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