Omo-Agege states position on fuel subsidy, oil companies headquartered outside Niger Delta Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy Senate President, has called for the removal of oil subsidy in Nigeria, stressing that there was no need spending billions of naira on subsidy regime. Speaking during ministerial confirmation hearing on the floor of the Senate yesterday, Omo-Agege explained that Nigeria only needs to …

Governorship election: Governor Ihedioha wins as Supreme Court delivers judgement The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, July 30, dismissed the appeal filed by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo state, Samuel Nnaemeke Anyanwu, against Governor Emeka Ihedioha. The appeal, according to The Nation, was filed against the emergence of ihedioha as the candidate of the PDP ahead …

Buhari Doesn’t Have What It Takes To Govern Nigeria Properly – Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have what it takes to govern a complex country like Nigeria properly. Soyinka, in an interview with TheNEWS, when asked if Buhari had what it takes to govern Nigeria simply said ‘no.’ “No. Definitely no. …

State Of The Nation: Voices Of Reason Drowning Rapidly, Abdulsalami Warns Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has sounded the alarm bells over the security challenges in the country saying Nigeria is going through a period of trial amidst growing tension and resentment. “There is anger in the land and the voices of reason are drowning very rapidly,” he …

Imo women: Ihedioha has our support, we have no reason to protest against him Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women in Imo state have declared their unflinching support for the administration of Emeka Ihedioha, governor of the state, citing his outstanding performance in the last 100 days as the reason for their endorsement. Maria Mbakwe, a woman leader of Imo PDP …

This Screening Is More Of Adoption, Nigerians’re Not Happy ― Melaye The Senator representing Kogi west constituency, Dino Melaye has frowned at the process by which the National Assembly (Senate), screens the ministerial nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Airing his views when he appeared on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics , the Melaye averred that he would never be part …

Okorocha: Aregbesola Won’t Keep Quiet If Buhari Makes Any Mistake Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, says Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun state, will speak up if President Muhammadu Buhari makes a mistake on any decision. The senator said this during the screening of Aregbesola, a ministerial nominee, on Monday. He said the former governor is known for his …

IPOB Spokesman: Kanu Will Return To Nigeria To Mobilise Support For Biafra Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will return to Nigeria to mobilise support for the creation of Biafra, according to Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman. Powerful told TheCable on Monday that Kanu will visit Nigeria as part of his current tour of some countries where …

Scandal SCANDAL: Ministerial Slots Sold For 2.5 Billion – Farouq Kperoogi Alleges Farouq Kperoogi in a thread on social media has alleged that ministerial slots were sold as high as N2.5bn per Slot I declined to comment on the ministerial list Buhari sent to the Senate for two reasons: I was deeply distraught by what I heard about the process …

IMO STATE: 16 YEARS OLD IGBO GIRL EMERGES YOUNGEST BEST WAEC CANDIDATE 2019 A teenage damsel may have just entered Guinness Book of Records with the most amazing result the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has ever seen. Ugboaja Chizobam Stephany 16 years old teenager, a graduating student of Jesuit Memorial College Port Harcourt, has come out impeccably triumphantly at …