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Former President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that he’s running for president a third time. Trump announced his 2024 bid moments after filing a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. “In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the […]

The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has declared support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Professor Peter Umeadi. Soludo said the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his supporters, known as the ‘Obidients’, were no threat to APGA. This was as he said the Obidient movement was an offshoot […]

The Federal High Court Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako put off the trial sine die at the instance of Kanu pending the resolution of the Federal Government’s […]

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Monday tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, in a lengthy opinion piece. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor said Obi knows he cannot win the 2023 presidential elections and is only playing a game. “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and […]

A lack of education and carelessness in managing the ailment are mostly responsible for early death from diabetes, former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said. Mr Obasanjo, 85, spoke Sunday evening at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun State, during a novelty match between All-Stars Football Club of Abeokuta and some ex-Super Eagles. The match ended […]

Former Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole has claimed that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi is responsible for high unemployment in Nigeria.  Oshiomole, the All Progressives Congress, APC senatorial candidate for Edo North, made the assertion during the flag-off of his campaign in the Auchi area of the State over the weekend. […]

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says Nigeria must work for all its citizens. In a short post on his verified Twitter handle on Sunday, Obi noted that Nigerians must be able to dwell securely and safely irrespective of where they live. “There is Nigeria; But there are no Nigerians. Currently, Nigeria works for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London where he went for a routine two-week medical check-up. The President’s official jet touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, last night. Buhari left for London on October 31 after attending the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers in […]

Bureau de change operators in Adamawa State are rejecting foreign currencies from customers due to growing uncertainty in the parallel market. Some of the money changers interviewed at Jimeta Modern Market in Yola said they were apprehensive over the sudden and continued crash of the dollar which destabilized the parallel market. The chairman, bureau de […]

The lady who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon Thursday afternoon has been identified as Adetutu Adedokun, a staff of the Department of State Services (DSS). Sources in the office revealed that she is an unarmed combat instructor who stepped into the shoes of her parents who worked with the plain cloth service. Just a few […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called out western countries for hypocrisy and failure to take responsibility in tackling climate change. “Many of my peers are frustrated with Western hypocrisy and its inability to take responsibility,” he wrote in a Wednesday WashingtonPost article. The Nigerian leader noted that western governments have repeatedly failed to meet their commitments to […]

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has said the investments by one of his predecessors is worth next to nothing. One of the points Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has been using to sell himself to the electorate is the investments he made when he governed Anambra from 2006 to 2014. But speaking during […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians should vote whomever they like from whichever political party during the 2023 general elections. He said nobody would be allowed to mobilise resources and thugs to intimidate people in any constituency.  He spoke in London Wednesday evening after meeting with King Charles III at the Buckingham Palace. “My aim is […]

The naira, which has been falling against major currencies in the past two weeks, has staged a comeback, recording gains at the parallel market as it exchanged for about N730 to a dollar on Thursday. The development came two weeks after the local currency came under severe pressure at the black market, following the announcement […]

The Federal Government on Thursday said a report by the inter-governmental panel on climate change revealed that many coastal mega cities including Lagos, Port Harcourt and others, would witness weather catastrophe by 2050. It, however, stated that it was taking steps to mitigate this through the provision of information on future actions required by cities […]

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has set aside the contempt proceedings and all the orders of conviction for contempt against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. Justice Chizoba Oji set aside the proceedings on Thursday after hearing an application brought by the EFCC Chairman. The application was […]

Without the current subsidy on petrol, the actual importation and retail cost would be at N410 per litre as market conditions take price to thrice of N170 pump price, said the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari. Daily Trust had reported on Tuesday that marketers are pushing for over N200/l as some stations […]