Senator Uche Chukumerije Dies At 75
Senator Uche Chukwumerije is dead. Chukwumerije, a former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, died on Sunday in a Turkish Hospital in Abuja at the age of 75. He was a three-time senator that represented Abia North Senatorial District….
I Didn’t Walk Out Customs, NSCDC Bosses – Buhari
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has disociated nhinself from media reports that he walked out some government officials, who had come to lobby him in order to keep their jobs, from his Daura, Katsina State, residence. Buhari refuted the report that went viral on social media via a…
Kids Kidnapped by Nanny in Lagos Found
The three kids kidnapped by their nanny in Lagos have been found. The father of the kids, Lere Orekoya, confirmed the development. In a text message to some journalists at about 1:30am on Wednesday, Orekoya said the kids had been…
Goodnight, Oronto Douglas By Abdul Mahmud
But for a poem or two written during the early years of my writing career, I find elegy a difficult and tedious genre to engage. The pain that goes into writing an elegy, or eulogies generally, often leaves me distraught…
BREAKING: Fayose Dedicates Supreme Court Victory to God, Ekiti People
Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has dedicated his victory on Tuesday at the Supreme Court to God and Ekiti people for their resilience and love for him. Fayose in a statement in reaction to the judgment said: “I want…
(VIDEO) INEC Official In Rigging Controversy In Saturday’s Poll In Lagos
An alleged official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State was captured in a video thumb printing ballot papers in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday’s governorship election. The Street Reporters obtained one…
BREAKING: Governor Fayose Floors APC At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has on Tuesday morning, in a unanimous decision, upheld the election of Peter Ayodele Fayose as the Ekiti State Governor. ‎The decision of the the apex court’s seven-man panel led by Justice John Fabiyi upheld earlier decisions…
Protests Failed To Stop INEC From Declaring Wike Rivers Governor-elect
Complaints of widespread violence and electoral malpractices, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by aggrieved political parties in Rivers State were not weighty enough to convince the electoral umpire from declaring the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Anniversary: Buhari Backtracks On Chibok Girls Rescue
Ten days to presidential election, precisely on March 18, 2015, Nigeria’s President-Elect, General Mohammadu Buhari promised to rescue schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok village in Borno State by Boko Haram fundamentalists. He made the promise at a town hall meeting Abuja,…
I’ll Have No Sectional Agenda, Okowa Tells Deltans
Delta State Governor-elect, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has assured the people of the state of keeping the promises he made during his campaign by ensuring that his administration operates on a progressive and all-inclusive template that has no sectional agenda. Senator…
INEC Declares Taraba State Governorship Election Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer for Taraba State has declared the state governorship election inconclusive after collating election result from sixteen out of the seventeen local government areas in the state. The returning officer for the governorship…
