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Ime Obi Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo has endorsed the joint ticket of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr. Peter Obi for the 2019 presidential election. Ohanaeze made the announcement in a communique signed by President-General Ohanaeze Ndigbo World Wide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, issued on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The communique reads in full: PREAMBLE In its collective […]
Continue ReadingUnited States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) have announced consequences, which include visa restrictions, for election interference and election-related violence in Nigeria. This message was announced in two separate statements issued on Thursday. Both countries described the elections as very important to not just Nigeria but to the whole of Africa, demanding that the process […]
Continue ReadingIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that, it is too late now for any candidate to withdraw from contesting any position in the upcoming general elections in Nigeria. INEC said this while responding to the news of the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). Rotimi […]
Continue ReadingWife of Nigerian president, Mrs Aisha Buhari has not been seen campaigning along with her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari in his re-election bid and this has raised concern as to her whereabouts. But TheCable understands that she is currently in Germany for medical reasons, although her office has refused to confirm or deny the speculation. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal Abuja division on Thursday ordered the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to stay further proceedings in the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending its ruling on Wednesday January 30, 2019. The three member panel of the appellate court gave the order after taking submissions from […]
Continue ReadingA shocking footage of Soldiers currently battling Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria has emerged, according to PoliticsNGR. In the Footage, Nigerian Soldiers are seen battling to push a broken down armoured Truck. The video has elicited outrage from some Nigerians on social media. PoliticsNGR has the footage. Watch Video HERE NOTE: Bodedolu platform has not verified […]
Continue ReadingAllied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) presidential candidate, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has on Thursday stepped down from the presidential race to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 16, 2019 election. In a statement issued by Ozioma Ubabukoh, the spokesperson for the Obiageli Ezekwesili […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh was buried in Abuja today. A funeral service was held in his honour at the Pentecostal Church, Air Force base, in Abuja on Wednesday. He was, thereafter, laid to rest at the military cemetery in Abuja. In attendance at the funeral were: Boss Mustapha, […]
Continue ReadingJustice Mohammed Idris on Wednesday said the Court of Appeal President Zainab Bulkachuwa did not give him a fiat to continue to adjudicate on the trial of former Abia State Governor Dr Orji Uzor Kalu. The judge was handling the 12-year-old case at the Federal High Court in Lagos before he was elevated to appellate […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari arrived Sokoto State on Wednesday to flag off APC presidential Campaign for the coming general elections. He is also expected to take his campaign train to Kebbi State later in the day.
Continue ReadingNigerian House of Representatives has passed the Bill seeking to criminalise estimated billing in the country. This crucial bill was passed Tuesday after the lower legislative chamber considered the report of its committee on power sector. The Bill aims to criminalise estimated billing and make the installation of prepaid meters compulsory for all power consumers […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chief of Army Staff and ex-Minister of Defence, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma rtd has raised the alarm of an alleged plot to use undemocratic ways to rig the 2019 general elections. T.Y Danjuma alleged that there were clandestine moves to cause civil unrest in Taraba, with the hope of making the governorship election inconclusive. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the N27,000 new National Minimum Wage adopted by the National Council of State on Tuesday. Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, the NLC General Secretary, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. The N27,000 approved by the Council of State is N3,000 short of the […]
Continue ReadingIn a fresh interview with BBC, former President Olusegun Obasanjo says APC is accomodating to any politicain who has stolen so much (even if he stole the whole of Nigeria) but defects to that party but will come for anyone who stole just N10 over 15 years ago but criticises the Buhari administration. Watch clips from […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N27,000 as the new minimum wage for the workers. The national council approved the sum of N27,000 during its meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Tuesday. While addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the National Council of State meeting inside the Council Chambers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and President Muhammadu Buhari met and shook hands before the commencement of the meeting which began at 11.00am. This is coming barely 48 hours after the former […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled Nigerian Senator representing Kogi West, Mr. Dino Melaye has fulfilled his bail conditions. Melaye was arrested by the police on January 4 and had been in the hospital after he slumped at the police command headquarters. Last week, an Abuja High court granted him bail on health grounds. He fulfilled all the conditions today. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the Federal SARS, Special Investigation Panel and Special Tactical Squad. Adamu who took over from Ibrahim Idris on January 15, announced this on Monday January 21, at his inaugural conference with Commissioners of Police and other senior police officers in Abuja. […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Atiku Abubakar, has named 30 people accused of corruption who are working with Buhari. Phrank Shaibu, Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communications who released a statement on behalf of the Presidential candidate, noted that while most are members of the APC party, others ran to APC to seek refuge from anti-graft agencies. […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has lent its voice to the remark by the former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo that Nigeria was back to the late General Sani Abacha’s era under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. While speaking on Sunday in his state of the nation address which he tagged “Points for Concern and Action” Obasanjo said just […]
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