamus to compel the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President [...]
Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State sacks commissioners
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday sacked all his commissioners and asked them to hand government property to the permanent secretarie [...]
Presidency in competition for dead souls with killings under PDP
The Presidency has accused the opposition PDP of shedding crocodile tears by declaring a mourning period for people killed in Plateau state. A stateme [...]
Space unavailable in Yoruba land for cattle ranching – Afenifere
Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has opposed the federal government’s plan to establish cattle ranches around the country. After [...]
See APC’s NWC as Oshiomole emerges APC chairman
The ruling All Progressives Congress on Saturday held its national convention where the national chairman and members of the party's National Working [...]
Military annulled June 12 because Abiola demanded N45bn owed him – Lamido
Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state, says the historical June 12 election was annulled because the military did not want to pay MKO Abiola’s [...]
Law school clears hijab wearing lawyer, Firdausi Amasa
The Nigerian Law School has decided to formally call to bar, a hijab wearing Firdausi Amasa, who was denied the honour last year. The young female law [...]
Alleged budget padding: ‘Your aides didn’t brief you properly’ – N’assembly to Buhari
Two days after President Muhammadu Buhari expressed reservations over some alterations in the 2018 budget, both chambers of the national assembly have [...]
Kingibe is a traitor, he doesn’t deserve national honour – Olisa Agbakoba
One of the prominent human rights activists who led the struggle for the actualisation of the June 12 presidential mandate, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, who is [...]