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The wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo on Friday urged Nigerians to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari for the future of their children to be meaningful. She said the only avenue for the country to develop further lies with the ruling All Progressives Congress APC (APC) government. She, however, tasked women in Oyo […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party PDP over the outing of the latter’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the Wednesday night televised town hall meeting, #TheCandidates, saying Atiku’s electioneering campaign slogan, ‘Let’s make Nigeria work again’ should actually be ‘Let’s loot Nigeria again’. At a news conference […]

President Muhammadu Buhari said in Kano on Thursday that his decision to seek re-election was informed by his desire and commitment to correct the ills bedevilling the country. Mr Buhari made the remark at his presidential campaign rally held at the Sani Abacha stadium, Kofar Mata, in Kano metropolis. “There is nothing that prompted me […]

Police in eastern India have arrested six men accused of battering a woman and her four young children to death and dumping the bodies down a village well because they suspected she was a witch casting spells. Five men — all from the same family — along with a witch doctor broke into Mandri Munda’s […]

Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday boasted that he was not corrupt because in all the positions he has held in the country, he has never been convicted for corruption. President Buhari made the boast while addressing members of his ruling APC, as well as his supporters at the Presidential campaign rally in Abakaliki township stadium, Ebonyi […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said he could vouch for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reposition the country. Obasanjo made the statement in Lagos while speaking at the 2019 Island Club Quarterly Business Lecture. Obasanjo, in his remark said he believed that Atiku had the experience, the capacity and […]

An opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday said he would consider granting amnesty to corrupt persons willing to surrender their loot. Mr Abubakar said this while appearing with his running mate, Peter Obi, at a live town hall programme hosted by ace journalist, Kadaria Ahmed. Mr Abubakar said he would consider drawing a line […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is a man capable of bringing Nigeria together in unity and in peace. Mr Jonathan spoke on Tuesday at Ox-bow Lake Pavillion in Yenagoa, when Mr Abubakar’s campaign train hit the Bayelsa State. The former president said Mr Abubakar, a former […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he has fulfilled the campaign promises he made to Nigerians in 2015. He spoke in Imo and Abia states where he visited in continuation of his campaign for a second term. The Enyimba International Football Stadium, Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State witnessed a huge turnout of party […]

Stuart Symington, the United States ambassador to Nigeria, says whatever happens in Nigeria will affect the world. According to the US Mission in Nigeria, Symington said this in response to questions on the interest of the US in Nigeria’s democracy. It is unclear if the comment was made on the basis of the tension between the […]

Abortion is a “terrible’’ drama but women who go through it must find mercy rather than castigation, Pope Francis said on Monday. “To really understand the drama of abortion you have to be in a confessional, (it is) terrible,’’ Francis told journalists on a return flight from a six-day visit to Panama. “In the confessional, […]

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has removed the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, as the state coordinator of the party’s campaign council. The decision followed the recommendation of the disciplinary committee set up by the Imo APC over allegations of anti-party activities levelled against the governor and others. The committee chaired […]

The Nigeria Police Force has given one-week ultimatum to illegal firearms holders to surrender their weapons. The police said it had perfected plans to embark on a massive nationwide joint arms mopping up operations. The order, according to a source in the Force, is not unconnected with the forthcoming general election. A statement from Force […]

The Nigerian government has reacted to the position of both the United States of America and her United Kingdom counterpart on the suspension of the country’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. A statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said as much as Nigeria welcomes interests and […]

The United Kingdom has joined other members of the international community in expressing reservations over Friday’s suspension of Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. In a statement by its high commission in Abuja, the British government said the timing for the action gives cause for concern. President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday swore in Ibrahim Mohammed as […]

The Electricity Power Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed by the House of Representatives last Tuesday prohibiting and criminalising estimated billing has proposed a one-year jail term and a fine of N1m for defaulters. The proposed law, which will be transmitted to the Senate for concurrence, and onward transmission to the President for his assent, […]