Month: July 2019

A West African Examination Council official, Osidehinde Adewunmi, on Wednesday, disowned the Cambridge University’s Moderated International Examination credentials produced by President Muhammadu Buhari and tendered as exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. The two documents earlier admitted as Exhibits 19 and 21 were Buhari’s statement of results and the broadsheet for the…

The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Akure, Ondo State Capital, has nullified the election of Hon. Ikengboju Gboluga, representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal constituency in the federal House of Representatives under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The court nullified the election of Gboluga for sworing his allegiance to the United Kingdom having acquired the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late MKO Abiola as a bridge-builder who could have prevented the religious and tribal issues besetting the country now from happening if he had been allowed to rule Nigeria. Speaking Tuesday, in Abuja, when he received Elders and Leaders of Thought from Ogun State at the State House, President…

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents have higher expertise and better technological weapons than the military.  He said this yesterday in Maiduguri while welcoming the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and his entourage who were in Borno to assess the situation of the IDPs in…

The committees chairmen and vice are as follows: 1. Agriculture – Abdullahi Adamu, Bima Enagi. 2. Airforce – Bala Ibn Na’Allah, Michael Nnachi. 3. Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes – Suleiman Kwari, Aliyu Wamakko. 4. Appropriation – Barau Jibrin, Stella Oduah. 5. Army – Ali Ndume, Abba Moro. 6. Aviation – Dino Melaye, Bala Na’Allah. 7.…

The Nigerian Navy has arrested two bunkering suspects, set ablaze two boats, 338 Jerry cans and some quantities of adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) also known as diesel seized from the suspects. during their patrol on the Igbokoda coastal-line in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Navy Capt. Danjuma Ndanusa, the Commanding Officer, Nigerian…

The Edo State Government has reacted to the Senate order which on Tuesday asked the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to issue a fresh proclamation letter for inauguration of the Edo State House of Assembly within one week. In a statement and signed on Tuesday by Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, the state…

Mr Mohammed, who is a minister-nominee for a second term, during screening at the Senate, said he didn’t take the name seriously because it is what is used to describe him on social media. He called on the Senate to ignore the name ‘Liar Mohammed’, stressing that the name on his Curriculum Vitae is his…

The Ikale speaking areas of Ago Alaye, Agirifon and Basola in Odigbo Local Government of Ondo State have petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. The Nation reports that in a petition by their lawyer, Olusanmi Tobase, they alleged bias in the handling of a communal clash with the neighbouring Araromi Obu, who had…

It was a rude shock to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Tuesday when Major-General Paul Chadri Tarfa, retd, declared that the military Authority in 1961 did not ask them during enlistment to submit for safe keep their Secondary School Certificates. Tarfa’s submission was contrary to a public statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari wherein…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, admitted before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday that no certificate was listed on the President’s curriculum vitae and that none was among the documents obtained from Cambridge University earlier tendered as exhibits. Kyari, who testified as the President’s third defence witness, also admitted…