The just-concluded Bayelsa state governorship election falls far below internationally acceptable standard, so says a Coalition of INEC Accredited Observer Groups today. This was contained in a 10-point communique issued today by the coalition at a press conference in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. Leader of the coalition and Director-General, Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, Gabr ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described pro-Biafra agitators as ignorant and naïve people, stressing that the hope of an independent republic of Biafra by the Igbo is a dead dream. Obasanjo spoke at ‎a roundtable discussion organized by Nextier Advisory, a public sector advisory firm, with the theme “Nigeria and the Biafra Agitation.” He urged leaders from the Southeast geopolitical zone to call th ...

I have been musing over the conundrum above for a very long time, even before this new dispensation of the sincere and stern President Buhari, and I can’t get it off my mind, the possibility, that is. Corruption is defined nowadays simply as “The abuse of entrusted power for private gain”. Please don’t get me wrong, I am not a subscriber to puritanism or absolute inviolability. Corruption is part of humanki ...

All officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service have been given 14 days to declare their assets in a daring move by the new Comptroller General of Customs, Hammid Ali. The directive which will sure cause panic and apprehension among the stupendously rich officers in the top echelon of the Service was personally signed by Ali and addressed in a memo to all Deputy Comptrollers General, Zonal Coordinators ...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has commended the achievements of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, saying he was surprised that such performer existed in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Lawal who was on a   one-day visit to Ebonyi State on Thursday, added that Umahi’s performance had become a challenge to all governors, including those of the All Progressives ...

Barely hours after a federal high court in Lagos issued an arrest warrant on ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, over alleged multi-billion naira fraud, some ex-militants, suspected to be regrouping in the creeks for fresh hostilities, Thursday night, blew up a gas pipeline in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State conveying gas from Escravos–Warri-Lagos-Abuja. The aff ...

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Olisa Metuh, has been remanded in prison till Tuesday January 19, which is the scheduled day for the hearing of his bail application on the charges of money laundering preferred against him today by the EFCC. A Federal High Court, presided by Justice Okon Abang gave the order in Abuja. Justice Abang gave the order after the PDP spokesperson pl ...

  January 15 every year is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day: wreaths are laid, statements are made, soldiers, government officials and the Nigerian Legion attend parades, pigeons symbolizing peace are released, a dinner is organized for widows of fallen soldiers and there is so much talk about death and dying for one’s country all in honour of Nigerian soldiers who have had to die so that Nigeria ...

On the recommendation of the committee established to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to carry out further investigation into the misconduct established against the following retired and serving officers of the Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Army: ...

The Nigerian military authorities today warned members of the public about the latest antics of the terror sect, Boko Haram, stating that members of the group have now resorted to disguising themselves as fruit sellers in crowded areas in order to carry out attacks on unsuspecting members of the public. The Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, said in a statement on Thursday that the ter ...