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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has explained that his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership qualities, saying he wants to help the 78-year-old in dealing with the challenges facing the country.  Ayade moved to the APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday after […]

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, is dead, HumAngle is reporting. According to the news platform, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening following the invasion of the terror group’s stronghold in the Sambisa forest area by a column of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters. ISWAP, which had broken away from the Shekau-led Boko Haram faction in […]

The Senate has moved to prohibit the payment and receiving of ransom for the release of any kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined victim in the country. This followed the consideration and second reading of a Bill by the upper chamber, titled: “Terrorism prevention (amendment) Bill, 2021,” and sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi. Onyewuchi, in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is committed to free and fair elections because he has respect for the right of Nigerians to choose their leaders. The president said although it is normal practice for people in power to win elections “by hook or by crook”, he is determined to never interfere in the electoral […]

Embattled former son-in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Gimba Kumo, has stated that he was never invited by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission, ICPC, before he was declared wanted for alleged misappropriation of $65m while he was Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN. Mr Kumo, in a […]

The Senate on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to suspend plans to deploy the 5G network technology in Nigeria till further notice. The red chamber has equally directed the Nigerian Communications Commission, and the Mobile Network Operators to put the exercise on hold, for now, to enable them to study the trend of 5G deployment […]

Ahmed Isah, the host of Brekete Family, a human rights programme, has announced his plan to end his show amid the controversy on assault. In an undercover investigation, BBC Africa Eye captured how Isah assaulted a woman who appeared on his show. Isah, popularly known as ordinary president, was seen slapping the defenceless woman. This […]

Amid the ongoing strike to make Kaduna State State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, rescind the mass sack of workers, the governor on Tuesday announced the dismissal of all nurses below level 14. The governor’s action is linked to a tweet he made earlier when he stated that Barau Dikko Teaching hospital had reported that nurses […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve a new N2.3 trillion ($6.18 billion) external borrowing. Buhari’s letter was read by the Presiding Officers, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila during resumption of plenary on Tuesday.  In the letter dated May 6, 2021, Buhari said the loan request […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram insurgents have taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to launch attacks in Nigeria. He stated this in an article published on Tuesday in Le Point, a French weekly magazine. On Sunday, Buhari departed Abuja for France ahead of a finance summit for African countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Discussions […]

A Senior Special Assistant to the Ogun State Governor, Abidemi Rufai, faces up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of wire fraud. According to the United States Department of Justice, wire fraud is punishable by up to 30 years in prison when it relates to benefits paid in connection with a presidentially-declared […]

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, on Tuesday said the turnaround time for issuance of passports is now six weeks. The service’s Public Relations Officer, Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. James quoted Babandede as saying this at the NIS headquarters in Abuja during a media chat […]

A man named Makanjuola Ayedun from Isanlu community, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State has reportedly crushed his wife, Mrs Nike Ayedun to death with a car.  The incident occurred at Gwagwalada, Abuja on Friday, May 14, 2021 around 10pm.   SaharaReporters learnt that Ayedun knocked down his wife, Nike, a staff member of […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described as a distraction, the speculations that he will contest the 2023 presidential election. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Osinbajo, in a statement yesterday, said it was not true that he had declared interest in the race. He said the Office of the Vice President was not connected to the website, supportosinbajo.ng, or […]

No fewer than 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease as a result of long working hours were recorded in 2016. Latest estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) showed that the death figure represented an increase of 29 per cent since 2000. These estimates were contained in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government to address what it called the worsening food insecurity now threatening millions of Nigerians under his watch. This is even as the main opposition party noted that under Buhari, “over 82.9 million Nigerians can no longer afford their […]