EFCC Arraigns Former Banker For N25Million Scam

A former banker with Fidelity Bank Plc, Friday Yahaya (alias Peter Arikhan) has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, for stealing depositors' fund to the tune of N25, 350,000.00(Twenty-Five Million,...

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Ekiti Gate: APC Wants Obanikoro Banned From Public Office, Adesiyan Sacked As Minister

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called for the banning of former Minister of state for Defence, Musliu Obanikoro, from holding any public office over his role in the rigging of the governorship election in Ekiti state on June 21, 2014.Mr. Obanikoro's name was Tuesday sent to the Senate for confirmation...

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Jonathan Approves More Than 20 Armed Soldiers, Police, Civil Defence To Edwin Clark’s Compound

As the Nigerian army continues to battle insurgents with poorly supplied soldiers in the north, President Goodluck Jonathan has deployed more than 20 armed security agents to his godfather, Mr. Edwin Clark.The security personnel include soldiers, mobile policemen, and civil defence agents and all of...

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Malnutrition, Diabetes, Major Causes Of Boils In Children – Expert

Dr Kunle Otuneye, a Consultant Paediatrician at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Wednesday said frequent boils in children could be a sign of malnutrition and diabetes.Otuneye told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that boils in children was also the cause for poor immune system.According to him,...

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President Jonathan Cronies Secretly File 5 More Cases To Stop Buhari and INEC

The number of cases filed by President Goodluck Jonathan aiming to abort the 2015 election has increased to 10, according to SaharaReporters investigations.Of this number, three are targeted at stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting the elections.One of the latest...

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Obasanjo’s Decision To Quit PDP Belated – Gani Adams

The leader of O'odua People's Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, says the decision of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to quit the People's Democratic Party (PDP) last Monday came too late, because he has caused a lot of damage to the polity already. "He wouldn't have waited to this time when he had...

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President Jonathan's Kinsman Wants Buhari Disqualified Over Certificate

A kinsman of President Goodluck Jonathan from Bayelsa State, Hon. Donald Daunemigha, has joined the festival of litigation to try to disqualify Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from contesting next month's presidential election. Daunemigha, in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/116/15...

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Bomb: Prof Jega tells Senators He can’t guarantee presidential elections will hold March 28

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has told Nigerian federal lawmakers he could not guarantee the 2015 general elections will hold on rescheduled dates in March and April.At a meeting with Senators Wednesday, Mr. Jega said he could not commit himself...

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Jonathan Sidelines Omokri, Appoints Asika As New Social Media Strategist

President Goodluck Jonathan has retooled his social media team, sidelining his increasingly controversial point man, Reno Omokri by appointing Obi Asika as the new senior special assistant on social media. Mr. Jonathan move is seen as an apparent manoeuvre to re-energize his social media image following...

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Where Are We Going? … Looking Ahead Beyond 2015, By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Let me begin my thoughts on Nigeria beyond 2015 by taking you back to 1776 America. The most famous and perhaps the most eloquent expression of a people's right to "dissolve the political bands" which tie them together was penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.Thomas Jefferson...

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