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There are strong indications that Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State might face another hurdle in the June 22 governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sources within the APC headquarters and the screening committee set up by the party to examine the credentials of the aspirants, confided in www.www.aso.rocks search engine that the […]

The Nigerian Government has declared Friday, June 12, 2020, as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration.    Nigeria’s interior minister Rauf Aregbesola in a statement signed by the permanent secretary in the ministry Georgina Ehuriah congratulated all Nigerians at home and abroad for the entrenchment of democratic rule in the country.   […]

Airlines in Nigeria and other African countries hit the rock bottom in the month of April, with passenger traffic dropping by a whopping 98.7%. A regional travel estimate recently released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), showed that the dip was nearly twice as bad as the 49.8% demand drop in March, and a […]

Nigeria and Cameroon have remitted $6 million (N2.3 billion) to the United Nations (UN) headquarters for the demarcation of the international boundaries between the two countries. The money was paid to the Trust Fund account on the Nigeria-Cameroon Boundary Demarcation in respect of the 2,000km-stretch from the Lake Chad region in the North-east to the […]

  The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday declined the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seek the final forfeiture of two properties belonging to a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.   Justice Mohammed Liman turned down the request in a ruling over insufficient and conflicting affidavit evidence. He […]

The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, declared yesterday that every kobo contributed by members of the group worldwide was being invested into “dismantling Nigeria and restoring the state of Biafra.”   Kanu was responding to an allegation by the presidency on Sunday that the group he leads was […]

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday said security operatives had neutralized 1,429 terrorists and arrested 116 spies in the ongoing counter-terrorism fight in the North East. Addressing State House correspondents after he briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on developments at the war front in Abuja, the military chief acknowledged that his men […]

Although it has been established that the party lacks an updated register of eligible voters to conduct a direct primary, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend foreclosed the adoption of indirect primary as a way of picking its candidate for the September governorship election in the state.   APC National Publicity Secretary, […]

  The federal government has continued to insist that it is taking necessary actions, even as Nigeria is set to experience a lean food supply crisis from June to August with as many as seven million people would, as predicted, suffer acute hunger and starvation within the period. The 2020 Global Report on Food Crises […]

The Presidency yesterday claimed that a top security agency in the country had uncovered a plot by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to ignite a war in Nigeria, “using false allegations of prosecution against Christians.”   A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, did not […]

Nigeria has recorded 260 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 12,486 the total number of confirmed cases in the country. Announcing this Sunday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Abia recorded 67 new cases, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 40, Lagos 38, Ogun 19, Gombe 16, Edo 14, Imo nine, Kwara, Nasarawa, Katsina and […]

Disturbed by increasing cases of rape, especially of minors, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, at the weekend, canvassed stiffer penalties for offenders. Aliyu, who spoke in Abuja shortly after distributing palliatives to the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Football […]