Category: POLITICS

Buhari Eyes Bill to Free LGs from States
September 16, 2016 No Responses

Buhari Eyes Bill to Free LGs from States

President Buhari has advised local governments to produce a bill that would make them free from the control of states.   Speaking on Thursday when he hosted officials of the Association of Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON) at the presidential...
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HILLARY CLINTON RESUMES CAMPAIGNING AFTER PNEUMONIA ILLNESS
September 14, 2016 No Responses

HILLARY CLINTON RESUMES CAMPAIGNING AFTER PNEUMONIA ILLNESS

Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail Thursday, after spending several days at home recovering from pneumonia. Clinton is scheduled to address the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute dinner in Washington on Thursday evening and appear on “The...
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Police Bans Opposition Protest for One Month
September 13, 2016 No Responses

Police Bans Opposition Protest for One Month

Zimbabweans have slammed the re-enacted protest ban in Harare, saying long-time ruler President Robert Mugabe’s government was turning the southern African country into a police state. Reports on Tuesday said that a top police officer Chief Superintendent Ne...
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David Cameron Quits Politics “with a heavy heart”
September 13, 2016 No Responses

David Cameron Quits Politics “with a heavy heart”

Two months after he stepped down as the prime minister of Britain, David Cameron has resigned as a member of parliament (MP) The former prime minister said he took the decision “with a heavy heart”, added that he did not...
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Release $321m Abacha Loot without Condition, Nigeria warns Switzerland, World Bank
September 12, 2016 No Responses

Release $321m Abacha Loot without Condition, Nigeria warns Switzerland, World Bank

  Federal Government of Nigeria has once again been told to reject Switzerland’s conditions for returning $321m Abacha loot Human Right Lawyer; Femi Falana advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to accept Switzerland’s conditions for the return of $32...
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Tinubu: Nigerians Deserve a Better Country
September 12, 2016 No Responses

Tinubu: Nigerians Deserve a Better Country

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigeria’s economic recession is a phase that “virtually all nations” have gone through. The former Lagos governor, in his eid-el-kabir message, noted that the economic crunch and na...
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Barack, Michelle Obama’s Romantic Photos Cause a Stir
September 10, 2016 No Responses

Barack, Michelle Obama’s Romantic Photos Cause a Stir

Barack and Michelle Obama have appeared on the cover of a black women’s lifestyle magazine in the US, with intimate photos of the loving couple setting the internet abuzz.   America’s first couple posed for a series of romantic shots...
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INEC Advised to Postpone Edo Election Over Terror Attack
September 8, 2016 No Responses

INEC Advised to Postpone Edo Election Over Terror Attack

The Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian police have advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the September 10, 2016 gubernatorial elections in Edo State. This was the outcome of the closed-door meeting on Wednesd...
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Obaseki Credible to Lead Edo, says Buhari
September 6, 2016 No Responses

Obaseki Credible to Lead Edo, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Mr Godwin Obaseki, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Sept. 10 election in Edo, as a seasoned technocrat to lead. Buhari said this at the APC ’s mega campaign rally at...
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Jimoh Ibrahim Emerges Ondo PDP Factional Guber Candidate, Legal Tussle Begins
August 30, 2016 No Responses

Jimoh Ibrahim Emerges Ondo PDP Factional Guber Candidate, Legal Tussle Begins

The die is cast as to who will eventually fly the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state as the Group Managing Director, Energy Group, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, on Monday emerged as the candidate for the party...
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