The process for reviewing Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution gathered momentum Wednesday with clamours for creation of state police, devolution of powers to the states, creation of more states, restructuring and fiscal
The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Wednesday raised the alarm that Nigeria is at crossroads and under
A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, Wednesday cautioned against undermining Southern governors’ decision banning open grazing. He also called on members of the All Progressives Congress
Visiting West African mediators have met Mali’s senior military figures who carried out the country’s second coup in less than a year. On Tuesday a military colonel – who was
A former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba has said the conflicting opinions of members of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) is affecting Nigeria negatively. Mr Osoba stated this
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will not be seeking a third term in office and is not interested in such discussions, that’s according to presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu. According to Mr
Mali’s interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita has said that he seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new
The Nigerian Presidency is insisting that the ban by the country’s Southern Governors on open Grazing is a show of power as they proffered no alternatives or solutions. Garba
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has criticised and appeared to query the legality of the decision by Governors of the country’s southern states to ban open grazing in their region. The
Youth advocate Seun Awogbenle has announced his new book titled ‘The Urgency of Now: Why Nigeria Needs A vision of Prosperity, Protection and Liberty.’ The book has ten chapters that
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition political party has described the recent defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC)
New facts have shown that economic factors far more outweighed the political reasons that necessitated the recent defection of the Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, from the Peoples Democratic
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The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the existence of another apparent leak investigation aimed at
Spokesman of the Nigerian Senate Ajibola Basiru has taken a swipe at the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over his “less than dignifying” argument of equating open grazing
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says some of the destroyed sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials will take between six months to one year to get them replaced. Festus Okoye,
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has defected from the People’s Democratic Party to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and
Atedo Peterside, President and Founder Anap Foundation has hit out at the Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney-general of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami for his objection to the ban
A former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi has warned African leaders that France should be the last country to be regarded as a friend of the African continent.
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