Kingsley Moghalu [Twitter @MoghaluKingsley]
Politics

Moghalu withdraws from partisan politics to lead citizens’ movement

Moghalu, who was the flag bearer of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential election said Nigeria’s electoral system needs a total revamp while speaking during an interview on Arise News TV on Thursday, April 11, 2019. When quizzed on if he’ll run for the presidency again in 2023, the former deputy governor […]

President Muhammadu Buhari [Twitter @BashirAhmaad]
Politics

Buhari orders security agencies to be ruthless against bandits, deal with insecurity

The president held a closed-door meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, April 11, 2019. After the meeting, which lasted around two hours, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, told State House correspondents that the president has issued a directive to put an immediate end to insecurity in […]

Lai Mohammed says Atiku Abubakar is planning to declare himself President [Twitter @bolanle cole]
National Politics

Atiku planning to declare himself President, FG alleges

Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The Minister accused Atiku of plotting to replicate the “Venezuelan model in Nigeria“. Venezuelan model Two weeks after President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in to a second six-year term, leader of the legislature, Juan Guaido, declared himself […]

Bukola Saraki condemns killings in Zamfara (Punch)
National Politics

Zamfara Killings: Senate to make N10b available as intervention fund for affected communities

This decision was taken following a motion sponsored by Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) representing Zamfara central. At the start of plenary, Marafa was reported to have presented a motion on “the need to create an intervention fund to cater for Internally Displaced Persons and other persons affected by the activities of armed bandits in […]

Atiku Abubakar is challenging the result of the 2019 presidential election court (AFP)
Politics

Atiku reportedly hires U.S lobbyists who will pressure Trump not to recognize Buhari as President

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) called the election for incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.  The umpire declared Buhari winner of the poll with 15,191,847 votes to Atiku’s 11,262,978 tally. Atiku rejected the result of the election hours before a formal declaration by INEC. INEC declared Buhari winner of the 2019 […]

Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali [Global Sentinel]
Politics

FG blames traditional rulers for killings in Zamfara

Zamfara has been terribly-hit with a wave of kidnappings and killings by bandits with the state becoming the face of insecurity in the country in the past few months. In a statement signed by Col. Tukur Gusau, spokesperson to the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, he said the traditional rulers have been frustrating the efforts […]

Sanwo-Olu visits Kolade Johnson's family (Mr JAGs Twiiter)
National Politics

Sanwo-Olu visits Parents of slain Kolade Johnson, condemns extra judicial killings

Sanwo-Olu who condemned extra judicial killings of any type in Lagos and Nigeria as a whole on Saturday afternoon when he visited the parents of the late Johnson, who was allegedly killed by men of the Anti-cultism unit of the State Police Command said he will work with the security agencies to ensure avoidable death […]

Justice Walter Onnoghen
Politics

Suspended Onnoghen finally resigns as Chief Justice of Nigeria

Onnoghen is facing six charges of non and fraudulent declaration of assets relating to his failure to declare a series of bank accounts, denominated in local and foreign currencies, as required by law. President Buharicontroversially suspended the top judge in January and inaugurated Justice Tanko Mohammed as the acting CJN based on an order of the Code […]

Atiku Abubakar reportedly worked with US PR consultants ahead of the 2019 presidential vote [Twitter @bolanle cole]
Politics

How Atiku worked with Donald Trump’s campaign strategists in the 2019 Election

The report also states that these PR professionals helped get Atiku on U.S soil on January 17, 2019 and arranged meetings with top U.S lawmakers for the presidential candidate, as part of a series of well orchestrated makeovers of a presidential candidate who has been battling corruption allegations since he left office as Vice President […]

A policeman at a polling unit in Oniru. Armed officers were present at polling units and roads during the election (Pulse)
National Politics

Court adjourns Kebbi APC primaries hearing to April 5

Alhaji Sule Sami has challenged NaAllahs validity to contest for a second term at the All Progressives Congress primary election conducted in October 2018. Justice Bassey Onu adjourned the matter upon oral application made by the first and third respondents, Sanusi Samaila and Ifeoluwa Adeyemo and which the second respondent, Mr Afraimu Jingi, collaborated with […]