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…All 5 A’ Court justices drawn from APC-controlled states Ahead of the forthcoming Appeal Court judgment in Abuja on the Bayelsa State governorship election, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva who is challenging the re-election of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, has continued celebration. A civil society organisation, Movement for the Independence […]

Informal security actors such as vigilantes play a variety of roles in African communities. Research has tended to focus on the negative impact of informal security providers, but these groups have an essential role in a community’s safety and security. This report provides an analysis of the informal security actors in the Nigerian states of […]

The Federal Government  disclosed on Friday that it has concluded plans to raise $1 billion on the Eurobond market. The decision by the Nigerian government is part of its plan to meet deficit in the 2016 budget. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, at a press briefing in Abuja said that the government had earlier in […]

The Nigeria Governors Forum, (NGF) consisting of the 36 governors of the federation has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare the current economic recession in the country as a national emergency. The request was made in a publication  after their meeting in Abuja on Friday. The three point communique was read by the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that prompt and appropriate disciplinary action be taken against those responsible for a wrongful insertion in his speech delivered on September 8, 2016 at the launch of the “Change Begins with Me’’ campaign.    It was observed that the similarities between a paragraph in President Obama’s 2008 Victory Speech and what […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari will participate in the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 19-23, 2016 in New York, United States,” Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said on Friday. He said in a press release that the President will deliver Nigeria’s statement at the opening […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, Friday, provided an update on the Chibok girls. His words:”Good afternoon, gentlemen of the press. 2.Members of the public may recall that when the present administration came on board, Mr. President pledged to Nigerians to ensure the security of lives and property of every Nigerian, provide employment for the nation’s […]

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has denied any links with money laundering through her accounts.  The denial was contained in a statement by her media aide, Yemi Akinbode on Thursday.  According to the statement, Mrs Jonathan said she was constrained to respond to “tissues of lies being churned out” by the Economic and Financial […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that some Ministries may get significantly less capital allocation in the year 2017 budget.  The president said the decision to cut down the allocation of some ministries is in order to focus on key priorities of his administration. He made the revelation in Abuja on Thursday while attending the first […]

President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his administration will support a constitutional amendment to free local governments from the stranglehold of states and better the lot of Nigerians at the community level. Receiving the leadership of the Association of Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON) on Thursday in Abuja, President Buhari said a constitutional amendment was urgently […]

The UN and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) on Thursday in Abuja, urged aggrieved persons and groups in the country to ceasefire and allow peace to reign. Director-General of IPCR, Prof. Oshita Oshita, who said this while speaking at a news conference on the commemoration of the forthcoming 2016 International Day of Peace, […]

The Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity of the‎ Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mr Nick Dazang on Thursday said that the commission has continued with arrangements to ensure the success of the governorship election in Edo State which was  rescheduled for 28th September.   Dazang stated this in an interview with reporters in Abuja […]