The New Access Bank? Not So Fast!
Access Bank has completed its acquisition of Diamond Bank. This is the second ‘sick’ Nigerian bank that Access Bank has acquired in the past seven years with the help and…
Low-hanging Fruits for Buhari’s Second Term
The emotions raised by the recent Presidential, National Assembly as well as the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections will take a while to settle – especially from those…
NJC dismisses assets declaration petition against Onnoghen
The National Judicial Council (NJC) Wednesday dismissed the allegations of false and non-declaration of assets brought against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The NJC in a…
PDP,Atiku, Congratulates Wike on Governorship Victory
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike on his victory in the just-concluded governorship election. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Wike polled 886,264…
Court nullifies Adeleke`s nomonation as Osun Gubernatorial Candidate
Justice Oathman Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja, has nullified the nomination of Senator Ademola Adeleke as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the…
National Assembly leadership tussle reignite religious faultlines
The battle for supremacy over principal positions in the new legislature has now transcended politics and entered the realm of religion after the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) accused the Christian…
Hands-Off National Assembly Leadership Tussle, APC Warns Saraki
An angry President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday reprimanded legislators-elect of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), largely made up of Senators and House Representatives, over a perceived intra-party rebellion, as…
Commentary: No Laughing Matter – Magu’s EFCC Academy to offer Anti-corruption Degree Programs
In what many observers have derisively dismissed as a brazen show of megalomania, and a bad joke taken too far, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced Monday that…
Rivers Guber Poll: PDP’s Wike wins 13 of 15 LGAs as ÌNEC resumes results collation
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has taken an unassailable lead and is cruising home to victory in the resumed collation of the Rivers State governorship polls, having won 13 of…
Boko Haram kills five Nigerian Soldiers in Execution Video
Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction has claimed to have executed five Nigerian soldiers but security sources told AFP on Tuesday three of those killed were civilian militia members. The Islamic…