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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says some people are scared that restructuring would affect their political viability. He said this in a press statement by his Special Adviser to the Governor (Media and Communication), Muyiwa Adekeye. The statement was titled, ‘Restructuring is a national endeavour, let’s realise it together’, and shared by the governor on […]

The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. According to the group, the President has failed in the two critical areas of security and economy and as such has ‘nothing new to offer’ Nigerians. NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, stated this tonight on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme monitored by Punch. He […]

The Senate has, again, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately initiate a way to phase out the current Service Chiefs and replace them with new ones with fresh ideas and solutions. This was one of the many resolutions that the lawmakers adopted in a nearly hour-long deliberation on insecurity across the country and the recent killing of […]

A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has started an online campaign calling for an independent medical examination to ascertain the physical and mental health of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ezekwesili hinged her decision to start the #MedicalPanelOnBuhari on the fact that the country’s conditions had become too grave for Nigerians to sit still and watch “a train […]

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief the house on the true state of the security situation in the country. The decision to summon President Buhari was taken at Tuesday’s plenary when the House considered a motion moved by members from Borno State on the recent massacre […]

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2020. “The 2020 #AfricanOftheYear Award honoree is…Congratulations to Dr. @NOlweala! Board Chair @Gavi; Board Chair @ARCapicity, gracing the cover of @forbesafrica,” the world’s leading voice for entrepreneurial success and free enterprise tweeted on Tuesday. Reacting to the development, Okonjo-Iweala, who […]

Security agencies in Niger Republic have arrested the former Chairman of the defunct  Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. A top security officer confided in Punch that Maina was arrested by Nigerian Security agencies on Monday. Maina, who is being prosecuted on 12 counts of money laundering to the tune of N2bn by the  Economic […]

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians to be weary of festivities such as Christmas carols as the year winds down. It also warned against non-essential travels just as it asked Nigerians abroad to remain wherever they are or stand the risk of being stranded in the country in the event that the […]

A majority of the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force are not engaged in police duty, despite the shortage of manpower in the force. This is the position of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State who is worried about the rate of insecurity in the country. Speaking during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, […]

No fewer than 86 persons were killed in violent attacks across Nigeria last week, according to various newspaper reports and available records. Also, at least nine persons were kidnapped as Nigeria continues to battle violent acts carried out by various armed groups and individuals. Apart from the resurgent Boko Haram attacks in the North East, […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said it will conduct investigations to establish the cause(s) of the multiple tripping that led to the collapse of the nation’s power grid on Sunday. The national grid collapsed on Sunday morning, plunging parts of the country into a total blackout for hours. Before the TCN confirmed the development, […]

The estimated 25 million Nigerians that will benefit from the Federal Government’s Solar Home Systems that commences this week will be expected to pay about N4,000 monthly, the presidency has said. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday titled “25m Nigerians […]

The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday, further reducing his already near-impossible odds of overturning the results. A Republican lawsuit had sought to invalidate mail-in ballots in the battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by about 81,000 votes — […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace, unity and stability in the country. The president made the call in an address at the 70th anniversary of the Qaddriyya on Saturday in Kano. Buhari, represented by Alhaji Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the call was imperative to […]

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has urged political actors in opposition parties to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or remain ‘hungry’. He said this in Abuja on Friday in reaction to the defection of David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Speaking with journalists […]

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, on Friday, met with Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, and Command Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the FCT, in Abuja for an overview of the #ENDSARS protests and strategise towards taking back and dominating the Nigerian space. At the meeting, which was the first physical […]

Ruling All Progressives Congress on Friday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party for not being a worthy opposition. The APC also claimed former President Goodluck Jonathan has been working for the ruling party and the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari because he is a ‘progressive’ statesman. APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, stated this on […]

The suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that he did not divert any recovered assets during his tenure. Magu stated this in his defence before the Justice Ayo Salami – led Judicial Commission of Enquiry probing his stewardship of the anti-graft agency. The Salami-led panel […]