7 things APC attacked Jonathan for doing that Buhari is currently doing

Someone once said that when it comes to lies, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) (and its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed) holds a first class degree, I don’t think any smart Nigerian will dispute that fact. Read more

MINISTERIAL SCREENING: DIEZANI VINDICATED AS KACHUKWU UPHOLDS HER POLICIES AND FOOTPRINTS- Clem Aguiyi

The Media Consultant to Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Mr. Clem Aguiyi, has commended the Senate for televising live the screening of Ministerial Nominees as the truth about Diezani Allison-Madueke’s legacy as Petroleum Minister, is beginning to emerge despite the conspiracy to diminish her sterling accomplishments on the altar of politics. Read more

The Failure of Buhari’s Idealism

Things have not been going according to plan for President Buhari. For the last four months since his famous victory, the president has been engaged in a battle royal with the very people who put him in power. In order to win the last presidential election, Buhari had to form an Read more

Buhari as Petroleum Minister, Not the Best – Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described President Buhari’s decision to name himself Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister as a move that is not in the best interest of Nigeria. Read more

IGBO GROUP ACCUSES FG OF WITCH-HUNTING ALLISON-MADUEKE

The recent arrest of former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Dieziani Allison-Madueke in London has been described as a calculated witch-hunt and vendetta to humiliate the minister over her principled stand to indigenize the oil industry. Read more

Sahara Energy distances self from Alison-Madueke saga

Sahara Energy has distanced itself from the corruption saga of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
The oil firm condemned a story published by an online news outlet and declared that there was no truth whatsoever in it. Read more

Home | Nigeria News Nigeria News Re: Your Asset Declaration And The Corrupt Ministerial Nominees: Request For More Clarification In The Interest Of Transparency

09 Oct, 2015 7th of October, 2015 Your Excellency, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(Rtd.),GCFR Commander-in-Chief and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Presidential Villa, Three Arms Zone, FCT, Read more

Alison-Madueke breaks silence, decries “media hysteria”

In this era of cyber terrorism, decency dictates that one should respond to false and defamatory allegations with silence. But there is a limit to how much any reasonable person can bear the tactics of these cyber terrorists. We all know that what makes a lie fly is the little truth contained therein. Read more

Some of the names on ministerial list

Finally,Senate President Bukola Saraki Wednesday received the first twenty – one names of nominees to make President Buhari ministerial list , just as the names would be forwarded in batches.
Ministerial list report gathered that a former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart in Lagos, Babatunde Fashola were among the names forwarded to the senate. Read more

Saraki receives overwhelming vote of confidence: Live update for Senate floor

12:05 – The Senate Floor is quiet and Plenary has continued duly
The Nigerian Senate today resumed from its annual recess.
The 8th Senate passed a motion on a Vote of Confidence on its Leadership after the Motion was raised by Senator David Umaru from Niger East. Read more

Ministerial List (Update)

Despite concerted efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to keep the list of his would-be ministers close to his chest, the list has become leaked, with a portal authoritatively listing some successful nominees and giving a peep into the behind-the-scene intrigues in the cabinet composition. Read more

Northern leaders responsible for underdevelopment, says Osinbajo

The Vice President said the present crop of northern leaders is responsible for the backwardness of the region, saying they have abandoned diligence and selfless service and resorted to personal aggrandizement. Read more

I am sorry for the current administration – Dr. Olu Agunloye

Dr. Olu Agunloye was one time Power and Steel Minister. In this interview, he bares his mind on the state of the nation and the future of Ondo politics Read more

Apprehension as Ali assumes duty as Customs Boss

Finally, Col. Hammed Ali has assumed duty as Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service after weeks of his appointment.
Ali had ostensibly rejected the appointment on the grounds that he is not trained for the job and that he was never consulted on the matter before his appointment was announced. It was reported that “well-meaning” Nigerians had mounted pressure on Ali to accept the appointment and help “sanitize” the agency which is Read more

Ministerial List: APC leaders jittery

UNCERTAINTY appears to be the name of the game in the camps of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu following the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to give clear insights into the composition of his cabinet. Read more

YESTERDAY THE SENATE BEGINS POWER PROBE

The Senate will on Tuesday begin a probe of the Nigerian power sector from 1999 till date.
The probe will cover the regimes of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Yar’Adua and former President Goodluck Jonathan. Read more

REPULSIVE COMMENTS: Igbos blast Keyamo, demand apology

The youth wing of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has demanded an unconditional apology from Festus Keyamo for dismissing the complaint of Ndigbo over their exclusion in federal appointments as mere noise. Read more

