Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has blamed the current economic situation in the country on years of bad governance, and urged the federal government to call an emergency economic conference to address the situation. Prof. Soyinka, who spoke during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in his office in Abuja on Thursday, also reiterated his earlier support for the Adm ...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm over the imminent collapse of the county’s economy, saying the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government was yet to show any sign that it has any solution to the dwindling economy. The governor, who called on Nigerians to prevail on President Buhari to stay at home and govern the country, said it was the height of i ...

The emergence of former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party, (ANPP), Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, as the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has split the national leadership of the main opposition party. Modu-Sheriff emerged as replacement of the erstwhile national chairman of the party, Adamu Muazu, who resigned last May. It was gathered tha ...

The plot to remove Senate President and his Deputy, Senators Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekwremadu through a lawsuit filed by five aggrieved senators against their election today suffered a major set back. This followed the withdrawal of the case file from Justice Adeniyi Ademola by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta. The decision was taken as a result of a petition from ...

The Federal Government has said the recent spate of attacks by Boko Haram is not an indication of any resurgence by Boko Haram, insisting that the terrorist group remains largely decimated, dispersed and disoriented. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said anyone who is conversant with the ebb and flow of insurgency will not be s ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the heads of 26 federal agencies and parastatals with immediate effect. Their removal was conveyed in a statement issued today by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr Babachir David Lawal. The President has equally approved the appointment of former member of the House of Reps, Hon. Abike Dabiri Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign/Di ...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has expressed his preparedness for investigations from any government agencies, be it the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions (EFCC) or the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on any contentious issues raised from any quarter against him, adding that he has been transparent and following due process in his dealings in offi ...

Governor Nyesom Ezenwo of Rivers state has reiterated his earlier warning that his people would resist any attempt by the Independent Electoral Commission(INEC) to rig the forthcoming rerun elections, with the aim of subverting the will of the people. Rerun elections will hold in the state on March 19, for 3 Senatorial Districts, 12 Federal Constituencies and 22 State Constituencies. The governor issued the ...

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, today sacked his Commissioner for Finance, Dr Fred Kpakol and the State Accountant General, Sir Abere Dagogo. The suspension of the duo was contained in a two-paragraph statement issued in Port Harcourt today by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu. No reasons were given for their suspension but the statement said it was wi ...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, today said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will take back its inheritance from the ruling All progressives Congress (APC). Fayose, who was with five other PDP governors at an interdenominational thanksgiving service to celebrate the validation of Udom Emmanuel’s election as governor of Akwa Ibom state, said the current generation of PDP will make a difference. ...