The Supreme court of Nigeria, on Wednesday, upheld the elections of eight governors. They are: Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) Bello Masari (Katsina) Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa) David Umahi (Ebonyi) Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) Seyi Makinde Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna) In the case of Ogun, Mary Peter-Odili, the judge who led the seven-man panel, dismissed the appeal […]
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PDP Presidential candidate in the last presidential election and Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he cannot sit and watch the government of President Muhammadu Buhari “ruin the future of Nigerians” with his $29.6 billion loan request. Recall that Buhari had asked the senate to approve the loan, saying oil earnings are no […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has alleged that over $400billion was laundered and stashed abroad by corrupt leaders in the country and their foreign accomplices. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the disclosure in a speech he presented at the eighth session of the Conference of States Parties to […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze conditions with localised visibility of two to five kilometres over Northern and Central cities. NiMet’s weather outlook on Monday in Abuja further predicted sunny and hazy conditions over inland cities within the period of forecast. “For Northern states, dust haze condition with localised visibility between the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his election victory in the United Kingdom general election. The President, in a congratulatory message by one of his spokespersons, Malam Garba Shehu, noted that “Britain has been a reliable and historically unique ally of Nigeria’’. He said Buhari observed that Britain had particularly supported […]
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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari says all Africans travelling to Nigeria will get visa on arrival from January 2020. Speaking at the ongoing Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa holding in Egypt, the president said: “We in Nigeria have already taken the strategic decision to bring down […]
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Blackout is currently rocking Nigeria as electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have announced another collapse of national electricity grid. In different statements by the DisCos on Wednesday, it was said that the blackout in the country is as a result of the industrial action by electricity workers. Earlier on Wednesday, the National Union of Electricity Employees […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Muhammadu Buhari bastardizing and reducing presidency to a house of commotion. Speaking via an official statement in Abuja on Wednesday, Kola Ologbondiyan, national publicity secretary of the PDP, said the president has handed over the control of the government to a cabal. The PDP made the assertion […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned Senator Magnus Abe to stop blackmailing the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by constantly linking the leader’s name to his numerous betrayal of the party in Rivers State. Eze, who is former National Publicity Secretary […]
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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue Nigeria’s electoral process and democracy from imminent collapse. Reacting to the just concluded elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, Idayat Hassan, CDD director, said the foundation of Nigeria’s democracy is facing serious challenges. Hassan condemned the violence and disruptions in the […]
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