Politics

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has said that by 2022 Nigerians will be able to determine whether they need restructuring or a Yoruba presidency.   Some Nigerians have been clamouring for power to be rotated to the Southern region of the country come 2023.   While some have called for the …

The 2020 finance bill has been passed on the floor of the Nigerian senate.   The bill which seeks to reduce import levy on buses, tractors and other motor vehicles, was passed after Solomon Adeola, chairman of the finance committee presented a report for the consideration by his colleagues.   It also amends 12 Acts …

First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has reportedly relocated to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.   According to Sahara Reporters, Mrs Buhari reportedly hinged her decision to relocation on the insecurity in Aso Rock.   Read the report by Sahara Reporters below.. First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United …

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has given reasons why he dethroned former CBN governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi, as the Emir of Kano.   Recall that Emir Sanusi’s removal was confirmed on March 9, 2020, by Kano State Secretary to the Government Usman Alhaji, who alleged that he disrespected the lawful …

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has reacted to the kidnap of schoolboys from a Government Secondary School in Kankara community of Katsina State; home state of President Buhari.   In a statement titled “INFRADIG–A presidential comeuppance”, the playwright stressed that President Buhari is not in charge as the “abduction once again of the nation’s children” …

Senator representing Abia Central, Theodore Orji has promised to quit politics in 2023 for youths to take over. The former Governor of Abia state who will be completing his eight years in the senate at the dissolution of the ninth National Assembly in 2023, said this at a traditional wedding …

Eddy Ogidi-Gbegbaje, permanent secretary, Delta State Government House and Protocol, has for the umpteenth time been enmeshed in another financial scandal of N52.6 million. Sources at the government house, who confided in SaharaReporters, disclosed that Ogidi-Gbegbaje had in 2017, barely two years of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration, raised a memo …

Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the state.   Recall that earlier on Saturday December 12, armed men stormed Government Science Secondary School in ?an?ara Local Government Area of the state and began shooting into the air, causing the students to flee …

Former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has said that Nigeria will have 110million poor people by the end of 2020.   Speaking on Friday December 11 at a PDP Southeast Summit ahead of the 2023 general elections in Anambra, Obi averred that Nigeria is drifting …

Deputy Senate Majority Leader and Chairman Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Ajayi Boroffice, has expressed worries after he recently discovered that the space agency in Nigeria that should be employing scientists and engineers are employing graduates of religious studies and other unrelated courses.   Boroffice said this at the annual …