1. It is a matter of record that yesterday, lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly were prevented from entering the National Assembly Complex by heavily armed security agents of the Department of State Services (DSS). All entries to the Complex were blocked. The National Assembly, the seat of democracy in Nigeria, was under lockdown. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives were prevented from gaining access.
NIGERIAN striker Adeleke Akinyemi has had to flee for dear life after his Latvian clubside Ventspils tried to force him to sign a contract extension with them ensuring they get the proceeds of any future dealings at gunpoint.
ACTING president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has reacted swiftly to the storming of the National Assembly by security forces this morning by immediately terminating the appointment of the director general of the Department of State Security (DSS) Lawal Daura.
ABUJA landlord Sunday Agbo has been charged with a criminal breach of trust and arraigned before an Abuja magistrates court after he converting part of a property he rented out to a church without authorisation.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's ministers and political appointees have been urged by the Emir of Daura Dr Umar Faruq Umar to repay the favours they have been granted by locating facilities and infrastructural projects in the town.
ALIKO Dangote's dream of purchasing English Premier League giants Arsenal appears to have ended yesterday after the club's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke announced an offer to take full ownership of the club in a deal worth £1.8bn ($2.3bn).
PRESIDENCY officials have denied that senate minority leader Senator Godswill Akpabio has been granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
NIGERIA'S ongoing political drama took a further twist this morning after men of the Department of State Security (DSS) sealed off the entrance to the National Assembly and senators loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari fixed a meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja to impeach senate president Bukola Saraki.
FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has undergone a private health check in Bayelsa State and published the results as part of a campaign against the ongoing habit of Nigerian politicians travelling abroad for medical treatment.
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is facing a major disruption soon after it emerged that no fewer than 10 commissioners and special advisers plan to resign their positions soon to stand in the 2019 general elections.
NIGERIAN striker Adeleke Akinyemi has had to flee for dear life after his Latvian clubside Ventspils tried to force him to sign a contract extension with them ensuring they get the proceeds of any future dealings at gunpoint.
ACTING president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has reacted swiftly to the storming of the National Assembly by security forces this morning by immediately terminating the appointment of the director general of the Department of State Security (DSS) Lawal Daura.
ABUJA landlord Sunday Agbo has been charged with a criminal breach of trust and arraigned before an Abuja magistrates court after he converting part of a property he rented out to a church without authorisation.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's ministers and political appointees have been urged by the Emir of Daura Dr Umar Faruq Umar to repay the favours they have been granted by locating facilities and infrastructural projects in the town.
ALIKO Dangote's dream of purchasing English Premier League giants Arsenal appears to have ended yesterday after the club's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke announced an offer to take full ownership of the club in a deal worth £1.8bn ($2.3bn).
NIGERIA'S ongoing political drama took a further twist this morning after men of the Department of State Security (DSS) sealed off the entrance to the National Assembly and senators loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari fixed a meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja to impeach senate president Bukola Saraki.
FORMER president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has undergone a private health check in Bayelsa State and published the results as part of a campaign against the ongoing habit of Nigerian politicians travelling abroad for medical treatment.
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is facing a major disruption soon after it emerged that no fewer than 10 commissioners and special advisers plan to resign their positions soon to stand in the 2019 general elections.
