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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says ‘bad belle” exhibited by Nigerians stopped the late Moshood Abiola from becoming the president of Nigeria. Mr Abiola won the 12 June 1993 presidential election but the poll was…
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, presided over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting this year at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Present are the Secretary to Government of the…
A spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has vowed to sue the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar over alleged money laundering…
Nigerian singers, Davido and Tems, are set to perform at the Governors Ball Music Festival 2023. The New York music festival will also feature performances from Lil Uzi Vert, Haim, Diplo, Lil Baby, Aespa, Rina Sawayama,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos has dismissed allegations by the Peoples Democratic Congress (PDP) that it was working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the collection…
The Vice President of Gambia, Badara Joof is dead. He died after a brief illness in India. The President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow confirmed Joof's death in a tweet Fellow #Gambians, it is with a heavy heart that I…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission is prepared to carry out a run-off presidential election if no winner emerges after the upcoming election. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu…
A helicopter crashed into a building in the Ukrainian town of Brovary near Kyiv on Wednesday. Denis Monastyrsky, Ukrainian interior minister, and three other ministers were killed when the helicopter crashed beside a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained the main reason Nigerians in the diaspora cannot vote during the upcoming general election. INEC said the Nigerian law makes it impossible for such a…
The Governor of the 36 states has issued an invitation to Godwin Emefiele, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, for a virtual meeting on the recent naira redesign and cash withdrawal limit policies The governors…
The President, Mohammadu Buhari says Nigeria spent over $1bn to reclaim Boko Haram-held territories in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. Buhari said despite spending over $1 billion to reclaim the lost territories since…
Ahead of the upcoming elections, the African Action Alliance (AAC) and a faction of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) have formed an alliance. On Monday, the parties met in Kano and signed a memorandum of understanding…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the 2023 general election will hold despite the various attacks on the commission’s facilities across the nation. The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, stated this…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom says the use of the bimodal voting accreditation system (BVAS) will make it impossible to rig the forthcoming elections. Ortom asked the people of the State not to be swayed…
Oxfam, an international confederation against poverty says the three richest men in Nigeria have more wealth than 83 million citizens. This was disclosed in a report titled “Davos 2023 Inequality Report” unveiled at a…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, met with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Monday. Obi met the Archbishop after speaking at Chatham House on Monday. The former Anambra…
Vietnam's President, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has resigned from his position and retired, according to the state news agency VNA. Phuc's resignation comes as a surprise and is unusual in Vietnam, where political changes are…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against two substandard cough syrups identified in Uzbekistan. Substandard medical products are products that fail to meet…
A spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring an individual Michael Achimugu to blackmail Atiku…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi says replacing the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele will not solve the country’s fiscal problems. Obi said Nigeria’s current…
