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At least an additional one million Nigerians will be pushed into poverty this year by the country’s high inflation rate, the World Bank has said. This will raise to seven million, the number of Nigerians who will slip into abject poverty this year, it explained.   Writing in a report, Nigeria Development Update, released in […]

Medical doctors in Abia State on Tuesday began a strike action to protest against the kidnap of one of them, 74-year-old Professor Uwadinachi Iweha.   This followed their threat on Friday to down their tools of the Professor was not released after 47 hours.   The professor was kidnapped on Sunday, June 6, by gunmen […]

Baring any last minutes changes, the leadership is expected to officially  announce the Rivers State Governor Barr Nyesom Wike as the running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 Presidential race.   Sources at the  National Headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP, who  did not want their name in print, confirmed to www.www.aso.rocks […]

If the current drive to mobilize voters for Nigeria’s 2023 general election continues, the country could record the highest level of voter turnout in its election history.   In a country where voter apathy has often marred elections and cast doubts on results declared, the current drive is an obvious strategy to encourage Nigerians to […]

Nigeria’s electricity supply collapsed late on Sunday, the fifth this year when the country’s national electricity grid crashed to zero.   The collapse occurred at about 18:49 hours on Sunday, being the culmination of a decline in power generation from the various power plants in the country. This led to a widespread blackout across the […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday warned the parties in the country against fielding Muslims as both the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates for the 2023 election.   The warning was given in Abuja by the National President of the Association, Dr Samson Ayokunle, who asked the parties to resist the temptation of choosing […]

Fellow Nigerians, Today, June The 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation.   2.           From 1999, we consistently celebrated Democracy Day to mark the end of military rule and the return of power and control into the hands of those freely […]

  Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has given empowered Nigerian youths drawn from all the states of the country with tricycles or Kekes to celebrate his 85th birthday.   He gave out 85 Kekes to the beneficiaries at an event tagged at ‘OBJ @85 Free Keke Programme’ that took place on Saturday at the Olusegun […]

  The Chief Executive Officer of Baraza Multipurpose Cooperative, a Bayelsa-based ponzi scheme, Pastor (Dr) Miebi Bribena (full name: Onyimiebi Bribena) and his wife, Beatrice Bribena have been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for allegedly defrauding Nigerians over N2 billion.   Bribena, who is a pastor at Christ Embassy Kumasi […]

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, has clinched the party’s presidential primary ticket.   At the conclusion of a long-drawn contest, Tinubu garnered  1,271 votes, beating the immediate past Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.   Amaechi beat Osinbajo to the third, having scored 316 votes, […]

  The battle for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket has been pruned down to one between Bola Tinubu and the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo.   This was disclosed by Senator Kabiru Gaya, who is Director-General of the Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation. He made the disclosure in an interview on Channels TV on Tuesday […]

Seven Presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday rejected the list of the party’s Governors, which pruned the number of the contestants submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari to five.   The names submitted to Buhari are former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu; a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Ekiti State Governor, Kayode […]