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                                    The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday described as baseless a claim by the former All Progressives Congress Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, that their elections on June 9 were sponsored by oil barons. Saraki and Dogara stated this in separate statements by their aides in Abuja on Monday. Akande, in a widely publicised statement on Sunday, had alleged that oil barons who never liked President Muhammadu Buhari`s anti-corruption stance, sponsored the elections of Saraki and Dogara in a bid to stifle the new government. ADVERTISEMENT Akande also alleged that some splinter groups within the APC were aligning with old and new Peoples Democratic Party forces to launch a platform for the 2019 polls. Dogara, in a statement in Abuja by his Specia...

The suit instituted by a national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu challenging an alleged defamatory documentary against him by the African Independent Television (AIT) has taken a new twist as the chairman of DAAR Communication Plc, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi has indicated his intention to testify in the matter. Other witnesses listed to testify in defence of the libellous documentary are Namure Joy Edoimioya, Chief Medan Tenke, Ajibola Adewusi, Olumide Idowu, Chief Stanley Odidi, Engr. Nwabueze and Dr. Stanley Bassey. Tinubu had instituted the N150 billion suit against AIT before an Ikeja High Court for peddling false accusations about his personality in the documentary titled “Lion of Bourdilion” According to him, the documentary was politically sponsored to tarnish his reputation in the eyes of the populace. The presiding judge, Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe had on April 1 granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the AIT from furthe...

Kashamu had been under house arrest since Saturday morning when anti-narcotic agents secured his property. Malham Ibrahim Bubba the chief justice of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, out of the home of fugitive senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu.  The NDLEA had said Mr. Kashamu was detained to ensure he appears in court to face extradition proceedings on Monday. The lawmaker-elect is wanted by United States authorities for alleged drug related offences. Despite the house arrest, the NDLEA failed to take Mr. Kashamu to court on Monday. The matter has subsequently been adjourned till‎ 4th of june‎.

There is a reason why the United States of America are considered “the land of endless possibilities”. Year by year, a new success story proves that commitment and hard work do pay off. Moreover, many of the names you see on the board of great accomplishments are those of the immigrants. Let’s meet some of them! Sergey Brin 1. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google The online world today would be completely different without Google, the most popular search engine so far. The company is also a leader in terms of innovation and a great place to work, from what we’ve heard. Sergey Brin was born in Moscow, Russia’s capital city. His family immigrated to the USA when he was just a six year old kid. Computer science was his thing from an early age and he pursued his passion through school. While attending a Ph.D. program at Stanford, one of the world’s most prestigious universities, he met Larry Page. They dropped out and started Google together. He has an estate estimated at $24.4 billion...

The CEO of Capital Oil & Gas Ltd., Ifeanyi Ubah, has released a press statement on the ongoing fuel scarcity with a hint to almost single-handedly bring provide a temporary solution read.  On Saturday 16th May 2015, we received an SMS ordering the suspension of loading activities in all depots from Monday 18th May 2015. We later realized that this directive was as a result of unpaid funds owed to transporters by oil marketers who in turn are owed by the Federal Government. This development has resulted in immense hardship to our fellow country men and women. We believe that a better solution can be pursued towards solving this problem in a way that does not adversely affect our dear citizens. Capital Oil and Gas has watched with so much pain, the suffering and hardship our citizens have been subjected to as a result of scarcity of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and house hold kerosene. We are deeply pained to hear that hospitals cannot perform surgeries, laboratories are unab...

Buruji Kashamu, Ogun East senator-elect, has threatened to commit suicide if men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) try to forcefully take him from his Lekki, Lagos residence. Kashamu spoke to online news platform, SaharaReporters, that the operatives that surrounded his house are masked and were operating illegally. “I will commit suicide should NDLEA forces surrounding his house in Lekki break his bedroom door,” he said. Buruji said he will accept “house arrest” until Monday when a competent court c

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has vowed not to pay oil marketers their subsidy claims, accusing them of presenting fraudulent claims with various exchange rates. She said the marketers subsidy claims reeked of fraud and that the marketers are just out to blackmail Nigerians and make them suffer. She said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday May 23