President Buhari has expressed surprise at the raging controversy over his delay in appointing ministers into his cabinet. Buhari explained that he was not in any hurry to choose ministers because he needed to make informed decisions on the appointments. The President made the comments on Monday, June 15, 2015, during an interview with AFP […]
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They have hijacked our change, again! – Pat Utomi
June 15, 2015 
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It may sound naive, especially for a person who is obviously a partisan, but my concern and alarm have little to do with who won or lost in the National Assembly leadership elections palaver. Easy as this can be lost on the gladiators, we could be collectively sabotaging the poor ordinary people of Nigeria desperate […]
Continue reading Buhari indeed belongs to somebody…
June 11, 2015 1 Comment
“I belong to everybody. And I belong to nobody”- President Muhammed Buhari. The above quotation is one the quotable quotes from the inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Eagle Square, Abuja during his swearing in. Since the quotation went viral, there have been several misconceptions or misinterpretation of the quotation. Precisely, many social […]
Continue reading Buhari backs APC, but says Saraki, Dogara’s emergence “Constitutional”
June 10, 2015 0 Comments
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the election of new leaders of the National Assembly, saying he supports those elected, yet he wished the party’s choices were respected. The Senate on Tuesday elected Bukola Saraki as its president, defying the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which had presented Ahmed Lawan as its preferred candidate. In […]
Continue reading APC leaders, Senators peace meeting ends abruptly, Buhari absent
June 9, 2015 1 Comment
A scheduled meeting between leaders of the All Progressives Congress, President Mohammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly, elected on the party’s platform, ended abruptly on Tuesday. This followed the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as President of the 8th Senate. The party leaders and some elected Senators and members of the House of […]
Continue reading Confusion as Saraki, Ekweremadu emerge Senate President, Deputy
June 9, 2015 0 Comments
Senator Bukola Saraki (APC-Kwara Central) has been elected unopposed as President of 8th Senate by 57 of 108 senators, with 51 senators, including Senator Ahmed Lawan, absent. The other senators were at the International Conference Centre, holding a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, to resolve the National Assembly leadership crisis, at the time Saraki was […]
Continue reading What I went through for believing we could defeat PDP – TINUBU
June 8, 2015 0 Comments
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has noted how he and other party officials were mocked at and derided when they conceived the idea of forcing the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from power two years ago. Speaking at the African Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria, AYEEN 2015 programme in Lagos, weekend, […]
Continue reading Buhari arrives Germany with Nigeria’s “wish list”
June 8, 2015 0 Comments
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Munich, Germany on Sunday, 7 June, armed with the “wish list” of Nigeria in line with the demand of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries. The G7 had earlier requested the then President-elect to prepare a shopping list and come with it for their consideration in what is seen […]
Continue reading Buhari, Osinbajo’s assets to be made public after verification – Presidency
June 7, 2015 0 Comments
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that in fulfillment of one of their campaign promises, his declared assets and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be released to the public upon the completion of their verification by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). It is hoped that this process will be completed before the expiry […]
Continue reading APC adopts Lawan, Akume for Senate President, Deputy
June 7, 2015 0 Comments
The governing All Progressives Congress,APC, has nominated Senators Ahmed Lawan from Yobe and George Akume from Benue State to run as the party’s candidates for the office of Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively in Tuesday’s election at the National Assembly. In an election held at the International Conference Centre Abuja Saturday night, Mr. […]
Continue reading Don’t call me “His Excellency”, Abia governor orders
June 5, 2015 0 Comments
The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has formally directed that the appellations: “His Excellency” and “Executive”, be dropped in all official and informal communications with him. He said he would rather prefer to be addressed simply as “Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State”. A statement Friday by the governor’s spokesperson, Godwin Adindu, said,”The governor […]
Continue reading Ex- Borno Governor, Modu Sheriff, hands himself in to EFCC
June 4, 2015 1 Comment
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained a former Governor of Borno State, Modu Sheriff, over allegations of corruption. Mr. Sheriff is said to have voluntarily handed himself in Wednesday afternoon. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Mr. Sheriff was currently being held by the commission. The anti-graft agency had […]
Continue reading PDP tackles Buhari; says President, APC plotting to seize states it won
June 3, 2015 0 Comments
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting to arm-twist the judiciary and use the various election tribunals to upturn democratically elected governments in some PDP states. The party described the alleged plot as an “invitation to anarchy, and dangerous to democracy”, which it will resist. […]
Continue reading Buhari writes Senate, seeks approval to appoint 15 advisers
June 2, 2015 0 Comments
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking approval to appoint 15 advisers. The letter was read in the Senate on Tuesday by the Senate president, David Mark. It was Mr. Buhari’s first correspondence to the National Assembly since assuming office Friday. The appointments would be the second for the new president who only […]
Continue reading PDP raises alarm over fresh plot to remove Fayose; begs Buhari to intervene
June 1, 2015 1 Comment
The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over what it called an illegal plot by some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, to oust Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose. Mr. Fayose, who has been having a running battle with the members of the State House of Assembly, had obtained a court order […]
Continue reading 10 ways Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan failed Nigerians
May 31, 2015 1 Comment
The administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan administration can at best be described as under-performing, a review of its performance in various sectors show. This can be described as unfortunate for a government which came to power on the back of popular support and one that enjoyed a lot of public goodwill in its early years. […]
Continue reading Buhari to earn N14 million as annual salary, allowances
May 30, 2015 0 Comments
Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, will earn annual basic salaries of N3, 514, 705 and N3, 031, 572.50 respectively, according to the information on the website of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. The RMAFC is statutorily empowered by Section 32 (d) of Part 1 of the Third Schedule […]
Continue reading Jonathan, Sambo, Mark, 20 govs, others get over N28bn severance pay
May 30, 2015 0 Comments
At a time when the Nigerian economy is at its lowest ebb, former President Goodluck Jonathan, his deputy, Namadi Sambo, Senate President David Mark, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, some governors and ministers who vacated office yesterday for a new administration would be taking a whopping sum of over N29 billion from the nation’s already lean […]
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