Ex-wife of Nigeria’s former President, Taiwo Obasanjo has raised the alarm over alleged plan by the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to assassinate her and her son. According to Taiwan, Obasanjo wanted to assassinate her for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari in the last presidential election in the country. She said in a statement that “I am Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo and ...

The Federal High Court, Abuja has refused to grant a motion to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from swearing in Justice Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), instead it wants government to show cause for such appointment. The court declined to make the order, but instead put the defendants on notice. It has therefore given President Buhari and ...

A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has said he will emerge as the Senate President of the Ninth National Assembly. He said victory is sure for him because he has the support of his colleagues in the Senate and the leaders of the All Progressives Congress. The senator said this in an interview with journalists in Lagos on Monday. He ...

The Peoples Democratic Party has called for the immediate and unconditional release of its Governorship Candidate in Osun, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, arrested by the police in Abuja. The Party National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the call at a press conference on Monday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan condemned the arrest, describing it as unconstitutional, provocative and part of the plot ...

The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) has petition the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, over the changes in the panelists for Ogun State Governorship and House of Assembly Tribunal. The National Chairman of APM, Alhaji Mamman Dantalle, in a press conference on Monday in Abuja, called for the disband of the new panel and be replaced with ...

Sustainable Democracy Agenda (SUDA) on Monday expressed satisfaction with the legislative agenda of the leading aspirant for the position of president of the incoming Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan. In a statement by its Convener, Ibrahim Usman, the pro-democracy group, said it had followed recent interviews granted by Lawan in the media where he articulated his agenda as Senate president. “We ...

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has berated President Buhari for making a joke about the IGP’s weight. The president said the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu’s weight loss is a sign that he’s been working to tackle the security challenges across the nation. President Buhari returned to Nigeria yesterday May 5th after his 10-day visit to the UK. ...

The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Enugu says it will not entertain any form of delay tactics by counsels during its sitting in the state. The tribunal Chairman, Justice Haruna Kereng made the call in Enugu on Monday during the inaugural sitting of the tribunal. Kereng said that the panel would be fair and would decide ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja dismissed the speculations that he was in the United Kingdom to compile the names of those who may be appointed as ministers during his second tenure of office. The president stated this when he reacted to a question from a correspondent of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), shortly after returning to Abuja after ...

Malam Garba Madami, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara on Monday said that he resisted money offered by politicians to compromise the just concluded 2019 general elections in the state. Madami, who hails from Gurara Local Government Area, of the state made this known to newsmen after his daughter’s wedding in Minna. “There was pressure by politicians who offered me ...