Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday paid an unscheduled visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he briefly met with President Muhammadu Buhari. It was his first visit to the Villa this year. The  meeting between Buhari and Jonathan, which was held behind closed door, lasted for about 10 minutes. Jonathan’s mission to the villa ...

Olusegun Osoba   Elder statesman and former governor of Ogun State, Mr Olusegun Osoba, says the President does not have the powers to convene such a national conference. Osoba stated this during a recent interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight which aired on Monday. The elder Statesman however noted, “I am for restructuring. As long as we have a ...

Former AGF and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke   The Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to detain the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), for another 14 days. Justice Othman Musa on December 20, granted the EFCC an initial 14 ...

SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu   Mr Garba Shehu believes democracy would have collapsed in Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari had been denied victory in 2015. He said this on Tuesday during his appearance on a special end of the year programme, 2019 End Of A Decade, on Channels Television. Shehu, the Senior ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, has denied claims that cabals are powerful people controlling President Muhammadu Buhari in key decision making. Shehu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday said contrary to beliefs that cabals manipulate the President, they are respectable Nigerians who deserve ...

The President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan,  and the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa have described the attack  on the country home of Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, as despicable and unwarranted. They both called for investigation of the act in which a soldier lost his life. Lawan, in a statement by ...

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan   Unknown gunmen stormed the hometown of former President, Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa State early Tuesday morning in a bid to steal a gunboat belonging to the military stationed at the creek. The assailants who came in about five engine boats stormed the security post in Otuoke, about 100 metres away ...

The National Working Committee, NWC,  of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday met with representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over issues of electoral reforms. Leaders of the political party during the meeting urged the electoral body to lead the process of electoral reforms that will legalise electronic voting and ...

Gov. Seriake Dickson has attributed the historic feat of being the first governor to successfully complete a second term in office in Bayelsa to divine intervention. Dickson won the Bayelsa governorship in 2011 and won his re-election in 2015 to break the jinx of single tenure for governors in the state from 1999 till date. ...

The Senate has mandated its Committee on Legislative Compliance to investigate reasons for delay in the take off of Hydro Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPADEC), nine years since the act was passed into law. The committee is to also investigate the utililisation or otherwise of the total sum of N612, 177, 269 appropriated ...