Some Northern governors are currently in Saudi Arabia on a 3-day visit to the Islamic Development Bank in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, where they are to meet with the bank’s president, Ahmad Ali and other top officials, to solicit for partnership to help facilitate development in the region. The meeting between the governors and the […]

Read More Northern governors visit Islamic Development Bank officials in Saudi Arabia to appeal for developmental partnership.

   The decision by leadership of the Catholic Church, Enugu Parish to transfer Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka from Christ the King Parish in the Government Reserved Area, GRA, of the state was on Sunday condemned by the All Progressives Congress, APC. Disclosing this to newsmen in Enugu, the spokesperson of APC South-East Caucus, Osita Okechukwu, […]

Read More APC Faults Mbaka’s Transfer to a New Parish.

   WITH the newly adopted modulation model for the pricing of petroleum products nationwide, government has ‘stylishly’ deregulated the downstream sector. In the new pricing model, Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, is sold at N86.50, kerosene at N83 and diesel at 74.99 per litre at filling stations. From all indications, government is […]

Read More New Petrol Price: A Shift From Subsidy To Profit Making.

   Chief magistrate Court 1, Kaduna, has denied Dr John Danfulani bail after being detained by the police for over 24 hours. Danfulani, a lecturer with the Kaduna State University, KASU, is being held for alleged inciting and hateful statements in the social media against the people of northern Nigeria, thereby, capable of causing breakdown […]

Read More Lecturer Dr Danfulani, Arrested For Criticizing Buhari On Facebook, Denied Bail.

   “We challenge these purveyors of falsehood to publish the full details of the purported $7.2 billion account and we urge the Federal Government of Nigeria to seize such sum and prosecute the owner if it does exist. People should learn to accept the outcome of elections and stop this kind of dangerous propaganda in […]

Read More Akpabio to federal government.

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Read More My role in the civil war, by Zik.                                         

   The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, (SAN) has given the assurance that government will continue with existing power projects inherited from the previous administration. Mr Fashola made the promise after visiting some power projects in Abuja, as part of his nationwide inspection tour of existing projects under his ministry. He […]

Read More We Will Continue With Jonathan’s Electricity Projects – Fashola.

   The confusion shrouding the pending sack of about 5,000 contract staff by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have now been laid to rest as the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has formally approved the end of employment relationship with stevedoring contractors and a set of dockworkers known as tally clerks and onboard security. […]

Read More Amaechi approves sack of 5,000 NPA workers.

.   Rivers State government yesterday called on the Minister for Transport, Mr Chibuike Amaechi to account for about N3 trillion received throughout his eight years tenure as the governor of the State. The State Commissioner for Information, Dr Tam George told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the State was still reeling from “the catastrophic legacy […]

Read More Wike asks Amaechi to account for N3 trillion.

   This is a recently launched Cape Verdian Airline. It boasts of 11 Commuters planes making it the largest airline in Cape Verde. It is rumoured to be owned by a South South Governor in Nigeria who have very close ties with Cape Verde.       Oshiomhole may likely be the one described here particularly […]

Read More BREAKING NEWS! NEW AIRLINE LAUNCHED IN CAPE VERDE BY A NIGERIAN GOVERNOR. UNCONFIRMED REPORT.

   The Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Thursday January 21, was granted bail by the British Police Authorities after she appeared before an investigative hearing at the Charing Cross Police Station in London as part of the investigation into an alleged money laundering offence. A source has confirmed this to Television Continental, […]

Read More Victory for Diezani as UK authorities bow again.

   Pre Colonial History The Hausa cultures, which as early as the 7th century A.D were smelting iron ore, arose in what is today northwestern and north central Nigeria, to Bornu’s west. Hausa represents a place (Hausaland), a people (the Hausas), a language and a culture that spans multiple West African Nations, with a heavier […]

Read More Hausa History.

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the current administration is prosecuting the war against insurgency with the arms which were procured under his government. In an interview with France 24, the Nigerian leader said insurgency caught the country unawares but his government laid a solid foundation for terrorism to be defeated. “The new government is […]

Read More Buhari still fighting insurgency with the equipment I bought, says Jonathan.

