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The campaign councils of three leading presidential candidates in the 2023 general election have dismissed a recent opinion poll that put the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, ahead of them. In the result of the poll conducted and released by ANAP Foundation, on Thursday, Mr Obi, was ranked first, beating Bola Tinubu of the […]

The British High Commission offices in Abuja, Lagos and other locations in Nigeria will be closed on Monday, September 19, as the United Kingdom buries Queen Elizabeth II in London. The announcement was contained in a statement posted on the official Twitter page of the United Kingdom in Nigeria, @UKinNigeria, on Friday. The tweet, however, […]

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has advised Nigerians to vote for credible leaders who have the country at heart and would see Nigeria as their project. He gave the advice during an interview with newsmen in Minna, Niger State on Thursday after a visit to the former Head of State, General Abduisalam Abubakar, who recently […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred Nigerian citizenship on 286 foreign nationals. The conferment of citizenship on beneficiaries from the United States, Europe, the Americas, Asia, Middle East, Oceania and Africa was done Thursday at a ceremony held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Addressing the new Nigerians, President Buhari urged them to […]

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said that the protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS, that blocked a traffic-laden section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway are “violating” the country’s law. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal […]

A 24-year-old Nigerian identified as Annastasia Micheal has declared her intention to give one of her kidneys to Ekweremadu’s daughter. On Monday, Ekweremadu’s daughter had publicly appealed for kidney donation to save her life. Annastasia made a public post on Facebook when she said she had made up her mind to assist Sonia in a […]

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday expressed his view on the call for the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the party. Atiku, who led other leaders of the party to Ibadan on an interactive session with stakeholders of the PDP, said that the call […]

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Basic Education and Services on Tuesday warned governors in the country to prioritize basic education or be ready to face the consequences. The chairman of the committee, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, said this in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, at the end of a two-day oversight visit to inspect completed […]

“More Nigerians are poorer and more miserable today than in 2015,” said Mr Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming general elections. He accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government of worsening the nation’s economy since it took over power at the centre in the last […]