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Brazil’s aircraft maker Embraer said Wednesday it has finalized a contract to sell 12 light attack aircraft to Nigeria’s air force, to boost the military’s capacity in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast. Embraer’s military aircraft division said in a statement it and a partner firm making electronic systems, Sierra Nevada […]

Mr. Robert Azibaola, cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has explained that $40 million received from National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, was judiciously used, saying 10,000 militants were beneficiaries. He told the Federal High Court, Abuja, when he was cross examined on Tuesday by Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, the prosecutor. He told the court that […]

Mr. Paul Usoro, the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), would be re-arraigned on Feb. 14 before Justice Chuks Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Lagos.The trial of Usoro is to commence afresh on alleged money laundering to the tune of N1.4 billion, ChannelsTV reported. Usoro’s planned re-arraignment followed the failure of the case to […]

Despite the fact that his father is an avowed supporter of the presidential ambition of the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid got a boost on Monday when Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, stormed the United States to galvanize Nigerians to support Buhari for the Feb. 16 presidential election. […]

Barely 11 days to the presidential election, opposition Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has lost his spokesman to All Progressives Congress (APC). Gov. Tambuwal, on Tuesday sacked the Commissioner for Information, Bello Muhammad-Goronyo, following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tambuwal’s Director-General, Media and Public Relations, Malam Abubakar Shekara, disclosed this in a […]

For referring to the year he assumed office as 2005 instead of 2015, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described another gaffe by President Muhammadu Buhari’s as a national disgrace and embarrassment, insisting that those campaigning for Buhari’s reelection despite his clear demonstration of lack of intellectual capacity, were enemies of Nigeria […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of overheating the polity with falsehood to cause confusion and make the election a nullity, alleging that the PDP was making inciting utterances at its electioneering campaigns ahead of the general elections. “As the 2019 […]

The traditional ruler of Umueri, Igwe Ben Ameke has been suspended from the traditional council following a disagreement which ensued over breaking of kolanuts. At the Weekend, some traditional rulers in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State engaged in a heated argument over who should break the kolanut when Governor Willie Obiano visited […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his main objective in contesting elections four times and ending up in Supreme Court three times, before he finally won the election in 2015. Receiving retired army generals, admirals, marshals and former military governors/administrators in a courtesy call at State House, Abuja, on Monday, the President declared: “God has made […]

The outgoing Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has expressed bitter disappointment and regret for supporting his former Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that led to his emergence as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okorocha said the national chairman, whom he christened “Oshi and Ole” is a man of bad faith, […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) burnt by hoodlums in Abia State would be reprinted for collection before the presidential election next Feb 16. The electoral umpire, which identified issues relating to collection of PVCs nationwide as its greatest challenge, also said it was working assiduously to […]

The People’s Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, secured a visa to the United States for the first time in 12 years after a reported travel ban due to corruption charges. The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) had latched on to Atiku’s inability to enter the US to discredit him. Prior to Atiku’s travel, Information Minister, […]