Category: Politics
Mo Ibrahim Foundation withholds leadership award for second straight year
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced that there is no winner for the 2016 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. This means that for [...]
MASSOB: Soludo, Utomi, Igbo leaders demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release
A pan Igbo socio-political organisation, Nzuko Umunna, in Abuja on Tuesday demanded the immediate release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Bi [...]
Emir of Kano champions law to deal with irresponsible polygamists, abusive men
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is fast taking on the toga of a revolutionary who is intent on changing the minds of polygamists in northern Ni [...]
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina sworn-in at UN headquarters
Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Environment, has been sworn-in as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the UN at the UN Headquar [...]
Osinbajo consults Buhari on major issues – Presidency
The Presidency has said that it was wrong for anybody to claim that the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, had been performing better than President Muh [...]
Dave Umahi chairs South-East Governors Forum
Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has been elected as the Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum. Umahi was unanimously endorsed at a meeting of the fo [...]
FG appoints new directors for NCAA …Recalls sacked directors
The Federal Government has appointed five new Directors and one General Manager for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). NCAA’s General Manag [...]
Lagos lawmaker to FG – Ban Big Brother Naija without delay
Segun Oluluade, chairman, Lagos house of assembly committee on health services, has urged the Federal Government to immediately ban the airing of Big [...]
Reactions trail Buhari’s prolonged stay in London … Says, ‘I need longer time to rest’
Major groups, including the Nigeria Voters’ Assembly, the National Association of Resident Doctors and the People’s Democratic Party, have all differe [...]
Ozekhome blows hot, says EFCC’s allegation from pit of hell
Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the allegation of money laundering levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes C [...]