The minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola explains in this interview how he first met his mentor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Read More…

The current war between Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and former governor Lucky Igbinedion has taken fresh dimensions with the two leaders trading allegations. Read More…

Some of the ministers inaugurated Wednesday have spoken of their plans for the country. Read More…

The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join President Muhammadu Buhari as he strives to re-fix Nigeria. Read More…

• The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has dis­missed speculations in certain quarters that some members of the House loyal to Speaker Yakubu Dogara were plotting to replace the embattled Major­ity Leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, and in­stall him in his stead. He also revealed that the inability of Gbaja­biamila to emerge as Speaker was an act of God. Read More…

Owerri, the capital of Imo State was yesterday shut down as economic activities and vehicular movements were crippled following the protest of members of the Indigenous People of Bi­afra (IPOB) and a faction of the Move­ment for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), against the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, Director of Radio Biafra by the Depart­ment of State Security. Read More…

Senators on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC staged a walk out last Wednesday in protest over the attempts by the Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu to preside over the Senate in the absence of Senate President Bukola Saraki. They had equally disapproved Ekweremadu’s emergence in the first instance. ANDREW OOTA looks at the unfolding drama and the implications of having a PDP senator to hold such sensitive position as well as whether the walk out will ever come to an end. Read More…

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr. Danladi Umar, has signed the warrant for the arraignment of six former governors for falsifying their assets declaration forms. Read More…

For forcefully executing his privatization programme in Imo State, Governor Rochas Okorocha has incurred the wrath of former lawmakers and council chairmen from the State who described his actions as “barbaric and incredible”, just as they called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the governor to order Read More…

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has explained his absence at the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) national conference held in Abuja on Thursday, saying his absence was not as a result of any misgivings with the leadership of the party. Read More…

 The Greater Together New Media Team have congratulated Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi on his appointment as Minister of Transportation by President Muhammadu Buhari. Read More…

The Independent National Electoral Commission in the FCT will conduct election into the six area councils on March, 19, 2016. Read More…

ben murray-bruceOutspoken Senator from Bayelsa, Ben Murray-Bruce has called on the newly-sworn in Ministers to patronise indigenous products.The Silverbird boss advised them against lavishing the nation’s resources on frivolous things. Read More…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the choice of ministers appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.APC National Secretary, Mala Buni, in a statement on Thursday dismissed the position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the current ministers do not represent change. Read More…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State raised the alarm yesterday over a plot by the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) to deliberately misinform the public about the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal.
In a statement by Charles Esonu, the state secretary of the party alleged that APGA intended to go to town with reports that judges of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Abia were compromised to arrive at their judgment. Read More…

Founding fathers of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were absent at the party’s National Conference, which held in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Read More…

THE Federal Government has so far spent over $823 million (about N162 billion) on Abuja rail mass transit.President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria, COREN, Engr. Kashim Ali, disclosed this yesterday in Lagos at a seminar organized by KPMG professionals, in partnership with IPFA International. Read More…

Ministry of Power, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Wednesday assured Nigerians on his preparedness to bring together processes and activities of all the ministries now put under his supervision for effective service delivery. Read More…

National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, said the apology credited to the party’s National Conference Committee Chairman, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, remained his personal opinion.

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