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Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has lampooned the ongoing anti-graft war being waged by President Muhammadu Buhari as a mere media show, saying there is more corruption in Nigeria now than under his administration. He claimed that he handed over a $500 billion, vibrant economy to President Buhari and lamented that his successor plunged the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the date for all Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. The commission says the election will hold on March 2, 2019. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the Commission’s Conference Room in Abuja. According to the […]

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has confirmed his retirement from playing, ending “an amazing 20 years”. The Ivory Coast striker, 40, had two spells at Chelsea, scoring 164 goals in 381 games and winning four Premier Leagues and the 2012 Champions League. He spent the last 18 months of his career with US side Phoenix Rising, […]

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, has asked the south-east to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in order to secure the presidency in 2023. Mustapha was speaking to journalists after the meeting between Buhari and the south-east governors at the presidential villa on Wednesday. On whether Buhari used the opportunity to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says 12 million Nigerians have ventured into rice production in the last two years. Buhari, who was represented by Audu Ogbeh, the minister for agriculture, made this known while speaking at the 4th Nigeria Rice Investment Forum in Abuja on Wednesday. “The impact of our interventions in the rice sector has resulted […]

A former Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, Priti Patel, has warned investors to be wary of investing in Nigeria. In an op-ed for City A.M., Patel, who is a member of the British parliament, claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was not in the habit of obeying law and court orders. Patel […]

Bosnia swore in its three new presidents on Tuesday, with all eyes on Serb nationalist Milorad Dodik, who will be the first to take the helm of a government driven by ethnic divides. The three men will rotate seats every eight months under the complex peace deal that ended Bosnia’s 1990s war and split power […]

Rampaging Boko Haram insurgents overran a Nigerian Army battalion in Borno State on Sunday, killing the unit’s commander and dozens of soldiers, military sources have told Premium Times. A large cache of arms, ammunition and military equipment were carted away by Boko Haram fighters during the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Abadam […]

Immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed how former governors of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who defected to the then opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) because they were “blinded by ambition” and a barrage of “fake news,” cost him his bid to be reelected for a second term in office. Mr. Jonathan made the […]

The acting British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, says the United Kingdom has no preferred candidate or political party in the forthcoming general elections. Ms Thompson stated this while briefing reporters after meeting with the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Monday at the National Assembly in Abuja. She said, “As friends of Nigeria and maintaining […]

Nigeria has recorded over 1.3 million unwanted pregnancies in 2018 alone, the 2018 global family planning report has revealed. The most populous nation on the African continent also averted 735,000 unsafe abortion in the year under review. The averted abortions are seen as “the number of unsafe abortions that did not occur during a specified reference […]

Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has been arrested over claims of financial misconduct, the carmaker has said. Mr Ghosn, a towering figure in the car industry, will be sacked from the Japanese firm after a board meeting on Thursday, its chief executive said. He has been accused of “significant acts of misconduct”, including under-reporting his pay […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Nigerians in sending warm greetings to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as he turns 61 today. In a statement by Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, President Buhari believed that the life journey of the former President remains an inspiration to every young Nigerian of the possibilities that await anyone willing to […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to repay $35,000 (£27,300) given to his leadership campaign by a firm accused of corruption. The donor, a firm called Bosasa, has won lucrative government contracts but is under investigation. Mr Ramaphosa initially told MPs the money had been paid to his son, Andile, for consultancy work for Bosasa. […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel it to arrest and prosecute Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, over allegation that he diverted public funds to his personal use. The anti-graft agency, which admitted that it was in receipt of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged politicians not to set Nigeria ablaze as the campaigns for the 2019 elections begin. According to him, the next four years will be significant for Nigeria. The choices Nigerians will make as the 2019 elections approaches, he said, will shape the economy, security and the future. To Buhari, Nigeria needs […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday pledged to renovate 10,000 schools each year, across Nigeria if re-elected for a second term in office. Mr Buhari made the promise during the public presentation of his campaign manual and a “Next Level” document at the conference centre of State House Presidential Villa Abuja. Mr Buhari said if re-elected, […]

More than 1,000 people are unaccounted as California’s deadliest wildfire enters a second week. The death toll rose to 71 in the Camp Fire that started November 8 in Northern California. The list of people who are unaccounted for grew to 1,011 names, but that number may change once authorities follow up with families to […]