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A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Festus Ogun on Monday filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari at the Federal High Court in Lagos over the excessive pain, hardship and agony Nigerians went through as a result of the fuel scarcity experienced earlier this year. The legal practitioner said he solemnly believed that the gross inefficiency and […]

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Senator Victor Umeh, on Monday, said it is an injustice for the South-East region not to produce Nigeria’s President. Since the country returned to civil rule in 1999, the presidency has rotated to the South-West, North-West and the South-South regions. As President Muhammadu Buhari from Katsina […]

The 10-year-old female student suspended by Chrisland Schools, Lagos State, over alleged sexual misconducts with a colleague during a school competition at Dubai, United Arab Emirate, has deleted all the videos on her account on a social media app, Likee. The account, with over 12,400 fans, drew attention shortly after a video clip of the pupil […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday visited the Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, and some political office holders in the state as the presidential primary of the party draws nearer. During the visit, Osinbajo said it would be an act of betrayal to the country if he […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for his failure to unblock the phone lines of over 72 million telecommunication subscribers barred from making calls. SERAP’s suit followed the recent directive by the Federal Government to telecommunications companies to block outgoing calls on all unlinked lines, as […]

Bukola Saraki, former president of the senate, says there will be no more banditry and kidnapping in the country if he is elected president. Speaking on Sunday at a meeting with delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Minna, Niger state, Saraki said the country needs a president that is bold. The presidential hopeful […]

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has asked former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar should step down for him, saying he has accumulated a gamut of experience to run the affairs of the state if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. The governor of Bauchi State was speaking on Consensus Dilemma and Endorsement Controversy in the PDP […]

Nigeria’s president has said the country is in “shock and trauma” following the deaths of at least 100 people from an explosion at an illegal oil refinery. President Muhammadu Buhari described the incident in Imo state, southern Nigeria, as a “catastrophe and a national disaster”. Many victims were burnt beyond recognition. The police are now […]

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said only death will stop him from contesting the 2023 presidential election. Wike’s statement during a BBC Pidgin interview was said to have stunned persons, who believed hr would withdraw from the race to support a likely northern candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). When asked whether there was […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will only be joining the All Progressives Congress presidential race on the condition that he is endorsed by President Buhari, Saturday Punch has learnt. Anything short of this would not be acceptable to Jonathan who served as deputy governor, governor, Vice-President and President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party from 1999 […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo visited Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to woo delegates of the All Progressives Congress, who will vote to elect the presidential candidate of the party. Osinbajo paid a courtesy visit to the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun, before he addressed hundreds of delegates and APC leaders in the state, on Friday. […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to take the war to bandits if he wins the 2023 Presidency. The governor said this when he wooed delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State on Thursday. Wike also dismissed the argument against the need for State police, lamenting the widespread insecurity. “The […]

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has asked anti-graft agencies to go after any presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who purchases the N100 million nomination and Expression of Interest forms. Ayu said with the exorbitant price of the forms, the party was still ready to inflict more […]

The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, will host presidential aspirants across political parties for an Iftar dinner at the Presidential Villa on Saturday. The information was contained in an invitation letter to the guests sighted in Abuja on Thursday. Invitees to the dinner are instructed not to come along with their mobile devices, but their […]

Senator Chris Ngige believes he has the capacity to turn the country’s fortunes for good, insisting that if he wins the presidential race in 2023, two years would be enough to do that. “If my party gives me the ticket, many Nigerians know that Chris Ngige is the round peg for the round hole of […]