10-year valid Nigerian passport begins in December –NIS

Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has said that the issuance of Nigerian Passport with 10 years validity will commence in December, 2018. Mr Babandede made the disclosure when he visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Monday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the immigration boss and some […]

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The places Buhari will lose election in 2019 -Agbakoba

In a chat with Daily Independent in Lagos, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, former president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) who is also the leader of the Nigerian Intervention Movement (NIM) said, based on his performance in the last three and half years, nothing qualified President Muhammadu Buhari to continue for another term in office. In the […]

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Peter Obi is not sellable to our people -S’East govs, leaders

Facts have emerged why the PDP governors and leaders in the Southeast are kicking against the choice of former governor of Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi as the party’s vice presidential candidate. The Atiku action has torn the South East chapter of the party apart. According to an impeccable party source who pleaded anonymity, the […]

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Buhari’s friend, Archbishop of Canterbury meets Atiku in Abuja

Archbishop of Canterbury and long time friend of Muhammadu Buhari, Justin Welby, Saturday held an incredible meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Abuja. Such a surprise meeting was interpreted by many to imply that the former vice-president who emerged as the PDP presidential flag bearer in Port Harcourt the […]

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How Yoruba leaders changed Obasanjo’s mind about Atiku – Adebanjo

An Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has disclosed the role played by Yoruba leaders in ensuring the reconciliation between former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Chief Adebanjo was among notable Nigerians who accompanied Atiku to the reconciliatory meeting on Thursday. Other Nigerians who accompanied Atiku to the meeting included the founder […]

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Former governor, Peter Obi is Atiku’s running mate

Former Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi, has been picked as the running mate of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the February 14, 2019 election. This is a good pick for Atiku Abubakar and PDP because Peter Obi has been without any blemish all through. He is very modest, […]

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Obasanjo’s endorsement weighty, determinant of 2019 result – Agbakoba

One time president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba SAN, Thursday, said former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar will go a long way in determining the outcome of the 2019 presidential election. In a chat with Daily Independent, Agbakoba said Obasanjo has been behind every successful presidential campaign in […]

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Obasanjo forgives Atiku, describes him as ‘President-to-be’

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says he has forgiven his former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, wholeheartedly, describing him as “president-to-be.” Obasanjo said this while addressing journalists after the closed -door meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate. The meeting held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Complex. Also at the meeting were the Bishop […]

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Bishops Kukah, Oyedepo, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi also join Atiku, Obasanjo’s meeting

The no-nonsense clerics, Catholic Bishop Mattew Kukah and Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, have arrived the residence of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. As well, the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, also arrived the residence of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, the Ogun state […]

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Atiku, PDP chairman, Ayo Adebanjo, Bode George, others hold meeting with Obasanjo

Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, is in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Nigeria. Atiku, who was Obasanjo’s vice president between 1999 and 2007 has entered into a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. The meeting is being held at the residence of the ex-president within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library […]

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It is N24,000 minimum wage, not N30,000 -Nigerian govt says

Nigerian Government has denied entering into agreement with the organised labour to increase the minimum wage from N18,000 to N30,000. On Tuesday, the president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, was quoted to have said that the Federal Government and the Labour leaders had agreed on N30,000 as the new minimum wage which […]

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Afenifere meets Obasanjo over 2019 elections

The Pan Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere, Tuesday, held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state, over the 2019 polls. Mr Yinka Odumakin, who addressed newsmen on behalf of the group after the meeting, said the group was in Abeokuta to pay a return visit to Obasanjo. The former president had […]

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NBA ad-hoc election monitoring group’s report on Osun Guber rerun

REPORT OF THE NBA AD-HOC ELECTION WORKING GROUP ON THE RERUN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN OSUN STATE HELD ON THURSDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the Osun Governorship Election on the 22nd day of September, 2018. The election was declared inconclusive by INEC and a supplementary election was held on the 27th day […]

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Afenifere rejects Tinubu’s ‘isolated land’ proposal on herdsmen

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, said, the APC chieftain, Senator Bola Tinubu’s proposal that “unoccupied, isolated land can quickly be turned into grazing areas in the affected states.” was unacceptable. Odumakin said: “The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to the statement credited to former […]

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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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