   Dino Melaye, a senator from Kogi west, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to the national assembly as a misplacement anger, accusing him of introducing corruption into the national assembly. Obasanjo had written a letter to the national assembly accusing it of insincerity for its planned purchase of 469 cars worth N4.7bn. But […]

Read More I respect Obasanjo, but he introduced bribery to the national assembly, says Melaye.

   As the ongoing probe of $2.1billion arms deals continues, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday gave “ThisDay” publisher Prince Nduka Obaigbena a two-week ultimatum to refund N670million allegedly collected for unexecuted contracts. Obaigbena told investigators that he never benefitted from slush funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). He […]

Read More EFCC gives Obaigbena two-week ultimatum to refund N670m.

   I woke up this morning to a report in the media that Chief Audu Ogbeh is holding former dictator, Ibrahim Babangida and SAP, responsible for the current poor state of the economy. Babangida introduced SAP and led Nigeria to an over-reliance on oil and that is why we are where we are today. There […]

Read More Nigeria’s Poor Economy – Blame Ibrahim Babangida! By Pius Adesanmi.

   The Chairman of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has promised to respond in no time to a letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo calling his attention to alleged corruption in the nation’s apex law-making body. The Senate President, reacting through his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu, confirmed receipt of […]

Read More Saraki Vows To Respond To Obasanjo’s Letter On Corruption In NASS.

       Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday addressed the global community in Geneva, Switzerland at a press conference hosted by the Geneva Press Club. Below is the full text of the speech focused on Security, Education and Development in Africa exclusively obtained by SIGNAL. Protocols Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, I […]

Read More Full Text of ex President Goodluck Jonathan’s Speech at the Geneva press Club dinner at the Intercontinental hotel Geneva.

   James Faleke, the running mate to the late governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, said he would be declared the governor of the state before the end of the year. Faleke, who had been canvassing support to be declared Kogi governor, is currently at loggerheads with the leadership […]

Read More I’ll become gov before year end – Hon James Faleke.

   January 13, 2016 Distinguished Senator Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senate Chambers, Abuja. Honourable Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. It is appropriate to begin this letter, which I am sending to all members of the Senate and the House of Representatives through both of […]

Read More Obasanjos letter to the National Assembly leadership.

What do you think of when you hear the name Colonel Gaddafi? Tyrant? Dictator? Terrorist? Well, a national citizen of Libya may disagree but we want you to decide. Ruling the country for for 41 years until his demise in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi did some truly amazing things for his country and repeatedly tried […]

Read More 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Libya Under Gaddafi’s So-called Dictatorship.

     Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller has undergone successfully his sixth heart transplant in 42 years at the venerable age of 99 years old. The heart transplant surgery, which lasted 6 hours and was done by a team of private surgeons at his principal residence, on the family estate in Pocantico Hills, New York, doesn’t […]

Read More David Rockefeller’s Sixth Heart Transplant Successful At Age 99

   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the National Assembly accusing the lawmakers of corruption, impunity, greed and of repeatedly breaking the nation’s laws. In a letter dated January 13 and addressed to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, the former president specifically accused […]

Read More EXCLUSIVE: Obasanjo writes Saraki, Dogara, accuses National Assembly of corruption, greed, lawlessness and impunity.

  Alhaji Abba Kyari Chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari Alhaji Abba Kyari, was spotted very briefly within the premises of the Supreme Court in Abuja. He drove in a black Toyota Landcruiser SUV and did not spend more than five minutes. PDP members from Gombe, Ebonyi and Rivers state who were present in […]

Read More CONFUSION AS BUHARI’S CHIEF OF STAFF SNEAKS INTO SUPREME COURT PREMISES.

   The Goodluck Jonathan administration initiated high-speed trains were just completed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) and cost $849 million. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Adeseyi Sijuwade, while addressing the media in Lagos, said The high-speed train service will open for service in March 2016. It is the […]

Read More Nigeria’s High-Speed Train Service Is Finally Ready For Operation.

