National Assembly aides protest unpaid allowances

Nigeria’s National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASSLAF), Tuesday, staged a protest against their unpaid allowances as the National Assembly resumed plenary. They staged the protest at the lobby of the Assembly complex where the Senate and House of Representatives members can be accessed. The NASS aides displayed placards with inscriptions: ‘Lack is killing aides S.O.S’, […]

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Atiku vs Buhari is eagle against eagle in 2019 -Pastor Tunde Bakare

Tunde Bakare, Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, on Sunday congratulated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. The Pastor, said Atiku’s victory would make the 2019 election keen and interesting. The cleric said this while speaking to newsmen in Ikeja. According to Bakare, the emergence of Atiku […]

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NJC names 1 Supreme Court Justice, Chief Judges for 5 States

The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, at its 87th Meeting of 3rd and 4th October, 2018, recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, and Governors of Abia, Benue, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara States, Eight (8) successful candidates for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme […]

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Saraki, Secondus, Tambuwal, Lamido other PDP leaders protest Osun guber result in Abuja

Leaders and chieftains of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) among whom are the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, led other protesters to INEC office after they had earlier converged at the national headquarters of the PDP in Abuja. […]

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Osun election Tribunal restrains INEC from tampering with gov results, materials

Election Petition Tribunal constituted to hear the petitions arising from the Osun State governorship election has granted an ex parte order to Senator Ademola Adeleke, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from altering election results as well as information contained in the card reader machines and other documents used for the poll. The tribunal, […]

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Saraki, Dogara didn’t attend Independence Day parade

Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were both absent at the Eagle Square, Abuja, where the nation’s 58th Independence anniversary parade was held. Present at the parade were President Muhammadu Buhari; his vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; and former […]

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APC postpones Lagos governorship primary again

Coming in is the report that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has further postponed the governorship primary in Lagos. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party said the primary will now hold Tuesday, October 2, 2018. It is believed that the rescheduled exercise was to allow for last-minute fence-mending between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and […]

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Buhari’s speech on Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary (Full text)

Fellow Nigerians, Today is a day of celebration and solemn reflection. It is the anniversary of the day Nigerians realised one of the most cherished of human desires – the desire for freedom. We, therefore, give thanks to and remember our founding fathers who laboured so hard and sacrificed so much to build and bequeath […]

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4 questions Dele Momodu asked Ambode at press conference (Video)

During the governor Ambode’s world press conference on Sunday, Ovation magazine CEO, Dele Momodu asked four very important and sensitive questions but the governor cleverly answered without saying much. The 4 pertinent questions: 1. It is obvious that all is not well between you and your Godfather? 2. Is it true the FG has endorsed your […]

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Don’t deny Ambode a second term ticket -Osinbajo

Nigerian vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has cautioned against preventing Lagos governor Mr. Akinwumi Ambode from having a second term ticket. Osinbajo said this at the Governors Advisory Council (GAC) meeting which held on Sunday, September 30, 2018, according to SaharaReporters. The Vice-President also called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos […]

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Tinubu booed, called ‘ole’ at APC Secretariat in Lagos – Fani-Kayode says

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has disclosed that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu was today booed at the secretariat of the party in Lagos. According to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, the APC leader was totally embarrassed after chants of Governor Akinwumi Ambode rented […]

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“Only people who can accept the pain of rigging… should participate in an election” -Oshiomhole says

National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has caused a serious frenzy on social media after a costly mistake, he made on national television. The former National Labour Leader said “Only people who can accept the pain of rigging – er, sorry defeat – should participate in an election.’ The former […]

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US Institute predicts violence in many Nigerian states over 2019 election

United States Institute for Peace and the International Republican Institute have predicted that there would be violence in Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Adamawa, Ekiti, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna States during the 2019 general elections. This prediction was made in a report co-sponsored by Fund for Peace, Middle East and Africa Centre and other international organisations. It […]

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EU, U.S and UK election observation team speak on Osun rerun

Election observation team of the EU, U.S and UK have given their initial observation on the conduct of the rerun governorship election in Osun State. The observers gave their stance while addressing journalists in Osogbo in an interview televised by the TVC television station. A member of the observer team, who spoke on behalf of […]

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Search engine, Google, marks 20 years of existence

The Country Director, Google Nigeria, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor says the social and economic tool known as Google Search has attained 20 years. Ms Ehimuan-Chiazor in a statement in Lagos said that apart from Google Search being a way of finding information, it had proven invaluable in helping people find jobs, start businesses, and even save money. […]

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Poll observer, CDD says, re-run election not free, fair or credible

A major election monitoring group has dismissed Thursday’s re-run election in Osun State as fraudulent and anti-democratic, calling for an immediate investigation into the the roles of government institutions who participated in it. The conduct of security agencies drew the most condemnation and warning from the Centre for Democracy and Development, one of Nigeria’s most […]

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Ranked among World’s best are 3 Nigerian universities

Three Nigerian universities – Covenant University, University of Ibadan, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka – have been included in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The list, launched on Wednesday at Times Higher Education’s World Academic Summit at the National University of Singapore, featured 86 countries, up from 81. Covenant University is […]

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US firm predicts Buhari may lose 2019 election

A US-based analysis firm, Teneo Intelligence, has predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari may lose the 2019 election. INEC had on Sunday announced results of the governorship election, with candidate of PDP, Ademola Adeleke, leading with 254,698 votes while APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, polled 254,345. It declared the election inconclusive. According to Bloomberg, the intelligence firm […]

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