Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has explained why some members of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, are defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ribadu, while speaking with newsmen on Friday, in Yola, Adamawa State capital, hometown of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, said, “those that are defecting…

The Presidency has asked the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to embark on a compulsory retirement on or before March 2014. The country’s chief banker ought to have ended his first term in office by mid-2014, but with the latest development, he will be expected to vacate before then. According…

Leader of the Boko Haram group, Abubakar Shekau, has berated Presidents Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, Barack Obama of the United States of America and Fancois  Hollande of France for making the world believe that he (Shekau) was dead. The wanted sect leader also lambasted the Queen of England, Elizabeth. Shekau made this known in a…

Words, like they say, are like eggs and when broken, cannot be made whole again. No doubt, the outgoing year 2013 has been eventful and has also witnessed some trending events. Some public figures, who should be very careful of what they say in public, have said many rather unfortunate words, which received widespread criticisms.…

If there’s no flame, they say, there can be no fire and in every iota of lies, there’s always a fragment of truth. This is how best to approach the story of the Nigeria Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Dieziani Allison Madueke who we gathered has just allegedly dumped one of her close confidants and friend, Chris…

Senator Ahmed Yerima has divorced his 17 years old Egyptian wife, Marian, three years after the marriage was consummated, City People magazine reports. The former Governor of Zamfara State was criticised few years ago when he married the teenager, who is believed to be the daughter of his driver. As the magazine reported, Yerima and…

Former spokesman to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to forget about his speculated 2015 presidential ambition in order to allow peace return to the troubled Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Fani-Kayode also asked Jonathan to listen to his piece of advice, swallow his pride and beg Obasanjo help him solve the…

Some security operatives, on Saturday afternoon, stormed the secretariat of the Atiku Abubukar led faction of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, formed some days ago. The heavily armed and battle-ready policemen sealed off the office of the faction of the ruling party located at Plot 320, off Onyi River Crescent, in Maitama area of the…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has thrown his full weight behind the new Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, formed by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. This was made known by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Zakari Mohammed, while addressing some journalists in Abuja. The…