Senate Summons IGP, DG DSS Over Mace-snatching Incident
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA - The Senate on Thursday summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the…
2019: Northern Religious Group Commences 30-day Fasting
Some Christian and Muslim clerics have embarked on a 30-day prayer and fasting to seek God’s intervention in the nation’s political sphere ahead of the 2019 general election. Pastor Aminchi…
Mace Snatching: Omo-Agege Denies Complicity
Embattled Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has denied having anything to do with the Wednesday’s invasion of the senate chambers and the removal of the mace. The senator representing Delta Central has…
OAU Suspends Sex-for-marks Professor
A professor at the centre of sex-for-marks scandal, Mr Richard Akindele of the Obafemi Awolowo University has been suspended, having been found culpable of serious misconduct by an investigative committee…
Buhari Comes Under Fire For Blasting Nigerian Youths
President Muhammadu Buhari came under fire on Thursday for criticising Nigerian youths he claimed “do nothing” and want everything for “free” in the oil-rich country. Buhari, who has declared his…
Rejected Peace Corps Bill: Emir Of Daura Ignites Hope
Prospects for the reconsideration of the Peace Corps Bill that was refused assent by President Muhammadu Buhari brightened as the Emir of Daura, His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr) Umar Farouk…
2019: Obasanjo’s ‘Third Force’, A Distraction – Former Envoy
A former Nigerian Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Omolade Oluwateru, has condemned the formation of Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), the Third Force advocated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing it…
Appeal Court Freezes Fayose’s Account
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, directed the freezing of the account of the Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. The court allowed the appeal filed…
The Sexploiter And His Cousins
BY AZU ISHIEKWENE Afeez Baruwa could be on his last mile to jail. Or he could be going home a free man. Three years ago, the former lecturer in the…
Police Recover Stolen Senate Mace Under Bridge
The Police on Thursday morning disclosed that they discovered the mace stolen from the Senate at a point under the flyover before the Abuja City Gate, According to a statement…
