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You are on your own, Buhari tells Nigerian illegal migrants
You are on your own, Buhari tells Nigerian illegal migrants
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned Nigerians who continue to migrate from the country through illegal routes, despite the inherent dangers, that they are on their own.
He said such people make the uncertain trips at their own risk.
Buhari said this during a joint press conference he had with the visiting German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said his…
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Saraki responds to Not To Young Movement accusations
Saraki responds to Not To Young Movement accusations
SecureNaija brings the report that Nigeria Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has responded to the claims of the Not Too Young To Run movement over his declaration to run for president in the 2019 presidential election.
Saraki announced his bid in Abuja on Thursday, August 30, 2018, in a town hall meeting organised by the movement. The meeting was an efforts to ensure that youths are given some…
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Babangida speaks on NotTooYoungToRun, Nigeria’s multi-party system, herdsmen killings
Babangida speaks on NotTooYoungToRun, Nigeria’s multi-party system, herdsmen killings
Former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd) has said the need for young Nigerians to lead the country cannot be over-emphasised.
The elder statesman, however, noted that any person interested in the seat of power must possess the four distinct qualities of a good leader.
He made this known during an exclusive interview on Channels Television’s Roadmap 2019,…
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BREAKING: Keyamo appointed spokesperson for Buhari 2019 presidential campaigns
BREAKING: Keyamo appointed spokesperson for Buhari 2019 presidential campaigns
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and human rights lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, as the Director, Strategic Communications in respect of the forthcoming 2019 presidential campaigns.
Consequently, Keyamo is now the official spokesperson for 2019 presidential campaigns of President Buhari.
Keyamo’s appointment was announced in a letter dated April 16, 2018…
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What we will do to lawmakers, politicians opposing LG autonomy – NULGE
What we will do to lawmakers, politicians opposing LG autonomy – NULGE
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has said it will not support lawmakers and politicians who are against Local Government autonomy in the ongoing constitution amendment during the 2019 general elections.
Comrade Ibrahim Khaleel, NULGE President, said this in a chat on Monday with NAN in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
According to him, there is no way the masses will go to…
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ANALYSIS: How Saraki is commanding loyalty, maintaining vice-hold grip on Senate
ANALYSIS: How Saraki is commanding loyalty, maintaining vice-hold grip on Senate

While his emergence as senate president proved a mastery of political manoeuvrings and cunningness, his manner of control of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber appears clearly Machiavellian, one that broods no opposition.
As Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki has ensured that neither his ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, nor President Muhammadu Buhari, can have any substantial…
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Biafra: IPOB reveals what will happen if Nnamdi Kanu’s co-defendants are not granted bail
Biafra: IPOB reveals what will happen if Nnamdi Kanu’s co-defendants are not granted bail
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday threatened to resume its campaign of civil disobedience across the country against the Nigerian government.
IPOB said the civil disobedience campaign will resume if an Abuja Federal High Court refuses to grant four persons held in custody, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawusi, Bright Chimezie Ishinwa, Chidiebere Onwudiwe bail.
Benjamin Madubugwu,…
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Police Parades Notorious Thugs Allegedly Working For Dino Melaye
Police Parades Notorious Thugs Allegedly Working For Dino Melaye
Nigerian police on Monday, March 19, 2018, paraded two notorious criminals allegedly working for the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, Dino Melaye, to destabilise Kogi state towards the 2019 election.
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Jimoh Moshood, while parading the suspects, Kabiru Saidu aka Osama and Nuhu Salish, said were arrested by men of the Special Anti…
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2019: Saraki distances self from former aide
2019: Saraki distances self from former aide
The Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has distanced himself from a former aide, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who is now the chairman of a newly registered political party, Action Peoples Party (APP).
According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the senate president also denied any link with the APP, even as he asked all platforms to refrain from including his…
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Fuel scarcity: NUPENG suspends 15-day strike notice
Fuel scarcity: NUPENG suspends 15-day strike notice
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Wednesday suspended the 15-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government over unresolved labour crises.
The President of the union, Igwe Achese, said the suspension was as a result of the timely intervention of the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS).
“The suspension of the ultimatum, which should have…
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Senator Shehu Sani Doesn’t Have The Balls To Stand Up To Saraki
Senator Shehu Sani Doesn’t Have The Balls To Stand Up To Saraki
No doubt, Bukola Saraki is “armed and dangerous”. It also is an open secret that under his leadership, corruption is entrenched in the Nigerian National Assembly. The question is who among the vociferous but empty rebels in the Green Chambers has the balls to confront him? Ben Bruce? Shehu Sani? The capitulation of a respected activist Shehu Sani to the corrupt antics of BukolaSaraki and his…
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INEC approves Mega Party name change
INEC approves Mega Party name change
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the change of Mega Progressive People’s Party (MPPP) name to Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN).
Hamisu Santuraki, the National Chairman of the party and the National Secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Shombi Kanze, confirmed to Daily Trust yesterday in Abuja that INEC approved the decision of the party members.
Santuraki said the party would…
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Buhari should heed Tinubu’s advice and retire — PDP
Buhari should heed Tinubu’s advice and retire — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari to heed the advice of the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, that Nigeria’s ex-presidents should quit politics and join the ‘retirees’ club’.
The party in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday said the former Lagos State…
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2019: IBB, Obasanjo are expired leaders, they should stop advising Buhari on second term – Festus Keyamo
2019: IBB, Obasanjo are expired leaders, they should stop advising Buhari on second term – Festus Keyamo
Festus Keyamo, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, has lashed out at former Presidents, Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo for advising President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection in 2019.
In a series of tweets via his verified Twitter handle, the Senior lawyer described both Babangida and Obasanjo as “expired leaders.”
Keyamo said expired leaders who tried all they could to extend their…
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Why we launched ‘Coalition for Nigeria’ – Donald Duke
Why we launched ‘Coalition for Nigeria’ – Donald Duke
Former Governor of Cross River State and member of the Olusegun Obasanjo-led Coalition for Nigeria has explained why they teamed up with the former president to launch the movement.
Duke noted that the movement became imperative because in Nigeria, political power was never handed over to the younger Nigerians.
The former governor in an article entitled ‘Coalition For Nigeria – The Urgency Of…
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Restructuring: Dump El-rufai’s report in dustbin – NULGE tells APC
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has appealed to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to discard, shred and dump the report of the Governor Nasir el-Rufai- led ad-hoc committee on restructuring in a dust-bin for recommending that the local government should be delisted from Nigeria’s constitution and scrapped.
The NULGE National President, Comrade Ibrahim…
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Adeboye: RCCG pastor tears APC apart, calls Fayose ‘voice of Nigerians.’
Bola Bolawole, an Area Pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has condemned the attack in the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over his visit to Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose.
In an opinion he released on Monday titled, ‘APC’s scurrilous attack on Adeboye’, Bolawole revealed what led to the visit of Pastor Adeboye to Fayose and what transpired at the meeting.
He said,…
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