Buhari’s Electoral Body Bags, By Lasisi Olagunju

Governor Nasir el-Rufai last week proved Dr Tai Solarin wrong. In a 1970 article, Dr Solarin listed some “unforgettable utterances” made by first republic politicians. He was horrified to discover that those who would sack that era were jotting down the horrid statements against the names of their makers. One of them said “£800 is […]

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Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri again, 11 killed, 15 seriously injured

Reports coming in say that 11 persons were killed and 15 others injured in Saturday’s Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri, the Commissioner of Police in Borno State, Damian Chukwu said. The Commissioner in a text message to some journalists in the town, revealed that his on-the-spot assessment of the scene of the attack showed the […]

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Tide changes, how Buhari rejected election shift in 2015 (Watch Video)

The irony of life. Four years ago, under president Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian presidential and National Assembly election was postponed. Watch the video below and see how furious Muhammadu Buhari was, as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he rejected the postponement flatly.   Video credit: Channel 4 News, Youtube

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Third Force Movement (NIM) endorses Atiku, 7 million members to vote for him

The leadership of the Third Force Movement under the umbrella of Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) has endorsed Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party for the presidential election. The decision to endorse Atiku was contained in a statement by the movement’s Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Debo Adeniyi, on Friday. Adeniyi said the decision […]

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Buhari Addresses Nigerians On Postponed General Elections (Full text)

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BUHARI ON THE POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL ELECTIONS BY INEC “I am deeply disappointed that despite the long notice given and our preparations both locally and internationally, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed the Presidential and National Assembly elections within hours of its commencement. Many Nigerians have travelled to various locations to […]

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Four Years After, We are Back to Square One, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, how time flies indeed. About four years ago, we went through this very ritual, though the election was shifted by six weeks, for reasons we believed was an excuse to get the ruling government better prepared to consolidate its grip on power. Before long, the six weeks arrived, and there was no hiding […]

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Sierra Leonean lady advises people to have sex at least 5 times a week (Photo & Advice)

A Sierra Leonean lady has been taken up after she shared what she considered as an important message on sex and health message which has got Nigerians talking on social media. According to the ‘Saro’ lady, everyone should endeavor to have sex frequently because it does a lot of good to the body. Sharing her opinion on […]

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Atiku expresses shock at postponement of elections

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Atiku Abubakar, has expressed shock that the presidential election was postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a few hours before its conduct. PDP presidential candidate, who spoke at his residence in Yola, Adamawa State on Saturday, said he had no issue with the sensitive […]

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Booboolicious queen, Cossy Orjiakor bares her enormous boobs at Valentine (Photos 18+)

Booboolicious queen and Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor took to Instagram to share a video of herself rocking a very risky dress which exposed her enormous boobs to celebrate Valentine’s Day. She wrote: ‘Happy Valentine sweets….’ See more of her booboolicious photos below:  

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Obasanjo expresses fears over alleged discovery of pre-election thumb printed ballot papers

Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed fears over the rumoured cases of pre-election thumb printed ballot papers allegedly discovered in Kano, Ondo and Lagos states. He said, “Although for me, I still have some apprehensions. If the news of the already thumb printed ballot papers in Kano, yesterday; I have received same news […]

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Buhari’s Day of Reckoning, By Shaka Momodu

Liberty is rarely lost overnight. The wall of tyranny often begins with benign building blocks of safety — each one lying on top of a predecessor — eventually collectively constituting an impediment to the exercise of free choices by free people, often not even recognised until it is too late Andrew Napolitano Since President Muhammadu […]

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Nigeria’s INEC shifts Nigerian elections, fixes new dates

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in Abuja, according to sources close to the meeting. Professor Yakubu […]

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66 people mercilessly killed in Kaduna State, hours before major elections

The Kaduna state government, Friday evening, disclosed that 66 persons were killed by unknown gunmen in Kajuru local government of Kaduna state, less than twenty four hours to the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Among the victims were 22 children and 12 women, while four wounded persons were rescued alive, the government stated […]

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EFCC publishes its hotlines to receive electoral fraud complaints, reports

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has published hotlines, where Nigerians with authentic information that can lead to the arrest of culprits of vote buying, can reach the commission for a prompt action. This was contained in a statement signed by EFCC’s spokesperson, Tony Orilade, and released on Friday. Below are the numbers to […]

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Suspected herdsmen kill farmer in Ekiti, community protests

The people of Ayegbaju Ekiti, in the Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, staged a violent protest over the alleged killing of a farmer, Elijah Ogor, by suspected herdsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ogor, in his 30s hailed from Benue State but was residing in Ekiti, where he engaged in farming. He was […]

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European Union (EU) includes Nigeria in dirty-money blacklist

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Panama are among the countries added by the European Commission to blacklisted nations for posing threats because of lax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering. The listing of the countries is part of a crackdown against money laundering after several scandals hit banks in European Union (EU) in recent months. […]

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Lady who got pepper inserted into her V for missing phone, narrates her ordeal (Photos 18+)

More details has emerged on the lady who was stripped naked and tortured over missing phone in Benin city, Edo state. The 24-year-old identified as Favour Ada, a commercial sex worker, had pepper inserted into her private part during the brutal ordeal. The Edo Police command paraded the suspects responsible for the act and remanded […]

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Buhari boasts, “Nobody will unseat me as President” (Video)

As Nigerians are getting ready to go to the polls this Saturday, the incumbent Nigerian president,  Muhammadu Buhari, has boasted that nobody will unseat him from power. In an interview with CNN, Buhari, who will be contesting under the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressed so much confidence at returning for a second term. Buhari, who […]

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