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Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on Friday said he is not desperate to be President. Mr Obi made the comment while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to Mr Obi, he left the Peoples Democratic Party for the Labour Party because the former did no longer align with his political values. “I’m […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen gave the judgement on Friday. He also held that Jonathan’s right to vie for the office of president again cannot be stopped by any retroactive law. […]

Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi has formally joined the Labour Party days after announcing his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party. He is expected to contest the presidential primary on the platform of his new party. “I thank all Nigerians, especially our youths who have joined me in the mission of taking back and […]

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is offering former Anambra State governor Peter Obi the ticket of running mate to the National Leader of the party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, The Nation has learnt. The party is discussing with several lawmakers and aspirants from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), who […]

President Muhammadu Buhari left Abuja to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says that this year’s summit will be focusing on security. “The three-day summit, which […]

The mum of the teenage school shooter who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in Texas claims he “wasn’t a violent person.” Adriana Reyes said she was surprised to learn that Salvador Ramos had opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday. Minutes before the massacre he had shot his grandmother. She recalled the last time she spoke to […]

A Chief Superintendent at the EFCC, Samuel Chime, has called on Nigerians to report people living above their earnings, especially civil servants. “Petition EFCC if you know any civil servant living above his means,” he said. Chime who said there were limited resources at the EFCC’s disposal, added that the Commission was doing all within […]

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arrested a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. They whisked him away from his Maitama residence in Abuja after laying siege to it for over seven hours. The operatives broke into Okorocha’s sitting room after firing gunshots and tear gas canisters to disperse protesters who […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it stormed the residence of a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday. According to the agency, Senator Okorocha has refused to honour  invitations after jumping administrative bail. Reacting to EFCC’s presence at his residence on Tuesday, Senator Okorocha has accused the […]

Peter Okoye of the P-Square singing group has endorsed former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi to become the next President of Nigeria. Taking to his Twitter page on Monday, Peter Okoye who is also known as Mr. P described Obi as a disciplined and principled man that can save Nigeria. The singer who pointed out that he […]

The Federal Government has slammed a new tax on phone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the Vulnerable Group in Nigeria. This is despite recent moves by telecommunication companies to increase the price of their services as a result of an unfavourable operating climate. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a […]

The Nigerian naira, on Friday, weakened to N607 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market amid increased demand. The figure represents a drop of N7 or 1.2 percent from the N600 it traded earlier this week. Currency traders known as Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable in Lagos, quoted […]

Eighty-three million Nigerians are set to be covered as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 into law.  This is according to a statement released by presidential aide Garba Shehu on Thursday. He said the bill repeals “the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday left Abuja for United Arab Emirates. A presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Buhari would meet the new UAE president, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to convey his condolences on the death of the former president and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He said Buhari […]