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President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that ending banditry remains a key priority of his administration, even as some Nigerians staged a protest in Abuja over alleged government indifference to the recent spike in reported incidents of banditry and kidnappings in some parts of the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Dead Sea, Jordan, urged world leaders to work towards narrowing gaps in social and economic opportunities for citizens as panacea to rising conflicts across the globe, attributing the Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria to lack of inclusion. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Middle East and North Africa, the […]

The Executive Directors of the World Bank on Friday unanimously selected David Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term, beginning on Tuesday, April 9. The World Bank in a press release published on its website, said the appointment followed a transparent nomination process where any national of the Bank’s membership […]

As predicted yesterday by www.www.aso.rocks search engine, Nigeria’s most senior judge has resigned, his lawyer said on Friday, less than two months after he was charged with false declaration of assets that government critics said was politically motivated. “Yes, he resigned yesterday,” Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen’s lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, (SAN) told the French news agency, […]Read More

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has directed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), Mr. Aminchi Habu to serve his petition on President Muhammadu Buhari through his party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Habu is challenging the declaration of Buhari as the winner of the Feb. 23 presidential election on the grounds that the […]

The Buhari Youth Organization (BYO) in collaboration with Youth Support Groups in the North Central have expressed their dissatisfaction with the zoning formula of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the leadership of the upcoming 9th National Assembly. Mr. Dabit Joseph, the North Central Coordinator of the group, made the disclosure at a news conference […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has replaced Lawrence Ezeh, the All Progressives Congress’ Enugu East Senatorial candidate with Adaku Ogbu-Aguocha. The replacement comes after a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu nullified Ezeh’s candidature stating that he was not properly nominated by the party. Ezeh defected to APC from the opposition People’s Democratic Party after […]

A document from the Election Petition Tribunal, located in the premises of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, has revealed that 736 petitions against the Conduct and outcome of the 2019 general elections have so far been received as at April 4 The document which emanated from the office of the Deputy Chief Registrar, Election […]

The Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms Patience Oniha, says the total public debt of Nigeria as at Dec. 31, 2018 is N24.38 trillion. Oniha, who made the disclosure during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said that the figure comprised of debt owed by the Federal Government, States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). […]

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has advanced reasons why the North remains poor in spite of its huge agricultural potential, saying over 60 per cent of people in the Northeast and Northwest live in extreme poverty. Dangote stated this yesterday as guest speaker at the fourth Economic and Investment Summit in Kaduna, stressing that […]

After examining the petitions alleging misconduct against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the acting Chief Justice, Justice Tanko Muhammad, the National Judicial Council (NJC) Wednesday said in Abuja that it had sent its findings to President Muhammadu Buhari for action. www.www.aso.rocks search engine can authoritatively report that owing to the […]

The National Judicial Council (NJC) Wednesday dismissed the allegations of false and non-declaration of assets brought against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The NJC in a statement by its Director of Information Soji Oye, described the allegations relating to assets declaration levelled against Justice Onnoghen as subjudice and consequently, abstained from […]