    The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has charged the Federal Government to work against time and re-open the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals. Nigerians, the governor said, are waiting patiently and anxiously to see the trial of all those indicted in the scandal. This is the only way President Muhammadu Buhari can disabuse […]

Read More Gov Fayose dares Buhari to prosecute Halliburton, Siemens’s scam culprits.                                   

   The Supreme Court today upheld the victory of the governor of River State, Mr. Nyesom Wike. This judgement overruled the judgement of the Appeal Court which upheld the nullification of his election by the Election Petition Tribunal. The apex court in an unanimous judgment, restored the declaration of Wike as the valid winner of […]

Read More BREAKING News: Supreme Court upholds Wike’s Victory.

Two suspected female suicide bombers detonated their bombs inside Chibok market in Chibok local government area of Borno state, leaving 8 people dead and over 30 others critically injured, a party chairman in Chibok, Lawan Pogu told a relation in Maiduguri. According to the report from Chibok on Wednesday, the Chibok market had since been […]

Read More Bomb blast hits Chibok in Borno State.

*Oil theft more dangerous than price slide —Producers As oil prices continue on the downward slide, Nigerian oil firms may be producing at up to $5/barrel loss, as average production costs for independent and marginal field producers is between $30 and $35/barrel. Oil prices, yesterday, resumed their free fall, with Brent crude, similar to Nigeria’s […]

Read More Oil Crash: Nigeria Producing At $5 Per Barrel Loss.

   Honorable Minister for Transport, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi, we are really pleased with your continuous exceptional kind gestures towards the North, in spite of the attacks on your person and ideology from some sections of the country as a result of that. We first took cognizance of your extreme love for the North when […]

Read More You’re Now One of Us – Arewa Thanks Amaechi for Cancelling Proposed Maritime University in Delta.

   Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central Zone) has disclosed that over $200 billion was being stashed away in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, by corrupt Nigerians. Senator Shehu Sani said he was making the revelation from the point of strength as the chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign and Domestic Debts, as well as Vice […]

Read More APC Members Stashed Over $200 Billion In Dubai – Sen. Sani Shehu.

THE PRESIDENCY, weekend, asked Ijaw communities in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, where ex-militants carried out a three-day bombing of crude oil and gas pipelines some weeks ago, to hand over to the security operatives, perpetrators of the bomb attack believed to be hiding in their areas. The presidency also urged […]

Read More Pipeline bombing: FG directs Ijaw communities to hand over suspects. As N-Delta groups warn against indiscriminate arrests.

  Since the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998, charges have been brought against three Nigerian presidents (Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and very recently, Muhammadu Buhari). On Friday, the 29th of January, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will file a complaint at the ICC against President Muhammadu Buhari over Nnamdi Kanu’s imprisonment. […]

Read More WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BUHARI TO BE CHARGED AT THE ICC?

    Ambassador Susan Rice was up until recently the American Ambassador to the United Nations. Her long-standing aspiration of becoming the Secretary of State for her country was dashed when the Republicans in the Senate started sharpening their knives in anticipation of her formal nomination for that position by President Barak Obama. Sensing that […]

Read More MKO Abiola, the missing one hour and a deadly cup of tea. – By Femi Olu Kayode.

   Recently the leadership of the National Assembly inaugurated separate special ad-hoc Committees to, again, review the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in their respective chambers. Expectedly, many have expressed misgiving concerning the proposal. In the face of harsh economic realities and social dislocation nationwide, according to them, should the National Assembly […]

Read More Constitution Amendment: Another Wild Goose Chase? – By Comrade Timi Frank.

   Olubunmi Okogie, archbishop emeritus of the Catholic archdiocese of Lagos, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to lead by example “on all fronts or risk plunging Nigeria into a state of despondency”. In a statement issued on his behalf by Gabriel Osu, director of social com­munications of the diocese, Okogie asked the president to focus […]

Read More Why must tax payers feed Buhari and his family, asks Okogie .