$15 Billion Oil Deal: Alison-Madueke blasts Indian High Commissioner , refutes allegation and demands public apology

Mrs. Diezani K. Alison-Madueke, immediate past Minister for Petroleum Resources has dismissed allegations made by the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria to the effect that as former minister she “sat” on a $15 billion oil deal, describing it as spurious, unfounded and libelous. Read more

PASTOR, HIS WIFE ACCUSED OF CHILD TRAFFICKING IN ABIA

Abia State Police Command, Tuesday, paraded a 71-year-old man, said to be a retired pastor, for allegedly stealing a year-old baby.
The suspect was arrested alongside his wife by the police, following an alarm said to have been raised by the mother of the baby. Read more

Nigerian arrested with N1bn cash in Niger • Nigerien customs reject Nigeria’s request for seized cash

The police in neighbouring Niger Republic have arrested a Nigerian carrying 4.6m Euros (N1.05bn) in cash. The man was arrested at the Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, en route Dubai in the United Arab Emirate. Read more

Fashola threathens to expose Tinubu’s grafts, assassination in classified documents

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the self-proclaimed national leader of the APC and godfather of southwest politics in Nigeria, is said to be jittery over recent threats by his god-son in whom he used to be well pleased and immediate past governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola to expose official documents that should implicate Tinubu in odious scandals. Read more

Buhari moves to shut down Villa Chapel

President Muhammadu Buhari may have moved against Christian religious activities within the precincts of the Aso Rock presidential villa, an online media group, The Trent, has reported.
The Aso Rock Villa Chapel serves as the official church of Aso Rock where Christian activities inside the presidential villa are conducted. Read more

N183bn NDDC fund not diverted, MD tells Buhari

THE Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dan Abia, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to deny that about N183 billion had been diverted from the commission’s account. Read more

N1trn probe: Lamorde gave seized properties to friends, siblings -Petitioner

MR George Uboh, the petitioner in the case against the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, before the Senate committee, on Wednesday, stunned his audience, when he alleged that Lamorde gave properties seized by the commission from the looters to his friends and siblings. Read more

YOU ARE A ‘GARAGE BOY’ ORUBEBE ATTACKS OSHIOMHOLE

The verbal war between the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe and Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Wednesday, worsened with the ex-minister calling Oshiomhole a ‘garage boy,’ vowing to expose his dubious deeds against Nigerians. Read more

Why FG Must Complete 2nd Niger Bridge, Ndigbo, Others Tell Buhari

In the midst of all fears that the Federal Government has abandoned the construction of the Second Niger Bridge project, renowned Igbo leaders have appealed to President Muhammed Buhari, PMB to ensure that the all-important bridge that would complement the aging River Niger Bridge, is completed on schedule as stipulated in the contract agreement. Read more

Jonathan Successfully Fought Corruption Without Making Noise – Falana

Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has come out to laud former President Goodluck Jonathan over his successful, civilized fight against corruption. Read more

HOW AMAECHI CONVERTED N4BN AGRIC LOAN

The judicial commission of inquiry set up by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to look into the alleged sale of assets of state by the administration of former Governor Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that former local council chairmen in the state diverted about N3 billion from the N4 billion agriculture loan granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Read more

SENATORS DIVIDED OVER PROBE OF EFCC CHAIRMAN

The Nigerian senate has been torn apart along party lines over the probe of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde.
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, headed by Senator Sam Anyanwu, was scheduled to host the EFCC chairman in furtherance of its investigation of a petition written by an indigene of Delta State, Mr. George Uboh. Read more

Probe of Agip Explosion in Bayelsa Underway

Investigations into the July 9, 2015 pipeline explosion that killed 14 persons at the Teibidaba-Azuzuama oil field of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are reportedly underway. Read more

FG names 13-man panel to probe Yar’Adua, Jonathan

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, set up a 13-member panel to probe two of his predecessors, late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on procurement of arms and ammunition for the Armed Forces. Read more

BIAFRA’S SELF-DETERMINATION SUIT AGAINST NIGERIA CONTINUES SEPT 22

The ongoing legal tussle is expected to continue at the Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State on September 22, this year in the human rights suit filed by the Bilie Human Rights Initiative on behalf of the Supreme Council of Elders of the Indigenous People of Biafra, SCE-IPOB, against the Federal Government of Nigeria. Read more

