Front runner presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections; Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (All Progressives Congress); Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party; Peter Obi (Labour Party) and Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso (New Nigeria Peoples Party) are expected to speak at a debate today (Sunday). The debate is organised by pro-democracy group, the Centre for Democracy and Development, […]

By Miftaudeen Raji  Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has said he is not worried about the popularity of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Atiku stated this in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) during the week.  Read also: VIDEO: We can’t feed, 125-year-old bemoans […]

•The firestorm: How crack in Yoruba group widened into a crater • Adebanjo, Fasoranti groups trade blames By Dayo Johnson, Akure No doubt, the pan-Yoruba socio political group, Afenifere, is in disarray over the choice between the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his Labour Party (LP), counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, ahead of […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar says one of the three naira notes about to be redesigned should have the image of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

By Gabriel Olawale The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has frowned at the continous depreciation of naira, saying that situation has become worse to the extent that the country currency no longer worth the paper it’s printed on. Speaking during the Redeemed Christian Church of God 2022 […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo   Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has warned that the insurgency in the North-West is not only more serious than what exists now in the North-East but also presents a clear danger to the 2023 general elections and census if not nipped in the bud. The Governor, therefore, reiterated his appeal for a   North-West Theatre Command […]

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South  Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Friday night, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of abandoning victims of the ravaging floods in the country, especially Niger Delta,  asking when he would visit them.  The South -South regional body also berated the Minister of  Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar […]

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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said Nigeria is committed to assisting all displaced persons by providing durable and sustainable solutions for their rehabilitation, reintegration and resettlement back into society. President Buhari stated this during the commemoration of the National Day for Internally Displaced Persons with the theme “The journey so far: […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja It is more trouble for the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the permission to temporarily seize 40 properties that were allegedly traced to him. Trial Justice Inyang Ekwo granted the interim […]