Category: Politics
Ambode cancels MoU for N844b Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge, finds new investors
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has terminated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of firms to build the 4th Mainland Bridge at the cost [...]
I am the bona fide Oba of Lagos, Akiolu tells court
About 14 years after his installation, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja High Court in a suit challenging his emergence [...]
Despite ill health, Buhari still working from London – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says that President Muhammadu Buhari is still working from London where he is currentl [...]
Sanusi probe: Osinbajo, Saraki, govs intervene to stop investigation
The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday stopped the investigation of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over allegations of misappropriation o [...]
Ali Modu Sheriff’s tussle for PDP suffers set back as Supreme Court strikes out his application
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by a factional leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Ali-Modu Sheriff, asking the court not to [...]
Fayose set to probe Fayemi
Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has decided to probe his immediate predecessor, Kayode Fayemi and has set up a panel to probe the current min [...]
Confusion hits pro-Biafra agitators
Crisis seems to have hit agitators for South East country as a main group, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB), b [...]
Akiolu reconciled Tinubu and I —Obanikoro
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro who was said to have begun a reconciliation process with his former political leader and leade [...]
Falana advises Osinbajo not to sign 2017 budget
A human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo not to sign the 2017 budget because it was illegally in [...]
Top military officers lobby politicians for appointments
Top military chiefs in the country are mounting pressure on political big wigs and influential top retired military generals for appointment as Chief [...]