Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have told the National Assembly to drop the contentious direct primaries from the Electoral Act amendment...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 301 additional infections of COVID-19 on Sunday.
The NCDC via its verified website on Monday morning, also disclosed that eight people were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications on Sunday,...
Moves by some vested interests to shift the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from February failed on Sunday as some governors resisted the plans.
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of governors elected on the...
Less than 24 hours after supporters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo kickstarted his 2023 presidential campaign in Kano, another top presidential contender, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday visited the ancient city.
While Osinbajo’s supporters launched the Vice President’s bid...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military to respond robustly to cases of killings and kidnappings by bandits in Niger State and to give effect to strategic objectives through the use of force.
Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, who...
By BOLANLE BOLAWOLE
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The elders say whatever tree the chimpanzee beats in the forest sounds like a drum. In like manner, whatever the Nigerian politician touches, he ruins. On August 27, 2017, the then governor of Oyo...
By FESTUS ADEDAYO
So I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper had come to ferret response to a...
About 1.5 million tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5, and Diazepam have been intercepted in Edo State by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday 14th January.
The opioids were loaded in...
No fewer than 14 living heroes of the Nigerian Army have been presented with brand new Hilux vehicles for their service to the nation in commemoration of the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC).
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen....
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists who had tried to attack the ancient town of Biu, Borno State.
The latest development was made known in a statement signed and...
