Category: Politics
Senate approves 20-year jail term for ballot box snatchers
The senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Electoral Offences Commission, approving 20 years’ jail term or a fine of N40m for ballot boxes’ [...]
DSS arrests, detains, Israeli film makers for supporting IPOB
The Department of Security Service, DSS has arrested and detained three Israeli filmmakers over allegations of showing support and being sympathetic t [...]
Why I regret supporting Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB – Reno Omokri
Before Nnamdi Kanu was arrested, I did not know who he was. I just defended his right to freedom of expression and association. Vari [...]
Senate bows to pressure, rejects Lauretta Onochie as INEC commissioner
The Senate, on Tuesday, declared President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Ms Lauretta Onochie ineligible for the position of N [...]
House of Reps speaker, Gbajabiamila pushes for media regulation
Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says no bill seeking to gag the media will be passed on the floor of the house.
A barr [...]
Simon Ekpa replaces Nnamdi Kanu at Radio Biafra
One of those who have been at the fore front for the agitation of Biafra Nation, SImon Ekpa, has been appointed to take over daily broadcast on Radio [...]
National Assembly complex flooded second time in 3 weeks
For the second time in three weeks, the main building of the national assembly complex played host to a flowing stream of sorts, following a heavy dow [...]
FG earmarks N4.8bn to monitor WhatsApp, satellite phones
The federal government has approved the sum of N4.8 billion for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor popular encrypted messaging app, Wha [...]
Igboho drags FG to court over detained aides
Chief Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the release of his aides arrested [...]
Kenya denies involvement in Nnamdi Kanu’s arrest, says FG has the answers
Wilfred Machage, Kenyan high commissioner to Nigeria, has denied the claim that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arr [...]