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IBB: We Overthrew Buhari/Idiagbon Because Of Their Holier-Than-Thou Attitude

General Muhammadu Buhari and Brigadier Tunde Idiagbon
General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the former military head of state, has revealed that his holier-than-thou rhetoric was one of the factors that led to his leadership in toppling General Muhammadu Buhari as Head of State in 1985. In his latest book, “A JOURNEY IN SERVICE – An Autobiography,” Babangida, widely known as IBB, accused Buhari of spying on his calls for a variety of reasons. Babangida served as Buhari’s Chief of Army Staff. Buhari had overthrown Shehu Shagari’s civilian administration in a coup on December 31, 1983. He said in the book that he was also unhappy with the administrationRead More

Controversy Surrounds FG Cash Transfer In Zamfara

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk
Controversy engulfed the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer intervention in Zamfara State on Sunday as the programme was postponed as a result of alleged insecurity in the northern state. TheRead More

13% Derivation Formula Shortchanging Niger Delta – Diri

Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Douye Diri
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has called for a review of the 13 per cent derivation formula, saying the current percentage does not reflect the sufferings of the NigerRead More

Edo: Fresh Crisis Looms In APC

Obaseki vs Oshiomhole
A fresh crisis is looming in the All Progressives Congress (APC), following renewed calls for an emergency National Executive Council meeting to address a brewing constitutional crisis. Pioneer Deputy NationalRead More

IPOB Is Using Christianity To Wage War Against Nigerian State – Presidency

President Buhari vs IPOB
The Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of using Christianity to wage war against the Nigerian state. In the statement releasedRead More

How Dangote, Oba Of Benin, Others Failed To Reconcile Obaseki, Oshiomhole – Osunbor

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki vs Adams Oshiomhole
Nigeria’s billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, reportedly intervened in the crisis between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. However, his effortsRead More

Senate Plans Bill With Severe Penalties For Rapists – Olujimi

Senator Biodun Olujimi
In the wake of recent violent rape incidents across the country, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has said the Senate leadership may soon come upRead More

Direct Primary Won’t Hold In Edo, Obaseki Insists

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki
Ahead of the June 22 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has insisted that there would be no direct primary in theRead More

Odigie-Oyegun Can’t Dictate To Us How To Run APC – National Vice Chair, Eta

Chief Hilliard Eta
In this interview, the National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the All Progressives Congress, Hilliard Eta, speaks on the decision of the party’s National Working Committee to settle for the directRead More

Edo Primaries: INEC Foresees Crisis As APC, PDP Begin Gov Aspirants’ Screening

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed fears over the possibility of crisis affecting party primaries ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states scheduled for September 19Read More

Igbo Leaders’ Wickedness Won’t Stop Biafra – Nnamdi Kanu

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
The leadership of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday said “the wickedness and stinginess of Igbo leaders” would not deter it and its believers from actualising the SovereignRead More