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  A mob on Saturday killed a member of a vigilante group in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, for allegedly making a blasphemous statement against Prophet Muhammad.   The action took place in the Timber market section of Fruit Market in the Federal Housing Estate, in the Lugbe area of the city.   The victim was […]

Nigeria’s Ministry of Power has explained the reason for the current dip in electricity generation in the country.   The ministry gave the update in a statement issued on Saturday.   The statement reads:   “We wish to notify the general public that the current dip in electricity generation is as a result of the […]

…youthful aspirant among those cleared, says Odigie-Oyegun   The All Progressives Congress Screening Committee says it disqualified 10 out of the 23 presidential aspirants of the party.   This was disclosed on Friday by the Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, in Abuja.   Odigie-Oyegun made the disclosure while submitting his committee’s report to […]

A presidential aspirant and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said without him, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would not have become the president in 2015.   Tinubu spoke at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, the state capital, while addressing the APC delegates ahead of the party’s primary. […]

Nigeria’s suspended Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.   Idris was arrested by the EFCC for his alleged involvement in a N174 billion fraud.   He was leased on bail from EFCC’s custody on Wednesday night in Abuja, the spokesman for the agency, Wilson Uwujarem, has confirmed.   […]

  As the search for the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari gathers steam, the Southern Governors Forum has asked the All Progressives Congress to rotate power to the South, while keeping the presidency.   This message to the party came from the chairman of the Forum and governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu.   President […]

Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor-Kalu, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to choose the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the consensus presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress.   President Buhari had earlier this week tasked APC governors with the challenge of selecting a consensus candidate from among the over twenty members of the […]

 …governors meeting is deadlocked   The statement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the choice of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress has generated some debate within the party, some stakeholders of the party on Wednesday warned of potential dangers in the process.   The President had on Tuesday tasked the governors of […]

The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr Samuel Kanu-Uche, has narrated how the bandits who kidnapped him and two others finally settled for N100 million ransom.   The kidnappers, who he identified as Fulanis, showed him decomposing bodies of some past victims who had been killed and dumped   The cleric spoke in […]

  The citizenship of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his eligibility to contest the 2023 presidential election have been challenged in court, just three days after he won the Presidential primary of the People’s Democratic Party.    These are the subject matter of a case brought before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Governors of the All Progressives Congress to ensure that the forthcoming convention to pick a presidential candidate reflects all the values and virtues of the party.    At a meeting Tuesday at State House, Abuja, the President told the 22 Governors and the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi […]

  …warns opposition could exploit allegation against Tinubu   A member of the All Progressives Congress has called for the disqualification of Balo Tinubu, the National Leader of the party and a frontline presidential aspirant to be disqualified from the race.   Sagir Mai Iyali, in a letter dated May 17, 2022, described himself as […]