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The protest against the military’s involvement in elections continued yesterday with a group in Abuja under the aegis of Save Democracy Women (SDW) cautioning against further deployment of soldiers for polls. On Tuesday, a pro-democracy group known as Impact Future Nigeria (IFN) staged a peaceful protest in Abuja over the militarization of the 2019 general […]

Jeff Bezos remains the world’s richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultra-wealthy, while far behind President Donald Trump jumped 51 spots in the ranking. Trump is now 715th in the world, far behind Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, who is 136th with a net […]

An estimated 1,863 Nigerians who came to Russia last year for the FIFA World Cup are still on the loose in the country, more than two months after their Fan IDs expired. Dozens of them, who were young women, have been forced into prostitution by the human traffickers who brought them into Russia under the […]

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday granted former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) permission to inspect and obtain Certified True Copy (CTC) of election materials used in the conduct of the February 23 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Justice Abdul Aboki-led tribunal also ordered […]

The acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate ban on unauthorized use of unmarked and covered vehicle number plates across the country. The ban was issued through a statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Mr Frank Mba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, on Tuesday in Abuja. Adamu gave the order […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Feb 23 poll, Atiku Abubakar, has filed for a motion before the 2019 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal seeking an order to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make available for inspection the materials used for the February 23 polls. Atiku lost to […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his criticism of government is to keep leaders on their toes. He was reacting to the admonition of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, who appealed to him to cease fighting political leaders, especially President Muhammadu Buhari, now that he is 82 years old. The monarch spoke […]

Even as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come out to clarify that the use of card readers in next Saturday’s gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, the Commission has appealed to those in possession of its 63 missing card readers in Bayelsa State to return them before Saturday’s elections. INEC did not say how […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law Babalele Abdullahi, who has been in EFCC custody over allegations of money laundering. In a bizarre sequence of events, the EFCC freed Abdullahi and arrested Tanimu Turaki, who had come to the Commission’s premises to sign bail papers for Abdullahi, who is the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said the use of smart card readers (SCRs) is mandatory in Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said, the clarification  was important going by allegations since the conduct of the February 23, Presidential […]

The Nigerian National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMIDP) has expressed concern over the ejection of Nigerian refugees by the government of Cameroon despite passionate appeals to Cameroon not to chase out the victims of Boko Haram attacks from Rann Local Government Area of Borno State. In a statement issued Tuesday in […]

Senator Dino Melaye was on Tuesday docked before an FCT High Court, Apo area of Abuja on a six-count charge, bordering on attempted suicide and attempt to escape from custody. Melaye, who just won re-election to represent Kogi West Senatorial District, was also charged with damage to police property. The senator, however, denied committing the […]