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Three Nigerian billionaires’ wealth increased to $6.9 billion during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020, a report by Oxfam in Nigeria has said. Collectively, the total wealth of the three billionaires in Nigeria equal to $24.9 billion, the report stated. The report said the billionaires saw their wealth increase by 38.3 per […]

The EndSARS uprising would not have seen the light of the day if Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s handling of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was not derailed, a group endorsing the VP for the 2023 presidency has said.   The group, known as IdentifytheRightLeader, recently published a 120-page impact assessment report on the vice-president, detailing his activities […]

Former Governor of Borno state, Senator Kashim Shettima has said for equity and justice, the South ought to produce Nigeria’s next president. Shettima, who was speaking at the Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu support group conference in Abuja on Monday, said if the Presidency moves to the South, nobody from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) […]

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, (rtd) has said that compared to the current level of corruption in Nigeria, they were saints during his military regime. Babangida spoke in an interview with Trust TV monitored by Vanguard on Sunday. He said, “I sacked a governor for misappropriating N300,000. Now there are people — we read in the […]

The Federal Government has distributed 80 laptops to female farmers trained in Information and Communication Technology and modern agricultural practices as well as empowered widows and the vulnerable in the South-South region. The Director-General, National Centre for Women Development, Dr Asabe Bashir, said during the training in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, that the beneficiaries were […]

Nigerian socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has revealed that it was repulsive for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to link him with illegal narcotic business. Obi Cubana stated this while speaking at an Instagram live interview with media personality, Daddy Freeze, on Saturday. The popular club owner was referring to his […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed hope that God will listen to Nigeria’s prayers on insecurity, insisting that his regime has done its best on security and will continue to do more by pursuing policies to deal with terrorism. This was as he urged Nigerians to be fair to his government in assessing the insecurity in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is the bounden duty of leaders to do the best for their people, despite shrinking resources, particularly within the West African sub-region. The President stated this on Friday at State House in Abuja while receiving in farewell audience, the Ambassador of Burkina Faso, Piabie Firmin Gregoire N’do, who spent eight […]

Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has gifted the Super Eagles N10 million for winning their first match against Egypt and promised a further N50 million if they lift the AFCON trophy. Onyema, who made the pledge in Garoua, Cameroon, while speaking to the Super Eagles during half time, promised to give N10 million […]

The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on microblogging site, Twitter, seven months after it suspended the social media platform in Nigeria.  This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi. “The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) directs me […]

Former Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that money will fail politicians during the 2023 elections. She stated this on her Twitter handle while reacting to Bola Tinubu’s Presidential declaration. ”Money will fail in the 2023 elections. Mark my word,” she tweeted.

The race to clinch the All Progressives Congress’ presidential ticket for 2023 became more competitive on Tuesday after Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi and Senator Orji Kalu publicly declared their ambitions. Their declarations came barely 24 hours after APC chieftain and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, indicated his interest to become Nigeria’s next […]

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition, and that nothing stops a kingmaker from becoming a king. Tinubu said this in an interactive session with State House Correspondents after meeting the president at Aso Rock on Monday. Fielding questions from […]