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The House of Representatives during plenary, Wednesday resolved to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the spate of killings in Benue State and other parts of the country. The decision was unanimously adopted by overwhelming majority of members after a Kano lawmaker, Baballe Bashir (APC, Kano) moved for the amendment of …

Controversy over General Muhammadu Buhari’s characterization of Nigerian youths has taken a new dimension with a page being created on Wikipedia in acknowledgment of the social media revolt of young Nigerians against their description, tagged, #LazyNigerianYouths. While speaking at a forum during the just concluded Commonwealth Summit in UK, Buhari had …

Ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the people of the south-east geopolitical zone to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in the upcoming 2019 general elections. Obasanjo added that the move was ‘in their own interest’. Speaking at a meeting of the Coalition of Nigeria movement in Awka, Anambra state on Wednesday, …

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and many other senators have arrived at the National Hospital Abuja. The convoy arrived at the facility at 1:33pm Nigeria Time. The lawmakers are now meeting with the management of the hospital, ahead of a visit to Senator Dino Melaye’s ward. The senators …

A strong indication of both the quality and failure of politics in Nigeria, as the people look forward to the next general elections in 2019, is the manner in which virtually “every” Nigerian believes that he or she is good enough to be President of Nigeria. This may speak to …

It is obvious that President Muhammadu Buhari does not always filter his words before they come out. If he filters them at all he does not fully appreciate the connotative and denotative meanings of the words he uses. All words have meanings and can be subjected to literal or metaphorical …

The Senate on Wednesday adjourned its plenary in solidarity with one of their colleagues Sen. Dino Melaye who was arrested and humiliated with men of the Police Force. The decision of the Senate followed a motion moved by Senator Sam Anyanwu over the arrest of their colleagues. An yanwu had …

The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest against killings and bloodshed in the country. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a statement on Wednesday urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church premises on Sunday April 29, 2018 He made the call against the …

According to reports, the Police have denied Senate delegation access to National Hospital ward where Senator Dino Melaye is admitted after his arrest yesterday. The delegation is led by Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Na’Allah. It includes Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena, Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha and …

Makurdi, the capital of Benue State has been brought to a standstill by protesters over the ongoing killings in the state. The protesters, DAILY POST gathered have taken over major streets of the state, calling on the federal government to come to their aide. DAILY POST reports that over 100 …

No fewer than 35 persons have been killed and several other still missing after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Umenger in Mbadwem Council Ward of Guma LGA, Benue State. DAILY POST gathered that the heavily armed men, numbering over 50, stormed the village on Tuesday around 7pm and set the entire …

Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The US Department of State in its “Country Reports on Human …

After months of dithering procrastination, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is set to hold its national convention in Abuja with the prognosis of a war of attrition over a new national leadership with two former Edo State governors pitched in battle. Probably the last time Rotimi Amaechi and Comrade …

Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari was at the Guild Hall, London, where he addressed participants at the Commonwealth Business Forum on trade and investment and how to bring about sustainable development in Commonwealth countries. As it happens, it was not the president’s keynote speech to the well-attended forum that made …

According to estimates 170 million votes (30 million during the final week) were recorded during the recently concluded Big Brother Nigeria finals, earning the South African production company N5.1 billion (of which N900million was made in one week). Notably, viewers were billed to cast their votes. In comparison, the 2015 …

The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to dump all Executive communications sent to it for action. The resolution to “keep all Executive communications in view” was one of the high points …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm that Nigeria was drifting towards a state of anarchy, calling on the international community to intervene and rescue the country from turning to a war zone, where mass killings is a usual occurrence. Fayose, reacting to the killing of 18 …

The House of Representatives plenary became a rowdy session this morning over calls for impeachment of President Muhammadu  Buhari by  a member of the Peoples Democratic Party,  Kingsley Chinda. The row was over the payment of  $496 million to the United States Government by the Buhari administration for the much …

INVESTIGATIONS by Saturday Vanguard have revealed that last Wednesday’s invasion of the National Assembly was a scripted plot to force the reinstatement of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and instigate the removal of the Senator Bukola Saraki leadership of the Senate. It was learned that the conspiracy stirred by 15 senators was …

It is funny how suddenly the story of the Fulani herdsmen is changing from one thing to another. Initially the Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari told us that the killings going on in Benue was as a result of anti-grazing law. They heaped all the blames on Governor Ortom …