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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again rescheduled its presidential primary. It will now take place on Friday, Sept. 28, as against the earlier announced date of Thursday, Sept. 27. It was the third time the party would announce a slight adjustment of its primary timetable. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, announced […]

The National Assembly has shifted its resumption from its annual recess from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, according to its Clerk, Mohammed Omolori. Omolori announced this on Sunday, attributing it to the primary elections by political parties. “This is to inform all Distinguished senators and Honourable members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for […]

Polaris Bank has taken over the assets and liabilities of Skye Bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria said today. Consequently, the CBN has revoked the operating licence of Skye Bank Plc with immediate effect. Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this during a press briefing in Lagos on Friday. Emefiele said the decision was […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a campaign organization for his re-election in 2019 with Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as Secretary/Director General. Hon. Amaechi was the Director General of the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Committee in 2014-2015 that won the elections and brought the current administration into office. The new Director General will announce […]

Frontline presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has named Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and 58 other persons as members of his presidential nomination council ahead of the PDP presidential primaries. Members of the council drawn from several states of the country are eminent stakeholders in the […]

The Federal Government on Wednesday, said it has suspended the proposed new National Carrier, Nigerian Air. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Serika, made the disclosure via his Twitter handle: “I regret to announce that the Federal Executive Council has taken the tough decision to suspend the National Carrier Project in the interim. “All […]

A Roman Catholic priest and Boston hospital chaplain has been charged with sexually assaulting a child in 2006, the Boston Globe reports. Rev. Christian Ohazulume, a visiting priest from Nnewi, Nigeria, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three counts of aggravated indecent assault and battery of a child under 14. Prosecutors say Ohazulume was living […]

Following the  replacement of acting DG of DSS, Mr Matthew Seiyefa  with Mr Yusuf Magaji Bichi from Kano, the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has passed a vote of no confidence of President Muhammadu Buhari.  The forum in statement issued Thursday, described President Buhari as sectional ,narrow, parochial ,and tribalistic leader who went on […]

Former President Olusegun Obásanjó on Wednesday afternoon in Abeokuta rebuffed overtures from President Muhammadu Buhari on the former’s opposition to the latter’s re-election bid. According to some reliable sources, the emissaries who visited former President Obásanjó on Wednesday afternoon in his office at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library were told by Obasanjo that his opposition […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved with effect from the 14th of September, the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi (fwc), as new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) The appointment was contained in statement issued on Wednesday by Shehu Garba According to the statement, the appointee is a core Secret Service operative. Garba shehu […]

We have now fully entered the political season – with its embedded bazaars, festivities, speeches, permutations and configurations. Most of the activities in the political space are configured to bring dividends in 2019. The presidential election will define the year 2019 and will be a watershed in the life of current political gladiators. We are […]

The real cause of the proxy war between the incumbent Governor of Lagos state, Akinwumi Ambode and his estranged godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been revealed by the Governance Support Group. According to the group, represented by Mr. Akinsola Sunmonu Richards, the failure of Ambode to meet the financial demands of Tinubu has caused a […]