The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter. It also restricted the government from carrying out such actions against any other social media service provider, as well as media houses, pending the hearing and determination of a suit challenging the government’s […]

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Farouk Lawan, former lawmaker representing Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State and chairman of the federal house of representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, to seven years imprisonment over the $3 million bribery charges leveled against him by the federal government. Lawan as the chairman of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the federal government team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the microblogging and social networking site. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to President Buhari. According to the statement, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information will chair […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says President Muhammadu  Buhari is ready to dialogue with the South East to address the agitations in the region. Ngigi stated this on Sunday while speaking with state house correspondents after a meeting with the president in Abuja. In recent times, there have been attack on government […]

Isaac Alade, the architect who designed the  National Stadium is dead. His death was announced by his family. The cable reported that the deceased who was the first architect to become a federal permanent secretary died on Friday at the age of 87. Alade, who was the first architect to become a federal permanent secretary […]

I would say the campaign for Biafra has never been this intense since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970. Although the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), founded in 1999 by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, gave President Olusegun Obasanjo quite some headache ahead of the 2003 elections, the […]

…Says He Can’t Stop Nigerians From Amending Constitution The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cautions President Muhammadu Buhari to stop pushing the nation to the precipices by his arrogant and dictatorial remarks as well as inflammatory referencing to war, particularly in his apparent aversion towards the constitutionally guaranteed rights of Nigerians. The party’s caution is in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has recovered $100 million from Integrated Logistics Services (INTELS), belonging to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Abdulradheed Bawa, who disclosed this Thursday said the recovery was part of its achievements in recent times in its efforts to stem the […]

No fewer than three people have bee killed in a gas tanker explosion in Ikeja arear of Lago State. The incident  which occurred along Mobolaji Bank –  Anthony Way around 10. 20pm on Thursday was said to have been caused as aresult of leakage while on motion inward Ikeja. It was gathered that 13 persons- […]