Why Muslim women should participate in politics

A former lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and political scientist, Dr. Amina Salihu, has said that there is no excuse for Muslims women not to be involved in the mainstream politics of the nation, even when they play more difficult politics at home.

She was speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the 8th biennial National Conference and general meeting of the Criterion (an Association of Muslim Women in Business and the Professions) themed “Challenges of Globalization on Muslims”.

Senate Will Reveal 2016 Budget Details - Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Sunday said the national assembly reveal details of the 2016 budget to the pubic.

Saraki said the development was in fulfillment of his inaugural promise and part of efforts to satisfy the curiosity of some Nigerians who had been clamouring that the budget should be made public. “By the time we come into the 2016 budget, at the end of the year, it will be clearer because people will see one item line,” read a statement issued on his behalf by Bamikole Omishore, one of his media aides.

Okorocha’s Chief of Staff, his Cook and the missing N5bn

Valerio Viccei, an Italian moved to London in 1986 . He was a playboy and serial seducer who came to London in search of a big life and he had found it.

“I had a passion for weapons, beautiful women and fast cars,” he said. When he was caught a few days later for robbery at the wheel of his Ferrari, traced by a fingerprint, he became a folk hero. The Italian Stallion, the Wolf, the gentleman thief – he exulted in all his nicknames.

List of Foremost Politicians In Lagos

Here is the list of prominent Lagos born and foremost politicians in the state.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka Jagaban was elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency in Lagos State, Nigeria in 1993, just before a military take-over in December 1993.

APC Senators Fault Ekweremadu Presiding Over Senate

Some factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senators yesterday staged a walkout from the chamberas they fault the ascension of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu presiding over the plenary in the absence of Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

Saraki had gone to the Presidential Villa to attend the swearing in of new ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari and consequently asked Ekweremadu to preside over the plenary.

Key figures in Buhari’s new cabinet and profiles

Here are some of the key figures in Nigeria’s new cabinet, which was announced on Wednesday, more than five months after President Muhammadu Buhari took office:

– Kemi Adeosun (finance) –

The 48-year-old was born and raised in London, where she studied economics and public financial management, going on to become a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Solomon Dalong: 7 things to know about Nigeria's new Minister of Youths and Sports

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in the ministers of his federal cabinets.

Plateau-State born lawyer Solomon Dalong was sworn in as the new Minister of Sports.

These are five things you should know about him.

1. Birth and early education

 Dalong was born on September 26, 1964, in the town of Sabon Gida, Langtang South Local Council and had his primary education at LEA Primary School Sabon Gida from 1971 to 1977.

Bayelsa Election: Dickson, Sylva, Others Sign Peace Accord

Less than one month to the December 5th Gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa State, aspirants from various political parties have converged to sign a peace accord, to ensure peaceful and credible poll, ChannelsTV reports.

The signing of the peace pact which was initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in collaboration with United Nations Development Program (UNDP), had heads of security agencies, traditional and religious leaders in attendance.

Beauties and the Boss

A SHORT while ago one Gideon Samani who called, named and addressed himself as the Senior Special Adviser Political Matters to President Buhari had started a conversation that was cut down in mid trajectory. We had no chance of enjoying the full flow of this conversation.

He said that the reason President Muhammadu Buhari will not have many females breaking the floor of the Aso Villa with their stiletto is that Buhari is a shy man where women are, he cannot even look them straight in the face because he is not used to them.

How Can You Be a Christian and Think That!?

People involved in politics tend to be weird. Christians also have a tendency toward oddness. I feel I have a licence to say that as someone who is both of those things.

So I have to confess the prospect of a whole weekend with over 100 people who are both Christians and involved in politics didn't thrill me. I anticipated it would be full of intense discussions and fractious arguments from people in different parties who couldn't understand how someone could be both a Christian and a Tory or a Christian and a leftie.

Ibrahim Magu Named New EFCC Chairman

Ibrahim Magu has replaced Ibrahim Lamode as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Ibrahim Magu is a top level official of the Economic and Governance Unit of the EFCC and is remembered as a no-nonsense investigator of the commission at its inception.

5 Simple Rules President Buhari Gave Incoming Ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to inaugurate his ministers on November 11, 2015.

President Buhari, last week, held a two-day retreat for his nominees in Abuja to prepare them for the task ahead.

Olisa Metuh Only Nurse for a Dying PDP - Senate Leader

Nigerian Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has described the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a party in coma and which has no doctor or pharmacist except Olisa Metuh who serves as nurse.

Until April this year, the PDP was the ruling party in the country since Nigeria’s return to democratic governance in 1999 and Metuh is its current National Publicity Secretary.