In what order should the 2019 elections be conducted? This was the bone of contention among senators at plenary yesterday during debate on the report of the conference committee which harmonised the grey areas to the amendments to the Electoral Act. The House of Representatives passed the bill without hitch. Some members of both chambers of the National Assembly ... Read More »

  About 10 members of the Senate have staged a walk-out in protest against the adoption of the report by the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on the Amendment to the Electoral Act. The protesters say despite the adoption of the report by the Senate, they would insist on its reversal. They alleged that the amendment was targeted ... Read More »

  An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court has dissolved the 12-year marriage between Mrs Toyin Adaraloye, and her husband, Ifeoluwa Adaraloye, over lack of adequate care for their children and ‎constant fighting. The marriage produced three children, namely: Opeyemi, 11, Joy, 8, and Posi,6. Toyin, 34, a hairdresser, who resides at No. 5, Acuna St., Ekute Quarters, Ado-Ekiti, in her petition, said after ... Read More »

-denies ban on campus fellowship Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orumwense, yesterday explained why the institution recalled five students who were rusticated for protesting against increment of various fees. Prof. Orumwense said the students were not rusticated for protesting but for attempting to disrupt the University’s 47th Founder’s Day and 43rd Convocation ceremonies. Orumwense who denied ... Read More »

The Nigerian Army has claimed that factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, is on the run and dressed as a hijab-wearing woman. The claim was made in a statement signed by Brigadier-General SK Usman, Army Director of Public Relations. According to the Army, credible information from arrested and surrendered insurgents indicated that Shekau could no longer bear the heat ... Read More »

  All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday enjoined former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida to retire and “allow us to move our country forward”. Obasanjo, in a “special press statement” last month, slammed the Muhammadu Buhari administration and “advised the President not to seek reelection”. Babangida followed it up with a ... Read More »

  Some youths in the Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Monday protested against the rumoured plan by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki; his former special adviser on Special Duties and Parliamentary Affairs, Alhaji Moshood Mustapha (popularly known as MM); and other associates of the Senate President to defect from the All Progressives Congress to the ... Read More »

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has named his Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, as his successor in 2019. Nwosu is Okorocha’s son-in-law. The governor, at a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Owerri Municipal Council Area, said his decision to support Nwosu is derived from the fact that Nwosu has “the qualities of an ideal leader”. ... Read More »

  ‘$41,438 blown in one-day shopping’ Ex-First Lady to EFCC: let’s settle THE DEPOSITORS Festus Iyoha Ocheche Emmanuel Philemon Buoro Festus Isidahomen Felicia Apatake Patricia Okogun Buoro Ojo Stella Wasiu Amaka Adebayo Segun Moses Jimoh Peter Ahmed Musa Ibrahim Musa Dame P. Jonathan Ayemere Sunday Eneji A.P Johnson Ojo Mary Buoro Jude  Bosede Festus Iyoha Jimoh Moses Ahmed Musa Germaine Dudafa ... Read More »

Some of the most renowned indigenous and international polo teams are set to convene in Lagos, Nigeria to compete for highly coveted trophies in the 2018 Lagos Int’l Polo Tournament. Sponsored by leading African Financial Institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, the competition will see both Nigerian and foreign teams compete in four main cups, namely: the Silver Cup, Open Cup, ... Read More »