Looters’ special court: New judges fail integrity test

MAJORITY of the judges nominated for probable appointment as heads of the proposed anti-corruption specialised courts failed the integrity test being conducted by security agencies, according to Nigerian Tribune Read more

Ekiti Ex-Speaker, Bamisile, To Dump APC

Hon. Femi Bamisile, the former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, may have concluded plans to rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Read more

UNBELIEVABLY ROTIMI AMAECHI CONFESSES TO N80 BILLION FRAUD

Former Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has written to Bancorp Bank in Minnesota in the United States that the alleged $757 million Dollars domiciled in an account in his name; was authorized by him in error; from a Rivers State Government Account with Access Bank Plc. Read more

I’m not protecting Jonathan against probe – Bishop Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, has faulted the insinuations that he was trying to protect former President Goodluck Jonathan against probe by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more

Iwuanyanwu urges Buhari to stop exclusion of Southeast in his administration

The Igbo Political Forum (IPF) has expressed concern over re­cent appointment made by the APC led Federal gov­ernment as, it noted that it was skewed against the South-east geo-political zone. Read more

“How We Destroyed PDP” – Bello Haliru Mohammed, Ag. Chair, PDP Board of Trustees

In what many has seen as an attempt to justify the betrayal of former President Goodluck Jonthan by his own party men, especially those of northern extraction, the Acting Board of Trustees Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, yesterday said the violation of the zoning principle by vested interests destroyed the party. Read more

We Are Destroying Fayemi’s Legacies Of Debt, Unpaid Salaries In Ekiti Says Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that his government was destroying the legacies of huge debt, unpaid salaries, white elephant projects, bad governance and corruption left behind by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, declaring that; Read more

Confusion over Appointment of New Customs Boss

Nigeria Customs Service has refused to address Deputy Comptroller-General John Atte as Acting Comptroller-General following the voluntary resignation of Dikko Inde Abdullahi on Tuesday.
The trend in the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is to direct that the outgoing should handover to the most senior official to act in the capacity. Read more

Buhari appeases Tinubu with FIRS, appoints Fowler as Executive Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed William Babatunde Fowler, one of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s trusted diehard loyalists, as Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina confirmed the appointment through a statement. Read more

Can APC rule Imo for 24 years?

Rochas Okorocha’s declaration that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, would have an unbroken 24-year reign in Imo State may sound hysteric, but it offers another window for some level of introspection in the polity. Read more

Tinubu vs Fashola: Apprehension as ex-gov launches books...

Fashola made a terrible mistake. He should have reduced Tinubu's influence in the SW while he was the governor of Lagos state. With all his loyalty, the Jagaban is out to destroy him, once and for all. Can Fashola put up a good defense if Ambode pitches his tent with Asiwaju? Read more

Bode George berates Fashola over alleged N78m website scam

FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Demcoratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, yesterday, berated former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola for allegedly spending N78 million to build a website, describing the move as a “reckless misappropriation.”bode-george-fashola Read more

FG SACKS AMCON MD, CHIKE OBI AND OTHERS

The Federal Government on Tuesday sacked the Managing Director, Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, in a major shakeup of the executive management team of the firm.
The dissolution of the AMCON’s management team was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Read more

The sky is your limit, Tinubu tells Fashola

The chilled political relationship between two former governors of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Mr. Babatunde Fashola came to the fore yesterday, when the mainstream of the state’s political class abstained from the launch of three books on Fashola’s stewardship of the state. Read more

FA REJECTS CHELSEA RED CARD APPEAL AGAINST GOAL KEEPER COURTOIS

The Football Association (FA) has rejected Chelsea’s appeal against Thibaut Courtois’ red card, during their 2-2 draw with Swansea on Saturday.
Courtois was sent off by referee Michael Oliver, for fouling Bafetimbi Gomis, as he ran through heading for a goal which made the club feel they had a case. Read more

BEFORE THIS CHANGE BECOMES PROBLEM

An email was posted to me last week by someone who wanted to know my honest thoughts on Gov. El-rufai of Kaduna State, Mr. Nnamdi Kalu of Radio Biafra and PMB’s promise of ‘Change’. Read more

IMMORTALIZE SAM OKWARAJI, REPS TELL FG

Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, asked the Federal Government to immortalize Late Sam Okwaraji, a footballer that played for the national team in the late 80s. Read more

ICPC ORDERS FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE TO PAY BACK N145.2 MILLION TO THE TREASURY

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has ordered former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Mike Okiro to pay back N145.2 million to the treasury.
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