The Senate on Wednesday extended by one week the time given its ad-hoc committee to investigate the alleged assault of a nursing mother by the Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial district, Elisha Abbo, at a sex-toy shop in Abuja a few months ago. This followed the request for an extensionContinue Reading
The presidential election petition tribunal has ordered Mahmood Yakubu, national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to produce some documents requested by the petitioners. The five-member panel of judges led by Mohammed Garba gave Yakubu up till 12pm on Thursday. The panel also gave the same order toContinue Reading
A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly to address the worsening security situation in the country, urging them to do something urgent to arrest the drift before Nigeria fails. Anyaoku who spoke at a book launch inContinue Reading
A female American Pastor, Daphne Patoir, has made a sensational claim on YouTube about controversial Nigerian Pastor, T.B. Joshua. She insisted she saw the Nigerian cleric ‘in Heaven’ where she was taken during a vision. Responding to a video alleging Joshua’s ‘powers’ were demonic, Pastor Daphne Patoir shared her ‘HeavenlyContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condoled with the former Governor of Kaduna State and former Chairman, PDP National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi over the death of his father, Malam Muhammad Makarfi. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja,Continue Reading
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called for the immediate impeachment of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila for allegedly negotiating with armed bandits in Zamfara. HURIWA faulted the reported parley between the Speaker, bandits and hoodlums in Zamfara State, describing the act a highContinue Reading
The Channels Television video of INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmud admitted by the presidential tribunal on Tuesday appeared to discredit allegation that results of the Feb.23 general election were transmitted to the commission’s central server. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election allegedContinue Reading
Akin Oke, chairman of Oyo state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked Seyi Makinde, governor of the state, to disclose the source of his wealth. On Monday, Makinde had declared N48 billion worth of assets. Speaking with NAN on Tuesday, Oke said the governor should not only tell peopleContinue Reading
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmoud Yakubu has explained why results of last general elections could not be transmitted electronically, contrary to claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its last presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku and the PDP, who are challenging the outcome of theContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has observed that criminal elements are taking advantage of the focus on the North East to commit crimes in other parts of the country. He promised that the successes recorded in degrading terrorists in the North East will be extended to other parts of the country experiencingContinue Reading
