Text of President Buhari’s broadcast to the nation (Full text)

Fellow Citizens, On Saturday, February 16, 2019, you will, once again, be called upon to choose the leaders who will pilot the affairs of our great nation for the next four years. This is a constitutional right which should be freely exercised by all eligible voters. 2. I wish therefore to start by assuring all […]

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APC has no candidates for Zamfara, Rivers – INEC says

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has dismissed as untrue, allegations by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that the electoral umpire was working in cahoots with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to short-change it in the general elections. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, told Vanguard, Wednesday night, that the […]

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If you encourage violence, visa ban, assets forfeiture awaits you –Britain warns Nigerian politicians

Ms Catriona Laing, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has warned that Nigerian politicians who incite or execute violence during Saturday’s elections would have their visas banned and assets in the UK seized, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The High Commissioner gave the warning at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja to unveil the […]

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PDP invents Parallel Voting Tabulation devise, to monitor, collate election results

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday, said it has put Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) system in place in its situation room to hold election authorities accountable when there is lack of trust and, results are contested. The party also said it has deployed unprecedented number of trained party agents to each of the 176,600 polling units […]

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NJC orders further actions against Onnoghen, Tanko Muhammad

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council has set up a five-man committee to investigate the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen over allegations leveled against him. The NJC’s committee is also saddled with the responsibility to investigate the acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad. The committee is to be headed by a retired Justice of […]

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Mainstream Afenifere converges in Ibadan, endorses Atiku Abubakar (Photos)

The mainstream of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has on Wednesday, in Ibadan, endorsed the candidature of former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in this Saturday’s presidential election. The endorsement of Atiku Abubakar took place at a program christened “Afenifere Town Hall Meeting on […]

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Know how to Vote, Finger to Use, on Election Day in Nigeria – INEC (Watch video)

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is by this info educating prospective voters on how to vote on Saturday. Nigeria’s Presidential Election, Senate and House of Representatives elections will be coming up on Saturday. The Electoral body also announced that voters can use any finger to vote as the ballot paper is not finger sensitive. […]

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Attempt to allegedly assassinate Ugochinyere, CUPP spokesman, fails

The Secretariat of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised alarm over alleged plot to assassinate its first national spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere. In a statement by the second national spokesperson of CUPP, Comrade Mark Adebayo, he said that Ikenga only escaped the attempt on his life by the special grace of God. […]

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Obasanjo dares Buhari to probe $16b he spent on power sector

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo is of the view that those who believed his administration wasted $16 billion on power project implementation with nothing to show for it lacked proper understanding. In a reply to queries on what happened to the $16 billion power sector funds under his administration, the former president said it was […]

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Afenifere Adopts Atiku’s earlier endorsement with other nationalities

The Pan Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, has taken a swipe at Nigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo for not pushing Yoruba agenda with the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government. The mainstream Yoruba organization said, the Yoruba since the days of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has always canvassed restructuring, true federalism and devolution of power […]

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You are subject to FJSC, Falana tells CCT chair, Danladi Umar

Lagos lawyer and right activist, Mr Femi Falana SAN, has faulted the claim by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, that he is not a judicial officer and that he is not subject to the disciplinary action of the Federal Judicial Service Commission. The CCT chairman had said this in response […]

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Onnoghen served with new query by NJC over EFCC’s petition

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council, on Monday, gave the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria another seven days to respond to a fresh petition against him, this time by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The NJC, which took the decision Monday at its emergency meeting in Abuja, also resolved to constitute a complaint panel to […]

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Organised labour to vote for PDP in February, March elections in Kwara State

The organised labour in Kwara State which includes Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Joint Negotiations Council (JNC) and all affiliated unions, have declared their intention to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly and the March Guber and State Assembly elections. The workers announced their […]

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Kwara APC in dilemma as governorship candidate faces certificate forgery allegation

Programmes of the Kwara State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ilorin remained in dilemma on Saturday, sequel to a publication by an online medium “The News Accelerator” that the governorship candidate of the party, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, allegedly presented a forged WAEC certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the March 2 […]

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I am not answerable to NJC and FJSC, can only report to Presidency -CCT chair

Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, says he is not a judicial officer and is therefore not answerable to any other institution than the Presidency. Umar, therefore, rejected the authority of the National Judicial Council and the Federal Judicial Service Commission. The CCT chairman said this while responding to a petition against […]

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Birth of twins, Prophet who predicted barrenness for Funke Akindele speaks

After the actress and celebrity had delivered of twin babies, the Prophet who predicted barrenness for Funke Akindele has finally spoken, saying IVF is not mentioned in the Bible. Prophet Dr Faleyimu Olagoroye, the founder of Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ, has come out to defend his prediction concerning her. One of his predictions […]

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Amaechi castigates Nigerian police in leaked Tape released by Reno Omokri (Tape)

Former governor and Nigerian Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed he does not believe in the Nigerian Police. Amaechi made this known in the part 7 of his leaked tape as shared by Reno Omokri. Reno Omokri captioned it: “WATCH and SHARE: WATCH and SHARE: In #AmaechiTapes part 7, Rotimi @ChibuikeAmaechi reveals he does not […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court affirms High Court judgement on Rivers State APC

Nigerian Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the judgement given by the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, barring the All Progressives Congress from the general elections in Rivers State. The Federal High court was presided over by Justice Omotosho. On Monday, the Appeal court stayed the execution of the lower court judgement, giving hope to the APC […]

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