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The self-exiled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stirred another controversy from his hideout, alleging that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not a citizen of Nigeria but a Cameroonian “indigene”. “Do you know that Atiku Abubakar is from Cameroon? His area of Adamawa was in […]

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has again urged Nigerians to actively participate in the forthcoming general elections beginning February 16, by voting and ensuring that their vote counts. Adeboye reiterated his earlier call at the church’s February Holy Ghost Service with a theme: “Swimming in God’s […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, insisted that there is a  plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress  (APC) to rig the forthcoming general elections by importing   foreigners into the country to vote in the February 16 elections. Atiku spoke at the PDP presidential campaign rally held in […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered the interim forfeiture of N1billion linked to the former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The interim forfeiture followed a court order secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The money was lodged in three transactions with Fidelity Bank Plc on May 20 and 25, 2015. […]

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 […]

At least 60 people were killed following the January 28 devastating Boko Haram attack on Rann, a border town in Borno state, North-east Nigeria, Amnesty International has confirmed. The organization also analysed satellite imagery which shows hundreds of burned structures in the town. Many of the destroyed structures only date back to 2017, suggesting they […]

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 […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday said Nigerians will begin to pay for the National Identity Card from year 2022. The Director General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, disclosed this in Abuja at the Lunch Time Reform Seminar on “The National Digital Identity Ecosystem Strategic Road Map for the Enrollment of Nigerians and […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied a statement credited to him that he would fight to divide Nigeria if President Muhammadu Buhari rigs the February 16 presidential election. Mr Obasanjo made the denial through a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Thursday. He said as a Nigerian who fought for the unity of […]

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 […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), never claimed to be a saint and he never described him as such. Obasanjo said this when he led Atiku and other PDP leaders to Island Club, Lagos, on Wednesday. The elite club marked its 75th anniversary. Obasanjo said as a Christian, […]

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 […]

A Nigerian-born British lawmaker, Fiona Onasanya, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to three months in prison for lying in order to avoid a speeding ticket. According to The Guardian UK, the Peterborough MP was sentenced to three months imprisonment after the court found her guilty of perverting the course of justice and was told she would serve […]

Nigeria is still perceived as a country deep in corruption without clear policies to address the menace, Transparency International said on Tuesday. The anti-corruption campaigner released its 2018 Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) Tuesday, finding Nigeria has “neither improved nor progressed in the perception of corruption in the public administration in 2018.” The Civil Society Legislative […]

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 […]