   Staff of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and prosecution lawyer Barrister Adesina Raheem, were mobbed by supporters of former governor of Zamfara state, Ahmed Sani Yerima at the arraignment of the former governor at the High Court in Gasau on Thursday. The ICPC lawyer, Barr. Raheem who confirmed the […]

Read More ICPC staff, lawyer mobbed at Yerima’s 1.6 billion naira fraud arraignment in Gusau.

   There have been reports about Nigeria joining the Saudi Arabia created Islamic Military Alliance Against Terrorism (ISMAT). Such a decision has serious implications for peace and security in our country and should not be taken without proper and transparent consultations and considerations. We recall the national stress triggered by the non-transparent way in which […]

Read More EDITORIAL: Why Nigeria Should Not Join The Saudi Arabia Islamic Military Alliance.

   The malicious attempt by Lagos Lawyer, Femi Falana to mix Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala up in issues that have nothing to do with her in his letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a desperate joke by an integrity challenged charlatan (ICC). This misadventure shows that the so-called learned lawyer does not have any […]

Read More Okonjo-Iweala: A Strong Transparency Advocate And Anti-Corruption Fighter. A Response To Femi Falana, An Integrity-Challenged Charlatan (ICC)

   Former President Goodluck Jonathan will hold a world press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Guy Mettan, executive director of the Geneva Press Club, confirmed this in a statement, saying the event is part of activities lined up by circle of diplomats, in honour of Jonathan. The statement said the Nigerian leader would be […]

Read More Jonathan holds press conference in Switzerland.

   I remember when Former Kano Governor Kwankwaso physically snubbed (and very nearly shoved aside) President Jonathan on live TV. I was stunned. I never knew until that point that public officials paid with taxpayers’ money (read oil money in Nigeria) could humiliate the president in the full view of the public. No other president […]

Read More Jonathan’s Cross: A President’s Tale Through My Own Eyes. By Daniel Essien.

   The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has blamed the poor run of Nigeria’s economy on the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) introduced by former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida. Mr Ogbe disclosed this during an exclusive interview with Channels Television in Otukpo, Benue State, at the flag off of the […]

Read More Agric Minister Blames Nigeria’s Poor Economy On SAP.

   The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has hinted that the Act which created the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, would be scrapped following allegations of corruption in the agency. Amaechi made this known in a meeting with the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, noting that NIMASA lacked equipments at the search and […]

Read More Tension as Amaechi, Tompolo set to clash.

   Asks Senate to Review Law on NNPC, Customs, NIMASA, etc Spendings Telecoms Operators to Pay Communication Service Charges Oil Prices Could Fall Below $20/Barrel – Experts President May Find it Difficult to Implement 2016 Budget – Makarfi. As crude oil prices continue to crash on the international market, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has […]

Read More Oil prices crash: Buhari takes tough measures.

   The Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently retool, refocus and aggressively lead by example on all fronts or risk plunging Nigeria into a state of despondency. In a statement released by the Director of Social Communications of the Diocese, Monsignor Gabriel […]

Read More “Your Change is causing despondency – Okogie tells Buhari.”

   President Muhammadu Buhari has called for compulsory inclusion of religious studies in the school curriculum in the country while presenting a speech at the end of Qur’an recitation held in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital. President Muhammadu Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, said that the call has […]

Read More Buhari Wants Religious Studies Made Compulsory, Bans Wearing Of Hijab In Public Places.

My friend, Paul, told me that Dr Reuben Abati is trying to get back to his default mode – a hardcore government critic. That he has started by writing on some kind of irrelevant things. Recently, Abati has written about pop artist Davido, a dead lion, a minister’s shoes and some other things Paul felt […]

Read More New revelations about Jonathan.

   The minister for justice just anounced that judges found to be corrupt will be tried by this administration. This is probematic. Though this sentiment is much shared, it should not be left to the president and his administration to define “corruption,” or determine which judge is corrupt. For the avoidance of doubt the writ […]

Read More Buhari is not fighting corruption.

