Buhari can fund election without National Assembly approval – Sagay

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

THE Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has said the Federal Government could invoke the “doctrine of necessity” to fund the 2019 election, should the National Assembly refuse to pass the budget…

Buhari: Opposition, defectors cannot derail our focus

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari said the combined efforts of defectors and their backers in the opposition will not distract his administration from the good work it is doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria. President…

Buratai ordered to pay N11m as civilians floor Nigerian Army in court

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, to pay N11million as damages for the breach of fundamental rights of 11 Gombe State indigenes…

Buhari blackmailing Nigerian media, probe NBC now – HURIWA tells NASS

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

A Non-governmental organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has accused the current Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Alhaji Ishaq Modibbo Kawu of being a ‘religious and fanatical enforcer of pro-Buhari’s…

Saraki: Middle Belt Forum blows hot, warns Buhari over Miyetti Allah

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) to order. MBF said this in reaction to threat to Senate President, Bukola Saraki by an official…

Buhari still under pressure to reinstate ex-DSS DG, Daura

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly under pressure to reinstate the sacked Department of State Service (DSS) Director-General, Lawal Daura. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who was in acting capacity while Buhari was in London, fired Daura…

APC accuses INEC of leaking its letters to media

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of leaking its letters to the commission, to the media, the latest being the its proposed timetable for primary elections and elective…

Ajimobi promises to resolve issues around Ayefele Music House

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 24th August 2018

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has set-up a committee to resolve the issues that triggered the demolition of the Ayefele Music House. Ajimobi set up the committee during a meeting with the gospel musician,…

Current political happenings in Nigeria battle between good, evil — Osinbajo

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 9th August 2018

ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo has described the current political happenings in Nigeria as a battle between the good and bad elements whose aim was to continue suffocating the nation by milking it dry. He said…

New SSS chief pledges to review unlawful detentions, rights abuses

Posted by ayodelecaleb - 9th August 2018

The acting Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Matthew Seiyefa, says the service is reviewing all cases of alleged unlawful detentions and human rights abuses by the service. The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, appointed…