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Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Nigeria Bar Association President, Barr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, has described the part played by the country’s judiciary in the current impasse in the House of Representative over the defection of the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal and other similar cases as shameful and unacceptable. Augustine Alegeh, made his view known while reacting to a question …

Adamawa  – by Ahmad Sajoh Boko Haram’s recent attack on Mubi in Adamawa State has been described as one of the worst ever carried out by the insurgency, with reports that the Islamic sect hoisted their flag on the subdued and captured hometown of Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh. The latest attack has happened against the backdrop of …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called for an independent inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the apparently fake ceasefire deal announced by the Jonathan Administration on October 17, now that the sect’s leadership has described as an impostor the man with whom the phantom deal was negotiated. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity …

The political theater in Edo State is gripped by sanguin activities: An intrusive legislator was alleged to have been beaten to pulp by opponents, the legislators quarters was said to have been invaded and mayhem was let loose, party chieftains allege gun attack and counter attack on their properties and explosive devices are feared to have been introduced as political …

In what now appears to be an ego problem for Professor Atahiru Jega, National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, his messianic pursuit of the lopsided allocation of 30,000 Polling Units, PUs, fresh strong signals suggest that his ability to deliver on successful general elections next year may be suffering a massive discount on account of the many deceptive postulations …

Sir, could you assess the state of the Nigeria Nation today? First, I welcome you all to my house. The state of Nigeria actually is not seriously different from what is happening in other countries in Africa.  Nigeria being a mixed society has different tribes, religions and cultures, and this has made the country significantly peculiar; because we share some …

ABUJA – Former Head of State and All Progressive Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, Friday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, to use his good offices to protect and guarantee the security of the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal Maj. Gen. Buhari who spoke through his Campaign Organization, said in a statement, in Abuja, that …

AHEAD of December 6 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP where President Goodluck Jonathan, the sole presidential candidate of the party for the 2015 Presidential election would br ratified, son of Nigeria’s late prime minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Dr Abdul Jelil who was denied the Presidential forms has vowed to drag the leadership of the party to …

The rescue of the 219 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by insurgents of the Islamist Boko Haram group must take priority over every other activity, Bringbackourgirls campaigner, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili has said. Speaking ahead of the 200th day today, of the abduction of the school girls, Mrs. Ezekwesili expressed sorrow over the continued abduction of the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30 2014 arraigned the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Professor Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede and three others on a 17-count charge bordering on conspiracy, misappropriation and diversion of funds to the tune of N115,000,000( One Hundred and Fifteen Million Naira) only. Ogunbodede and the three other accused …