or marching in support of Biafra, more than 30 women affiliated to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were tear-gassed, loaded into trucks and whisked off to prison. After more than 24 hours during which they were refused visits by family members, the Police moved to charge them to court for “unlawful assembly”. The […]
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Police Cut Power Supply To Dino Melaye’s House
As the hide-and-seek game between Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi Central District in the National Assembly, and the Nigerian Police Force continues at his residence in Abuja, SaharaReporters can authoritatively report that the power supply to the lawmaker’s house has been cut off by the security operatives, who have been keeping vigil at the […]
PDP mourns Former-President, tasks FG to immortalise him
Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigeria has lost one of its most compassionate and humane leaders in the late former President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari. econdus in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Ike Abonyi on Saturday in Abuja, said that Shagari was the last man standing among principled leaders upon whom the democratic foundation of […]
Three Borno Towns That Boko Haram Wants To Attack
“The operations will be carried out within the next 20 days. This is according to the meeting that they held in Baga on Thursday,” said the source. “The only one of these three that they think will give them a tough time is Monguno. They feel Damasak and Abadam will be very easy. They feel […]
IBB mourns Former President Shehu Shagari
Former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR who died today. Shagari died at the National Hospital in Abuja , after a protracted illness. Babangida, one of the military officers that toppled Shagari’s government in December 1983, issued a statement of condolence, […]
‘I’m Not Afraid’ Melaye Speaks From Hiding, Says
“I am a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and if there is any invitation here in Abuja, I am going to honour it, but not Kogi. I have been arraigned seven times in different courts with the Nigerian Police. This will be number eight. I am not afraid of being arraigned or tried […]
Shehu Shagari – Former president of Nigeria, passes on at 93
While in public service, Shehu Shagari served in a ministerial post for seven times before becoming the president on October 1, 1979 reigning until December 31, 1983. He is the only known president in the Second Nigerian Republic after the termination of military rule in Nigeria. General Olusegun Obasanjo is credited as aiding the transition […]
INEC Withdraws Certificate of Return From Delta Deputy Speaker
Dr. Muhammed Lecky, the INEC National Commissioner, South-South, issued the Certificate of Return withdrawn from the Deputy Speaker to Emeka Ozegbe, as the elected member of the Delta State House of Assembly representing Ndokwa East constituency. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has withdrawn the Certificate of Return it issued to the Deputy Speaker of […]
Why Can’t You Flag Off Your Presidential Campaign In Zamfara Or Borno? Fayose Asks Buhari
Ayodele Fayose, immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, has queried President Muhammadu Buhari on the decision to flag off the campaign for his reelection in Akwa Ibom. He also accused the President of making “only phone calls” to the state, which has been the hotbed of killings in recent times. According to Fayose, Buhari should […]
Oshiomhole – “PDP ‘not an option’ in 2019”
Oshiomhole, who spoke on Thursday with State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is not an option. According to him, Nigerians are not ready to vote for PDP again.“PDP is just not an option; particularly when their candidate is […]