Presidential Inauguration: Jonathan, Buhari Nominees Meet
In preparation for the May 29 handover and Presidential Inauguration, a joint committee of the outgoing and incoming government met on Thursday to discuss issues that will ensure a smooth transition. The committee is co-chaired by the Secretary to the…
US Vice President Urges Jonathan To Play Global Leadership Role
United States Vice President, Senator Joe Biden has urged outgoing Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to take up international leadership role. Biden who spoke to Jonathan on Monday commended him for his leadership in ensuring Nigeria’s recent elections were peaceful…
Why Jonathan Sacked IG-P Suleiman Abba
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Suleiman Abba, who was a former Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to the wife of a former military Head of State, Mrs Maryam Abacha, was sacked on Tuesday by outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, four years before he…
Igbuya Deserves To Emerge Speaker, Okpe Leaders Insist
Political leaders in Okpe, Delta State of Nigeria on Tuesday, in recognition of the contributions of the Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Monday Ovwigho Igbuya to the progress of the kingdom, described him as a distinguished…
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…
