Don’t use me as scapegoat for your failure in office

Below are excerpts from the open letter, dated October 26, 2015, by Chief Edwin Clark, replying former Special Adviser on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, and other critics over his recent comments...

PDP leaders : Buhari, Judiciary, INEC behind our electoral woes

President Muhammadu Buhari, the judiciary, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday came under fresh attack from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party...

Saraki loses bid to stop trial at Conduct Tribunal

•Saraki •Appeal Court says his case lacks merit •Senate President may go to Supreme Court Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday lost his bid to stop his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The...

Ministerial screening: Fresh plot to stop Amaechi thickens

•APC, PDP senators flex  muscles Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are fuming over fresh plot by their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterparts to stop the Red Chamber from...

History in Jos as church conducts mass wedding for 52 couples

Presiding bishop condemns same-sex marriage Jos, the Plateau State capital, witnessed a mass wedding involving an unprecedented number of couples last Sunday. YUSUFU AMINU IDEGU reports the convivial atmosphere that...

CPC storms DStv office over subscribers’ complaints

…Carts away laptop computers, documents Officers of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) yesterday stormed the office of Digital Satellite Television (DStv), as part of their investigation into complaints by subscribers. Led...

Seven killed as suicide bomber hits Borno mosque agai

Less than 24 hours after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Maiduguri and killed 42 worshippers, another bombing occurred in the Borno State ca[pital city yesterday, leving seven people dead. The National Emergency...

War against Boko Haram now in decisive phase —COAS

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen TY Buratai, yesterday declared a new phase in the pursuit of Boko Haram insurgents. In a message addressed to all troops serving under his command in the military’s ‘Operation Dole’ in...

Assets declaration trial: Appeal Court rules on Saraki Monday

Saraki The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Monday decide whether or not the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) could proceed with the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki on charges of false asset declaration. The...

Ministerial screening: Amaechi fights back

…writes Saraki, Senate panel  •Says I’m innocent until proven otherwise by court A former Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has written three letters on why the Senate should not stop his screening...

UK no longer safe for looters – Minister

The United Kingdom, UK, would no longer be a safe heavens for looters of African resources and treasury, the UK Minister for Africa and Department For International Development, (DFID), Rt Hon Grant Shapps has said. Shapps...