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A video has gone viral showing the Kano State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Abbas, describing the supplementary governorship election in the state as a “do or die.” In the short video, the party chairman also assures supporters his party would provide maximum protection for its members even if it means ensuring […]

The National Population Commission says a comprehensive database for births and deaths registration in the country from 2004-2019 will be ready by the end of the year. The chairman of the commission’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), Tayo Olatunji, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lokoja. Mr Olatunji, who spoke at the opening of a […]

The name of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has been removed  from list of elected senators by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At INEC website, a note for Imo West simply said: “Declared under duress.” Okorocha was announced winner of the senatorial election of February 23, but  returning officer for the election, Innocent Ibeabuchi, […]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires’ list released this week. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history. But he is by no means the richest man of all time. That title belongs to Mansa Musa, the […]

Mr Ezekiel Afon, a lawmaker representing Pengana Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, has died hours after he was reelected to represent the constituency. Mr Bashir Sati, the Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, confirmed the lawmaker’s death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. […]

A journalist with Premium Times, Kunle Sanni, was on Saturday morning abducted by political thugs for taking pictures of underage voters at a polling unit in Plateau State. Mr Sanni, who was monitoring the elections in the area, was accosted by an agent of the ruling All Progressives Congress who had spotted him while photographing […]

The Financial Times of London says President Muhammadu Buhari has been running a government that lacks a clear direction in the last four years. The respected newspaper therefore called on the President to see his re-election as an opportunity to do the right thing. The Financial Times said this in its editorial which has been […]

A foremost commercial ride-hailing service company, Taxify has rebranded its name to become Bolt, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Estonian company announced the change of name on Thursday in a statement by its CEO, Markus Villig, and has since the announcement updated its apps and various listings in app stores to its new […]

A billionaire diamond trader has died after ‘suffering a heart attack’ during a penis enlargement operation in Paris. Ehud Arye Laniado, 65, was at an unidentified private clinic on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in the French capital on Saturday when complications during surgery proved fatal. The experienced diamond expert’s heart attack happened when a substance was […]

Forbes, publishers of the world’s annual list of billionaires, has released its 2019 list of black billionaires comprising 13 billionaires of black origin around the world. Nigeria and USA topped the list with four billionaires apiece while Zimbabwe, Angola, South Africa, Canada and Britain had one representative each on the list released by Forbes on […]

The presidential candidate of the National Rescue Movement, Mr Usman Ibrahim-Alhaji has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar to court for allegedly spending more than the law requires on their election campaigns. Ibrahim-Alhaji prayed the court to invoke Section 91(2) of the Electoral Act, 2010 to […]

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says President Muhammadu Buhari will run an inclusive government because he is “guided by the fact that Nigerians have suffered enough”. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the minister thanked Nigerians for voting the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the election. He said the support for the ruling party in […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has postponed the issuance of the new 10-year enhanced e-passport till April 29, to enable it finalise the integration of the National Identity Number (NIN) with the new passport. Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller-General, NIS, disclosed this in a statement signed by Sunday James, the Service Public Relations Officer (PRO) on Monday […]

The world is moving towards legal gender equality — but it’s moving very, very slowly. Only six countries currently give women and men equal rights, a major report from the World Bank has found. That’s an increase — from zero — compared to a decade ago, when the organization started measuring countries by how effectively […]

Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the polls, appealing to Atiku Abubakar to work with him for the development of the country. In a congratulatory message to Buhari on Saturday, IBB asked Buhari and Atiku to “close ranks and move the country forward”. “I call on the […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,  Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday raised the alarm that no fewer than 24 operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arrested his son-in-law, Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi. He added that Abdullahi, who is also the finance director of Atiku’s group of companies, was arrested after the EFCC […]

Some Nigerian women, on Friday, held a rally in Abuja to appeal to the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar to congratulate his opponent and winner of the election, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (PDP). The women, under the aegis of Two Million Woman Rally for Democracy in Nigeria, Peace […]