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Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.  As He passed by,  He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office.  And He said to him, “Follow Me.”  So he arose and followed Him.   Now it happened, as He was […]

  President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, said he remained hopeful and optimistic about achieving victory in the last presidential election, despite the ineffective cashless policy implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria.   The President spoke in separate remarks at the palaces of the Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, […]

The Nigerian Presidency responded to some criticism about the gatekeeping role of Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the role remains what it was in Buhari’s first term. President Buhari had stirred the controversy when he told his 43 ministers at the end of a retreat that: In terms […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has dismissed the claim by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he won the presidential election in Kaduna state.President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner of the Feb. 23 presidential election by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) having polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he believes in the will of the people and cannot put pressure on voters to elect leaders they do not like; assuring Nigerians that he was ready to work with elected representatives of the people regardless of party platforms on which they were elected, in the best interest of the country […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday deferred rulings on two separate motions filed by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The motions are challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the criminal charges brought against Justice Onnoghen by the Federal Government. The tribunal also reserved ruling on another motion […]

Despite the possibility that the presidential election petition tribunal could still overturn the results of the Feb 23 presidential elections, the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider only card-carrying members for political appointments, if and when her husband is sworn in for a second term. She […]

In the history of elections in Imo State, Saturday’s governorship polls are the fiercest since the state was created in 1976. This is due mainly to the caliber of candidates on display and the type of heavyweight support behind them. Imo State has the largest number of governorship aspirants in this year’s general elections. And […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Sen. Ayogu Eze has urged the INEC to include his name in the Saturday governorship elections as directed by an Abuja Appeal Court. Briefing journalists in Enugu on Friday, Eze alleged that barely eight hours to the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had […]

  Alhaji Kaugama Abdullahi, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Kaduna State has reiterated that there would be no voting in Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections without the use of the smart card reader. Addressing a joint news conference with heads of security agencies in the state a few hours before the March 9 polls […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the House of Assembly Election for the Nasarawa/Binyeri State Constituency of Adamawa. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) , Mr. Kashim Gaidam, disclosed this to reporters in Yola. Gaidam said that the postponement became necessary following the death of a member of the assembly, who was candidate of […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday declared that the illegal arrest of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members by the military will not stop the party from emerging victorious in tomorrow’s elections. An army source told The Guardian that the State Commissioner of Education, Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja, who was arrested on Wednesday, has been handed over to […]