   The questions of the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s think tank, and whether he indeed has one that is up and running were raised by two recent events. These are his December 30, 2015 media chat and the very recent visit of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. The media […]

Read More Where is president Buharis think tank? By: Prof. Akin Osuntokun [Professor of Political Communication]

   DESPICABLE, abominable, horrible, detestable, repugnant, name it. But words are not enough to express the act that has caused agony for the people of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the State. Their monarch, HRM Akaeze Edward Ofulue III, abducted 19 days ago at about 4.00 pm, on January 5, 2016, […]

Read More How Fulani herdsmen abducted, killed Delta monarch.

   Former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has questioned the federal government’s rights to put him on trial on the alleged mismanagement of funds meant for purchase of arms. He told an Abuja High Court Friday that government has no moral and legal rights now to prosecute him having been in contempt of […]

Read More You Don’t Have The Moral, Legal Rights To Prosecute Me – Dasuki Dares Buhari.

   The Financial Times UK has described the economic policies of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration as the ‘height of foolishness’. The leading international business publication in an article by Steve Johnson, the deputy editor of the Financial Times, said the economic policies of the Buhari administration is doomed to fail because it is tailored […]

Read More Why Buhari’s Economic Policies Are Foolish – Financial Times UK.

   This will open your eyes !!! Read to the end. Dr Stephen Mak treats terminally ill cancer patients by an “un-orthodox” way and many patients recovered. Before he used solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients. He believes in natural healing in the body against illnesses. See his article below. Fruits and […]

Read More EATING FRUITS ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

    The identity of the son of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), retired Justice Muhammadu Uwais, GCON, who has allegedly joined the terrorist group, Islamic State, (ISIS) in Syria has been revealed as Ibrahim. Ibrahim, 41, the third son of the respected retired jurist, studied at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna […]

Read More Justice Uwais’ Son Fighting With ISIS Identified, As Nigeria Moves To Block Recruiters.

Immediate-past President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, debunked allegations that his administration awarded contract for arms procurement to the tune of $2 billion. Jonathan, who spoke in Washington DC, on “Presidential elections and democratic consolidation in Africa: Case studies on Nigeria and Tanzania,” a conversational forum, co-hosted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Center for […]

Read More $2b arms procurement: Jonathan finally speaks.

   Since February 10, 2015 when I read the advertorial published in THISDAY titled: Brazen Looting of Lagos Treasury, 1999-2015 – which chronicled Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s massive wealth, I have been too shell-shocked to function effectively. I have been hard-pressed to understand, if true, how one man can acquire so much in one lifetime. I […]

Read More Shaka Momodu: On Tinubu and Fashola – the change we need?

Owing to overly optimistic benchmark of the federal government and the low oil prices, Nigeria’s 2016 budget deficit has been raised from N2.2 trillion to N3 trillion. When the budget was presented to a joint session of the national assembly on December 22, the benchmark for the budget remained at an optimistic price of $38 […]

Read More Budget deficit jumps to N3tr… before passage.

   Above is a screenshot of page six the APC Manifesto. During the election, General Muhammadu Buhari and the APC promised to #RestructureNigeria into #TrueFiscalFederalism if elected into office. Today, the General has become President and the opposition APC has become the ruling party. Yet, nobody is saying anything again about True Fiscal Federalism. The […]

Read More Will PMB & APC Fulfill Their Campaign Promise on True Fiscal Federalism?

   There are strong indications that the British Police authorities are in quandary over how to pursue the alleged money laundering offence against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, as the investigators have failed to establish any wrongdoing by the former minister. Diezani Alison-Madueke had on Thursday January 21 appeared before an investigative hearing […]

Read More We Don’t Know How To Pursue The Alleged Money Laundering Ofence Against Diezani Allison-Madueke – British Police.

   PDP governors have asked the security and antigraft agents to be mindful of how they carry out instructions from the APC-led government as they will not be in power forever. In a statement sent of today by their coordinator Osaro Onaiwu, the governors from the main opposition party, condemned the handcuffing of its National […]

Read More APC ‘ll not be in power forever – PDP tells EFCC, other antigraft agents.

