Hamidu Tafida, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday appealed to Nigerians to purchase nomination form for him. Mr Tafida made the appeal in Jalingo while declaring his intention to contest the 2019 [...]
A former presidential candidate and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has revealed how the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, plans to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 general election. Last week, Mr. Saraki declared his intention to run for president [...]
Aponmu Lona, a village under Idanre local government, in Ondo Central Senatorial District, cuts a picture of abandoned constituency projects litter in Ondo. The sorry picture begins at the entrance to the village through a detour off the Akure-Ondo expressway. [...]
Following conclusion of continuous voters registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the commission said, yesterday, that a total of 269,787 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) are yet to be claimed in Kaduna State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abdullahi Adamu Kaugama, [...]
Tsav said if it were to be former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the rubbish going on under the Buhari government would have stopped. Speaking with Punch, Tsav described Buhari as a simple man who is corrupt-free. He said, “Buhari is a [...]
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that all its presidential aspirants must sign an undertaking that they will abide by the outcome of its presidential primary slated for October 5 and 6. PDP also said [...]
A police officer attached to the Ipakodo-Ikorodu station of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Inspector Charles Omotosho, has been sacked for extorting five thousand naira from a road user in May. While Omotosho, who was attached to SARS Ikorodu, [...]
The Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders’ Forum has appealed to Segun Oni to withdraw the suit challenging the eligibility of the governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi, for the July 14 governorship election. The elders came out with this position after [...]
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, wept openly over what he called increasing frustration caused by youth unemployment poverty and insecurity. He told a group of young men and women who presented Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Nomination and [...]
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday declared to run for the office of the President of Nigeria. This came about 24 hours after his Senate colleague, Rabiu Kwankwaso, also declared to run for the same office [...]
Oyo declares today work-free day for PVCs’ collection: Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has declared today public holiday to enable people to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), or make fresh registration. He gave the directive yesterday in a statement [...]
Akwa Ibom State government has described as untrue and unfounded report by Managing Director, Rock Marine Services Limited, Mr. Essien Elijah, that officials of the state government obtained N184,235,450.89 under false pretence of concessioning the marine terminal at Oron. In [...]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and political stakeholders in the state have promised a conducive atmosphere for peaceful poll. Idris spoke yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, at a one-day seminar he organised for stakeholders in the [...]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the prevailing insecurity is worse than the three-year civil war the country experienced between 1967 and 1970. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Minna during his endorsement tour of Niger State, he maintained that Nigerian [...]
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday formally declared his decision to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He made the declaration during a dialogue with youths and young aspirants convened by the Not [...]
Nigeria has restated its calls for the total elimination of nuclear weapons to engender a peaceful and secured world. Audu Kadiri, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Offices in Geneva and Other International Organisations, stated this in Gemeva at [...]
British Prime Minister Theresa May was received at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, accompanied by his deputy, among other state officials. Upon her arrival aboard a Royal Air Force aircraft, Ms May and Mr [...]
The Nigerian authorities must immediately release thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance and held in secret detention facilities across the country without charge or trial, Amnesty International said Thursday. The day marks International Day of the [...]
Anxiety is growing at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) following the rejection of the 2018 budget of the agency by its Governing Council over alleged improprieties. The scheme’s Governing Council is empowered by law to review and approve the [...]
As campaigns for next year’s election gather momentum, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has explained how the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, failed to meet the expectations of northern electorate, insisting that he can no longer [...]
The Cross River State government and the House of Assembly are heading for collusion following alleged alteration of the state’s 2018 budget of some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) without recourse to the lawmakers. Chairman, Commercial Transport Regulatory Agency (CTRA), [...]
It was a tragedy in Abonong Village in Foron District of Barkin Ladi Local Council of Plateau State when suspected gunmen on Tuesday burnt to death a pastor of Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Adamu Gyang Wurim; his [...]
Ojukwu joins senatorial race: Bianca, former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, yesterday formally declared her interest to contest for the Anambra South Senatorial seat. She made the declaration in Ekwulobia in [...]
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel will visit Nigeria on Thursday and Ghana on Friday. She left her country for Senegal on Wednesday on a first leg of a three-day trip to Africa for talks on containing illegal migration. According to DPA, [...]
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that he washed dead bodies as a youth to pay his tuition fees while schooling abroad. Ajimobi said this yesterday at a South-West Youths Regional Summit in Osogbo. The Governor, while urging [...]
A week before Rabiu Kwankwaso was denied the use of the Eagle Square in Abuja for his presidential declaration, the same venue had been approved for him. Mr Kwankwaso, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted its budget for the 2019 general elections from N189 billion to N143 billion in deference to the National Assembly. Briefing newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting, the Chairman, National Assembly [...]
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has said that there may soon be a gale of defections from the ruling party because of the State Governor’s “high level of impunity”. The stakeholders from Kanam LGA of [...]
The Federal Government has questioned the authenticity of a statement reportedly made by President Donald Trump describing President Muhammadu Buhari as a “lifeless leader.” Trump made the statement shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30, Financial [...]
Buhari under fire for comment on rule of law: Lawyers on Monday condemned in strong terms the comments made by President Muhammadu Buhari that the rule of law will take second stage on issues involving alleged threat to national security. [...]
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