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The National Leader and one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said that Nigerians would not regret electing him president come 2023.   Tinubu made the declaration in Kano on Friday in continuation of his consultations with the party’s delegates to the presidential primaries.   “I hereby appeal to […]

Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, has been advised by the Indigenous People of Biafra to cancel a crusade planned by the church to hold in in Aba, Abia State, because of security concerns in the Southeast region.    IPOB in a statement on Thursday by its Media and […]

Police in Lagos State on Thursday clashed with commercial motorcyclists as they began the enforcement of a ban on the operations of the riders, after the order by the State governor.   Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced a ban on the operations of the riders in six local government areas of the state, to […]

  The Supreme Court on Thursday granted the application by the Rivers Attorney General and Speaker to be made defendants in the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation seeking to nullify Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022.   A seven-man panel of the Justices of […]

The All Progressives Congress has announced new dates for its presidential and all other primary elections.   Under the new arrangement, the presidential primary would hold on May 29, 2022, while different dates were given for other primaries.   The primary was initially scheduled to hold between May 30 and June 1, 2022.   The […]

  The Nigerian government on Wednesday announced an indefinite suspension of Ahmed Idris, the Accountant General of the Federation,  who has been accused of alleged N80 billion fraud.   His suspension was announced by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.   His suspension was announced through a letter dated May 18, […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced total ban on okada operations in six Local Governments Areas in the state beginning from June 1, 2022.   This is not the first time the government had announced total ban on okada operations in these areas, as there were no strict enforcement.   But on June […]

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the bail application by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.   Ruling on the application, the trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako, held that since Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court would first determine his reason for […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday said it has arrested the serving Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, in connection with the diversion of funds and money laundering activities to the tune of N80bn.   This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson […]

Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has returned to work.   Sylva was said to have withdrawn from the race having considered the enormous work at hand at the ministry.   The Northern Solidarity Group had on May 9, presented the […]

Police in Lagos State on Sunday arrested five suspects in connection with the killing of a 38-year-old sound engineer by commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada.   Reports said the father of two was killed in the Lekki area of Lagos over a disagreement with a cyclist over a balance of N100.   Police sources […]

…appeals to FG, union to resolve industrial action   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has blamed the increasing rate of drug abuse in the state on the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).   Addressing journalists after the state’s security council meeting at Government House in Benin City, […]