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The United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DoJ) announced yesterday that it has repatriated more than $20.6 million worth of assets linked to former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha and his associates. The DoJ said in a statement yesterday that the transfer of funds “is in accordance with an August 23 agreement […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi within the state. Wike also said Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria. The Rivers governor made this known to the LP presidential candidate in […]

The Federal Government yesterday insisted on no-work, no-pay for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who spoke after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, said the government has paid the teachers what was due to them. “I think that’s the position of the government; that it […]

Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu claimed that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi does not know the road to lead as the president of Nigeria.  Tinubu made this assertion while speaking at the APC presidential campaign flag-off holding today (Tuesday) at the Rawang Pam […]

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah has cautioned loyalists of politicians not to kill themselves in demonstrating support for their candidates. According to the septuagenarian priest, opposition politicians are friends jostling for their piece of the national cake and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Kukah spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday hours […]

The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has declared support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Professor Peter Umeadi. Soludo said the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his supporters, known as the ‘Obidients’, were no threat to APGA. This was as he said the Obidient movement was an offshoot […]

The Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako put off the trial sine die at the instance of Kanu pending the resolution of the Federal Government’s […]

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Monday tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, in a lengthy opinion piece. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor said Obi knows he cannot win the 2023 presidential elections and is only playing a game. “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and […]

A lack of education and carelessness in managing the ailment are mostly responsible for early death from diabetes, former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said. Mr Obasanjo, 85, spoke Sunday evening at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun State, during a novelty match between All-Stars Football Club of Abeokuta and some ex-Super Eagles. The match ended […]

The lady who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon Thursday afternoon has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a staff of the Department of State Services (DSS). Sources in the office revealed that she is an unarmed combat instructor who stepped into the shoes of her parents who worked with the plain cloth service. Just a few […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called out western countries for hypocrisy and failure to take responsibility in tackling climate change. “Many of my peers are frustrated with Western hypocrisy and its inability to take responsibility,” he wrote in a Wednesday WashingtonPost article. The Nigerian leader noted that western governments have repeatedly failed to meet their commitments to […]

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has said the investments by one of his predecessors is worth next to nothing. One of the points Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has been using to sell himself to the electorate is the investments he made when he governed Anambra from 2006 to 2014. But speaking during […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians should vote whomever they like from whichever political party during the 2023 general elections. He said nobody would be allowed to mobilise resources and thugs to intimidate people in any constituency.  He spoke in London Wednesday evening after meeting with King Charles III at the Buckingham Palace. “My aim is […]

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by the EFCC Chairman. The application was […]