For the third time, the presidency last night denied allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari was nursing a third term agenda. Reacting to repeated allegations by rights’ activist, Mr. Femi Falana, that the president has a third term agenda, presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, restated that Buhari had no such plan to elongate his stay in […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday dismissed calls by the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on the military to recapture some local governments in the state from insurgents. The DHQ told reporters yesterday in Abuja that contrary to the governor’s claim, no Nigerian territory is under the control of terrorist groups – Boko Haram […]

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has declared that the Soku oil wells belong to the government and people of Rivers State as affirmed by the Federal High Court and based on the admission by the National Boundary Commission (NBC). He noted that the NBC had admitted that it erroneously shifted the boundary between Rivers […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday named Prof. Adeolu Akande as the new Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Board of Commissioners. Akande, who hails from the South-west, replaces Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, who has held the office in the last four years. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, […]

The Lagos State Police Command has explained that House of Representatives member, Shina Peller was detained and arrested for allegedly mobilising thugs to invade a police station. The Punch reports that the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana accused Peller’s club, Quilox, of being fond of obstructing free flow of traffic in the state. He […]

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, recused himself from a suit brought by Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow, currently before him. Mohammed made this known to parties at the mention of the motion ex-parte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1409/19 filed by Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, to challenge his continued detention […]

Nigeria will lose more revenues from energy exports once Niger Republic starts generating her own electricity, it was gathered at the weekend. Aside Niger Republic, the country, according to the Federal Ministry of Power, exports electricity valued at between $582 million and $665 million annually to countries such as Togo, Chad, and Benin Republic. It […]

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson, for the first time at the weekend publicly responded to what he said were public outbursts against him and the people of Bayelsa by his Rivers State counterpart, Chief Nyesom Wike, describing the recent remarks by Wike as childish and careless. There had been a brewing altercation […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja held bilateral talks with some leaders of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meetings were held on the sideline of the ongoing 56th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. NAN reports that […]

Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on Nigeria’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) to ‘Negative’ from ‘Stable,’ but affirmed the country’s rating at ‘B+’. This comes about two weeks after Moody’s, another global rating agency also changed the country’s outlook from ‘Stable’ to ‘Negative.’ In a statement obtained from its website yesterday, Fitch […]