nigerian political news 061219

Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) attacked Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation, in Madrid, Spain. TheCable understands the attack on the minister took place on Friday while he was on a national assignment. In a message shared on his Twitter handle, Amaechi said the...

Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, and singer, BankyW, have taken to Twitter to react to the re-arrest of publisher and convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the Federal High Court in Abuja by DSS operatives on Friday morning, less than 24 hours after he was...

The senate has passed the 2020 appropriation bill. The bill was passed after Barau Jibrin, chairman of the appropriations committee, moved a motion for its passage. The figure passed as the total expenditure for 2020 by the upper legislative chamber is higher than what President Muhammadu...

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, says “bad people” have taken over the country from people who are “supposed to be in charge”. Aisha said this on Thursday during a phone-in interview on Television Continental (TVC)’s ‘Journalists Hangout’ programme. She said it is unacceptable...