Abdulmumin Jibrin: ‘Yakubu Dogara is corrupt, 250 Reps. members want him to...
A former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said at least 250 out of the 360 members of the House have signed a petition calling for the...
View ArticleYakubu Dogara on alleged budget padding: ‘I will not resign’
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday had a closed-door meeting with the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara. Dogara is currently in the eye of the storm following...
View ArticleNiger-Delta militants dare Boko Haram insurgents
Following threats by new Boko Haram leader, Abu Masab el Barnawi, that the sect will now target Christians and burn down churches in the north, militant group Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC,...
View ArticleGun-runners kill Army officer, 8 soldiers, 2 Airforce men in Niger State
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, last night, said a battle in Kopa, Dagma and Gagaw villages of Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State has led to the death of an army...
View Article‘My 21-day ordeal with kidnappers’– Lagos king, Oba Goriola Oseni
The Oniba of Iba in Lagos, Oba Goriola Oseni, who on Saturday regained his freedom from kidnappers on Saturday, 6th August 2016, has recounted his 21-day ordeal with kidnappers. The monarch told PUNCH...
View ArticleSenator Ike Ekweremadu to deliver U.S. Constitution Day Lecture
By JUMI RHODES The Deputy President of Nigerian Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution for a record third term, Senator Ike Ekweremadu will deliver the...
View Article‘How I’ve handled my 10-year access to Boko Haram’– Int’l Journalist, Ahmad...
Associate Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University, Dr. Farooq Kperogi{F.K.}, yesterday, had a tweet session for journalist Ahmad Salkida{A.S} who for some years has...
View Article‘Boko Haram will not attack Jos again’– Army Chief, Tukur Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai, has said residents of Jos, the Plateau state capital, will never witness frequent bombing at markets, schools and worship centres as they...
View ArticleAPC chieftain, Godspower Ake, dies at 76
A former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Rivers State, who later decamped to All Progressives Congress(APC), Chief Godspower Ake, is dead. Confirming his death,the media aide to the state...
View Article‘FG likely to review 2016 budget’– Udo Udoma
The Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, has said the Federal Government may review the 2016 budget. Udoma, who spoke yesterday at a Town Hall meeting in Abuja, noted that the disparity...
View ArticlePolice arrest Lagos prophet for abducting teenager
A 26-year-old prophet with Immaculate Ministry in Satellite Town, Lagos, who allegedly abducted a teenager, has revealed that he did it to liberate the victim’s family from a spell. Parading the...
View ArticlePART II: How our sons, husbands joined Boko Haram, by parents, wives
This is a continuation of Part I: How our sons, husbands joined Boko Haram, by parents, wives Mohammed Mustapha (he did not disclose his age, but looks in his late forties), the guardian of...
View ArticleUNIOSUN lecturer speaks on alleged sex video
The embattled lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics of the Osun State University, Ikire Campus, Dr. Wale Ojoniyi, has said the truth about the sex video recently released by a 400...
View ArticleYakubu Dogara on alleged padding: ‘Why EFCC, ICPC, Police can’t investigate...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said no member of the National Assembly can be investigated or prosecuted for performing the legislative duty of passing an Appropriation...
View Article‘Why Nnamdi Kanu agreed to negotiate with FG’– Lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Abuja on Friday agreed to enter into negotiation with the Federal Government to secure his release and end the political...
View ArticlePope Francis meets 7 Nigerian women, 13 others rescued from prostitution
Continuing his Year of Mercy practice of going one Friday a month to visit people facing special struggles, Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a community helping 20 young women get their lives back...
View Article‘Why we’re suing Goodluck Jonathan for N5billion’– Henry & Charles Okah
Henry Emomotimi Okah, and Charles Tonbra Okah, have slammed a N5 billion lawsuit against former President Goodluck Jonathan and his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, for allegedly breaching their fundamental...
View ArticleBoko Haram gives condition to release Chibok girls + Video showing the...
The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.Some 50 girls wearing headscarves are seen behind a Boko Haram militant who...
View Article‘Iyiola Omisore is Yakubu Dogara’s godfather- Hon. Abdumumin Jibrin writes...
The embattled former Chairman, Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, Abdumumin Jibrin, has said former deputy governor of Osun state, Iyiola Omisore, is the ‘godfather’ of Speaker...
View ArticleAisha Wakil slams Nigerian Army for declaring her wanted over Boko Haram links
Even though not much is known about her, Aisha Wakil’s name consistently appeared on the list of people allegedly released by the Boko Haram insurgents as one of those to represent them in any form of...
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