Many people were surprised when the news of his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, filtered in just before the general elections. It was difficult to believe that someone who had been a founding member of the party since 1998 and eventually rose to become the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives could ditch the party. But Prince Chibudom Nwuche tells anyone who cares to listen that the PDP first ditched him. In this interview, he shares his experience as a PDP member

The Flying Eagles, will aim for a first-ever victory and first goal against five-time champions Brazil on Monday in an opening World Cup Group E match at the Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Ghent of Belgium forward Moses Simon could be in line for surprise starting place in the Flying Eagles opening World Cup match on Monday after he played in place of Musa Yahaya on the left side of midfield in Saturday’s training.

The Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, is also the Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Commission. In this interview, he speaks on the Jonathan administration and the expectations of Nigerians from the Buhari government

In the midst of the celebrations of the inauguration of the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, let us all pause and reflect for a moment. The happiness and joy expressed by majority of Nigerians on the smooth handover of power on Friday, May 29 – the Democracy Day – from Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to Mr Muhammad Buhari is unquantifiable.

TRANSITION Monitoring Group (TMG), yesterday, called for a radical overhaul of the anti-corruption agencies, saying Nigerians had lost confidence in them to prosecute the fight against graft.

Immediate past governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, was, yesterday, given a hero’s welcome at his Itigidi, Abi Local Government Area, country home after eight years of service as governor.

Lagos State Governor Akiwunmi Ambode, yesterday, held his inaugural meeting with the Body of Permanent Secretaries in the state Public Service, reiterating that the civil service will drive the change and the continuity he intends to put in place in the next four years.

Nigerians must not allow the euphoria of change turn into disillusion by going to sleep after the glorious victory they won against the forces of darkness that had made change difficult until recently.

Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Babankowa is a retired police commissioner. His name might not be familiar, but his action can never be forgotten in the history of Nigeria . It was him, shortly after the 1966 coup, who discovered the bodies of the Prime Minister, Sir Tafawa Balewa and his Finance Minister, Chief Okotie Eboh, who had been taken by the coupists to the outskirts of Lagos, Sango-Ota, and shot dead. A retiree and elder statesman, Babankowa is a close associate of the President Muhammadu Buhari, for the past 43 years. In this interview at his residence in Hadejia Road, Kano, he says the Buhari administration would not disappoint Nigerians.