Mohammed Bello Adoke: “Nobody will rubbish the judiciary again therefore if the supreme court nullifies Governor Nyesom Wike’s election, the judgement that upheld Governor Ambode’s election will be revisited.”   

Read More The reality.

   Now talking about the 2.1 billion dollars arms deal, and the money be­ing shared by some peo­ple in what has come to be known as Dasukigate, how do you feel about it? I believe that this is where the media should help inform Nigeri­ans about what is really happen­ing and not by sensationalizing the […]

Read More Buhari is a wrong choice as Nigerian leader – Ayo Adebanjo.

   The commercial and trade agreements signed between Nigeria and the UAE were considered by many on Mr. Buhari’s delegation as counter to Nigeria’s best economic interests. The most vocal dissenters, according to sources, were Mrs. Adeosun and Mr. Udoma, who counseled Mr. Buhari not to sign those agreements. Sources inside Nigeria’s Presidency have revealed […]

Read More Fierce Disagreement Within Buhari’s Camp Preceded Signing Of Extradition Agreement With UAE.

   The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has said that full implementation of 2016 budget will revive the slow pace economic recovery. She said that the budget has reduced the cost of governance and improve infrastructural development. She believes that the budget has addressed the challenges of Nigeria and provided enabling environment

Read More 2016 Budget will take Nigeria out of Economic Quagmire – Kemi Adeosun.

   The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun says Nigeria’s present economic downturn could be an act of God to remind Nigeria on the need to implement and embrace radical change, particularly in the country’s current economic model. He made the disclosure when he received in audience, a 15-member delegation […]

Read More God Has A Hand In Nigeria’s Economic Challenges – Oyegun.

   A new study has found that oral sex increases the risk of having mouth and throat cancer by 22 times. This is just as it has been proven that cunnilingus (oral stimulation of the female vagina) poses a greater risk than fellatio (oral stimulation of the male penis), meaning that men are twice likely […]

Read More Having Oral Sex Increases Cancer Risk By 22 Times – Study.

   Investigation into the crude exchange deals of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that two trading firms, Trafigura and Duke Oil, lifted $24bn worth of crude oil out of the country before formal contracts were signed. While Duke Oil, a subsidiary of the NNPC, lifted 33.7 million metric tonnes of crude, Trafigura exported […]

Read More Trafigura, Duke lifted $24bn crude without contracts – PPMC.

    BREAKING: Court grants fresh N600m bail to Metuh A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, in the sum of N300m with two sureties in like sum. The total bail sum is N600m‎. Metuh is already […]

Read More PHOTONEWS: PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh in court today, granted bail for destroying his statement at the EFCC.

   Africa’s richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote is synonymous with business and wealth. It is not uncommon that men of his status run for political office or openly veto their support for certain politicians… For the billionaire businessman who turns 59 in April 2016, politics has never been of interest to him. When asked about […]

Read More Dangote’s Reply When Asked Of His alleged Presidential Ambition.

   The appointment of Ebim Sementari as NDDC boss by President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to generate controversies, as questions are now being asked whether the rule of law or the president’s discretion should be the key in making appointments. JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH writes.   The Niger Delta region in recent years has been crying of […]

Read More As Sementari’s Appointment Continues To Generate Controversies. 

   ABUJA—Two of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote, have committed $100 million, about N1.97 billion, to fighting malnutrition in Nigeria. A deal to that effect was signed by the duo on behalf of Bill & Melinda Gates and Dangote Foundation, respectively, in a new partnership aimed at improving the nutrition of […]

Read More Dangote, Gates commit $100m to nutrition in Nigeria

  Richard Austin Quest  CNN’s reporter, Richard Austin Quest, has disclosed on Thursday, that Nigeria’s former Finance Minister who served during the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, is the best finance minister Nigeria ever had in history.  In his own words as quoted, he said “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was the best Finance Minister Nigeria ever had”.

Read More “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was the best Finance Minister Nigeria ever had” — Richard Quest.

   Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Felix Obuah, has urged ex-governor of the state, Hon Chibuike Amaechi and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the April 26, 2015 election, Mr. Dakuku Peterside to make out time for a facility tour of the new Rivers State under Governor […]

Read More Rivers PDP boss invites Amaechi, Peterside to facility tour.

