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Nigerians want President Muhammadu Buhari to declare death sentence for public officials found guilty of corrupt practices, according to Buharimeter, a survey by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD). The  perception survey was released by CDD on Wednesday. Signed by Idayat Hassan, director, CDD-West Africa, the organisation said the survey was based on interviews with […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said Atiku Abubakar was right to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection in February, saying it would be “unfair” to compare Mr Abubakar’s situation to the 2015 election in which he (Mr Jonathan) accepted defeat. Mr Jonathan said the fundamentals of 2015 election, which saw him become Nigeria’s first incumbent leader […]

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said June 12 remained a threshold in Nigeria’s national life and demanded some soul-searching from Nigerians. Mr Abubakar said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday that the day was one to ask the salient question of “How better off are Nigerians?” According to Mr Abubakar, June 12 demands […]

Former Nigerian heads of state and presidents were absent at the venue of the 2019 Democracy Day celebrations on Wednesday. The former leaders including Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, among others, were absent at the event which held at the Eagles’ Square in Abuja. Former military leaders Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar were also […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the newly elected presiding officers of the Ninth National Assembly. Mr Buhari described the emergence of the new leaders as “new dawn, different from duplicity and perfidy of the immediate past (assembly leaders).” The president also saluted all the national legislators and their political parties for their display of patriotism […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night hosted World leaders to dinner and gala night ahead of Today’s maiden edition of the country’s Democracy Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other dignitaries at the event including State Governors, members and leadership of the newly inaugurated National Assembly, Diplomats, captains of industries were […]

Lionel Messi has been named as the world’s highest paid athlete over the last 12 months, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, in the Forbes top 100 list. The Barcelona and Argentina star earned $127m in the last year – more than Juventus forward Ronaldo ($109m) in second place and Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar ($105m) in third. It is the first time that a […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally issued former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, a certificate of return for winning the February 23 senatorial election in Imo West. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee confirmed this to Premium Times in a phone interview Tuesday evening. The presentation came barely […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, signed the Public Holidays Act Amendment Bill into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja. Mr Enang, a former senator, said the Act declared June 12 of every year as […]

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has called for law promoting gender equality in the country… Speaking in Lagos at the 2019 Women Corporate Directors Lecture sponsored by Aliko Dangote Foundation, he advocated legislation backing to allow a certain percentage of women in public or private sectors workforce. He stated that “We can start with a proportion of […]

The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says availability of consumer credit facility is an important option in fighting corruption in the country. Dangote said this on Saturday in Lagos at a consultative roundtable titled, “Going for Growth” with some economic stakeholders. He said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial […]

The crisis between Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, has been resolved following a reconciliatory meeting between the two in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Ganduje and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign forward Eden Hazard from Chelsea for a fee that could exceed £150m. Hazard has agreed a five-year contract and will be presented as a Real player on 13 June, subject to a medical. The Belgian scored 110 goals in 352 games for Chelsea after joining from Lille […]

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has said that governing the state is not an easy task, as he has lost weight in just one week since assuming office. Sanwo-Olu spoke with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, shortly after the expanded security council meeting on Friday, at the […]