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The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now claimed 50 lives since the beginning of the month, the authorities said on Monday, as the government announced free treatment against the disease for the next three months. The health ministry said that the death toll had been increased as of Sunday following a new victim […]

The security report coming from North-eastern Nigeria is worrisome, the federal government has said. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, stated this when he briefed journalists at the end of a meeting of security chiefs with President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Dan-Ali said the meeting was a routine security briefing with Mr Buhari, and an update […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki says Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), once confided in him that he was not happy with the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki said this on Monday while responding to the previous allegations made by Tinubu. Responding to his decision to quit the APC for […]

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said on Sunday that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, left the All Progressives Congress because of the party’s refusal to grant their wishes of automatic tickets for next year’s elections. Tinubu explained that the defectors were also disappointed […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after 10 working days holiday in London. The presidential plane conveying Buhari and few of his aides landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 6.38p.m. Mr Buhari was received at the airport by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, the Secretary to the […]

The 2019 general elections is less than 184 days away. How prepared are you to perform your civic duty? The first step to exercising your franchise in the forthcoming polls is to sign up for voters registration at any of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres close to you in order to be issued a […]

The U.S. Embassy has said the suspended consular services in Abuja may resume after the Eid-el-Kabir holidays. The embassy stated this in an updated information on its website accessed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared August 21 and 22 as public holidays to […]

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Wednesday stated that he is under pressure to run for president in 2019. He stated this while addressing different associations of students and youths as well as resident communities who paid him a solidarity visit. He said “I have been receiving advices and encouragement from our leaders, peoples […]

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 22 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja in a statement issued by Dr. Mohammed Umar, the Permanent Secretary at the ministry. While wishing Nigerians a happy Eid-el-Kabir […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that he is considering running against President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election billed for February, 2019. The former governor of Kwara state said he can make the change that Nigeria and Nigerians desire. He disclosed this in an interview with Bloomberg. “I am consulting and actively considering […]

The Presidency has described reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his ongoing 10-day vacation in London as “fake”. The official twitter handle of the presidency @NGRPresident, late Tuesday night, dismissed the report, saying it is an old story which was first circulated during the president’s vacation in Feb. 2017. The presidency enjoined Nigerians to […]