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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday expressed disbelief, over US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call to the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Earlier on Wednesday, the United States Diplomatic mission in Nigeria announced that Blinken spoke to Tinubu on topics relating to Nigeria’s relationship with the U.S. as the […]

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, on Wednesday, urged President Buhari to ‘swiftly’ hand over power to her. Ezekwesili said this in a tweet shared on her official Twitter handle (@obyezeks). In her tweet, she described Buhari as an “ineffectual Commander-in-Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces.” Her tweet came following the outcry of the President’s […]

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration created 12 million new jobs in agriculture alone. Shehu, in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily said the administration did well in many sectors including security, power, fighting corruption among others. “In agriculture alone, the Rice […]

Five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have sued the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) over the declaration of Senator Bola Tinubu as the nation’s president-elect. The plaintiffs in the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja on April 28, 2023 aver that Senator Tinubu […]

“Sentiment and conjecture have no place in law and as a retired judge, I know that we are not meant to be speculative. If he was charged before a court in Nigeria, where such a law under which he was charged in the UK exists, I do not think his influence would have counted. The […]

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), to September 14. Kanu had approached the court to appeal the verdict of the appeal court stopping his release from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). During Thursday’s proceedings, the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Senate to approve a new borrowing request of $800 million. Buhari made the request in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at Tuesday’s plenary. The president, in the letter, explained that the loan would be used to scale up the National Social Safety Net Programme. He […]

President-elect Bola Tinubu has departed Nigeria for Europe, Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s media aide, has revealed. In a statement on Wednesday, Rahman said the incoming president left Abuja on Wednesday afternoon with some of his key aides. “The trip will reduce unnecessary pressures and distractions on the President-Elect ahead of the May 29 inauguration.” “He will […]

A 23-year-old student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Akure Ondo State, (names withheld) on Tuesday, narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how she was allegedly raped by the founder of her church, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, of I Reign Christian Family Church. The witness, who is a former assistant pastor of […]

Seven people have been feared killed and several others hospitalised after drinking a tea suspected to have been made with a local leaf known as Zakami at a wedding ceremony in Kano. Zakami contains a psychoactive substance. Eye witnesses’ accounts said it affected nearly 50 people and that some were still missing. The incident happened […]

Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has opened up on his long-time business relationship with Tony Elumelu, Transcorp Plc Chairman, alleging that the founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation betrayed him on different occasions. Otedola made the revelation while speaking on his move to buy Transcorp, a conglomerate whose 5.5 per cent shares he recently acquired. Days […]

Nigerian mega music star, David Adeleke fondly known as Davido has asked for God’s intervention ahead of a Supreme Court ruling which involves his uncle and governor of Osun, Ademola Adeleke, to be made the legitimate number one citizen of the state. The Supreme Court has fixed May 9, 2023, to deliver a judgment in […]

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has assured Nigeria will prosper under the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He said Tinubu can fix Nigeria with God’s help, urging the President-Elect to fulfill Nigerians’ dream of a new nation. Adeboye, represented by his Special Assistant, Pastor Dele Balogun, […]