Objective Nigerian Stories…
President Muhammadu Buhari and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, were all smiles when they both met at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. The two shared a warm handshake at the National Council of State meeting on Tuesday, just two days after Obasanjo compared the president to former brutal military dictator, Sani Abacha. In […]
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has ignored court rulings directing it to put a halt to the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. 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 […]
“I have been here since last week and they have always been asking for money. There hasn’t been supply of electricity to the hospital since I was here,” a patient said. “In this hospital, patients have to sleep on the floor because there are not enough beds for patients. I now have a swollen leg […]
Buhari and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar did not participate in the debate organised by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) and Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) on January 19, 2019. The campaign team of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has issued a statement explaining […]
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as the Shi’ia sect, has denied the allegations by the Department of State Service (DSS) that the leadership of the group is planning a massive violent protest with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the country. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, Abdullahi Musa, Secretary of […]
Ruling in the enforcement of the fundamental human rights of Deji Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerians, at the High Court in Abuja was stalled as presiding judge, Justice Danladi Senchi, returned the case file to the Chief Judge. At the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, the court varied its ruling, which was granted […]
Justice Edward Ekwo gave the order on Monday in Abuja while ruling on an ex-parte motion brought by the Action Peoples Party. The Federal High Court Abuja, has restrained the Federal Government from forcefully removing the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen from office. Justice Edward Ekwo gave the order on Monday in Abuja while […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says nobody within or outside the commission can rig the forthcoming general elections. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in Abuja, while responding to allegations made against the Commission by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, in Abuja. The PDP alleged that […]
Though Durotoye’s thoughts were well-coordinated and presented, oftentimes in the debate his answers looked like string of clichés . They often seemed perfunctory and regurgitated, a kind of straight-from-the-book stuff. Like when he said “I want a Nigeria where the son of nobody can become somebody without the help of anybody”. This starts as lofty […]
“Our party, the African Action Congress (AAC), believes that a government that fails to thoroughly invest in the education of its young people should definitely prepare itself for unsustainable economy, increased crime rate and terrorism. A government that fails to build schools would definitely build prisons. It will continue to invest in feeding prisoners since […]