   President Muhammadu Buhari was on Thursday advised to reverse the appointment of Ibim Sementari (Rivers State) as the acting‎ Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). President Buhari had in December 22 last year dissolved the board of NDDC headed by Mr. Dan Abia (Akwa Ibom State) and announced Semenitari as his replacement […]

Read More Group rejects Sementari’s appointment as NDDC chief.

   A five-member screening committee set up by the All Progressive Congress has disqualified a former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Ekwunife, from contesting election into the vacant seat of the Anambra Central Senatorial District. The party selected Sharon Ikeazor, a former interim woman leader of the party, as its candidate in the […]

Read More APC panel disqualifies “fair-weather” Ekwunife from contesting Senate rerun on party’s platform.

   In Nigeria’s ongoing war against corruption, President Muhammadu Buhari will not spare anyone who has a case to answer, and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, would face justice if guilty, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has said. Mr. Adesina told PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday, when he visited the newspaper’s office in Abuja, that Mr. Buhari has […]

Read More Buhari won’t spare Jonathan if ex-president is proven corrupt –Presidency.

   Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd), has dragged the Federal Government before ECOWAS Court in Abuja over his continued detention. He is also demanding payment of N500 million damages for alleged rights infringement. This is even as a Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday ordered the government to produce him […]

Read More Dasuki Drags Buhari to International Court demanding payment of N500 million damages for alleged rights infringement.

LAGOS—As the pressure on federal revenue mounts following steady decline in oil revenue, the Federal Government would be resorting to a Sukuk Bond for funding the widening budget deficit. Sukuk is a financial certificate, similar to the traditional government bond, but complies with Sharia, Islamic religious law. The Debt Management Office, DMO, and Securities and […]

Read More FG resorts to Islamic Bond to fund budget.

   As EFCC intensifies its investigations into the alleged stealing of $2.1 billion arms fund, former Chairman of PDP Adamu Muazu, former Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service Abdullahi Dikko Inde and four others may soon be declared wanted as they have all reportedly declined to honor invitations by the EFCC to answer questions in connection […]

Read More $2.1b arms deals: Mu’azu, Dikko, Jonathan’s ex-aide may be declared wanted.

Says Olu Falae Not Involved In $2.1b Arms Scandal.    Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to soft pedal in his fight against corruption warning that the federal government may run into problem with the manner the anti-corruption war is being fought. Speaking in an exclusive […]

Read More Buhari May Run Into Trouble With Anti- Corruption War – Fasehun.

  Explosions on a Nigerian Gas Company pipeline connected to the Escravos facility of Chevron Nigeria is costing the country $1.98 million daily in lost power and $400,000 in gas, Power Minister Babatunde Fashola said, adding repairs would cost another $600,000. Hundreds of people are fleeing the area and companies are evacuating workers for fear […]

Read More Multiple attacks on strategic oil and gas installations is costing Nigeria $2.4 million daily -Minister

     The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District, Barr Sharon Ikeazor celebrating today with supporters at the party’s headquarters in Awka, Anambra state after being selected to represent the party in the forthcoming rerun election. The election looks like a battle between Victor Umeh of APGA and Barr Sharon Ikeazor of […]

Read More Sharon Ikeazor, APC Anambra Senatorial Candidate Celebrates With Supporters.

    Former president Dr Goodluck Jonathan has been given the Diplomatic Circles Honour Award for upholding human rights in Africa making him the first president from the continent to receive the global accolade.   Dr Jonathan, who will receive the honour in Geneva, Switzerland on January 21 2016 at the group’s annual dinner, will also […]

Read More HE Ex president Goodluck Jonathan becomes the first African president to be given the Diplomatic Circles Award.

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    I want to thank God for the effectiveness of the Nigerian media in propelling our democracy to where it is today. In recent times it is the Nigerian media that has proved to be the last hope of the common man, apologies to the collapsed justice system. The Buhari Osinbajo administration had proved in […]

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