I have no 3rd term agenda – Buhari

Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work hard to ensure that the party survives beyond the end of his tenure in 2023. The President, who spoke at the meeting of the

How Nigeria’s Air Peace Boss Allen Ifechukwu Onyema was indicted by U.S Department of Justice over $20 million in bank fraud and money laundering

The CEO of Nigerian Airline Air Peace has been indicted on charges of bank fraud and money laundering by the U.S Department of Justice He has been accused of moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a

How ‘Uniformed Policemen’ abducted me, killed my orderly in Benin City – Justice Nwosu-Iheme

Appeal Court Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, who was abducted in Benin City last month and recently regained her freedom after about 14 days in captivity, has narrated how six “uniformed policemen”, who parked their Hilux vehicle on bad stretch of a road in Benin

POSTHUMOUS: Prince Madumere eulogises Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s legacy

  By: Amb Timothy Nwachukwu The immediate past deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere and a Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined other well meaning Nigerians in saluting one of the foremost Nationalists, late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe , describing

BREAKING: Ize-Iyamu, Edo ex-Speaker, finally dump PDP for APC

Osagie Otabor, Bénin A former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Bright Omokhodion, former Deputy Speaker, Festus Ebea, former state chairman of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Tony Omoaghe, on Thursday joined Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to defect to

P&ID Deal: EFCC Re-Arraigns Two Britons

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned two Britons, James Nolan and Adam Quin, who are said to be at large. Both men were arraigned on Thursday before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

BREAKING: Senate passes finance bill to raise VAT from 5 to 7.5 percent

By Henry Umoru The Senate on Thursday passed the Finance Bill presented to it by President Muhammadu Buhari to raise the country’s Value Added  Tax(VAT) from 5 to 7.5 percent. The bill has five strategic objectives of promoting fiscal equity, reforming domestic tax

Governors to NASS: Respect views of Nigerians on hate speech bill

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill to ensure that views of Nigerians were captured in the passage of the bill. The Sokoto State governor advised the federal lawmakers to

APC wades into Oshiomole-Obaseki rift

By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja   The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday moved to save its local chapter in Edo State where its National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Godwin Obaseki are locked in a battle of supremacy. Its National Working Committee

Bill on electronic voting scales second reading in Senate

By Sanni Onogu, Abuja   A Bill to amend the Electoral Act 2010 and to make provision for electronic voting and direct transmission of results from polling units to a Central Database was on Wednesday read for the second time in the Senate.