Let Igbo go if you don’t like us – Amaechi tells Buhari govt

Nigeria’s first minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to let the Igbo go if they are no longer wanted in the country. Amaechi, however, said he believes in one Nigeria and would like it to remain but not under current condition. He decried the poor state of the country, saying that Nigeria has […]

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2023: “If elected, I plan to restructure Nigeria,” Atiku declares

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has promised to restructure Nigeria, if elected on Feb. 25. Abubakar made the promise on Thursday evening while featuring in a Presidential Parley after his campaign rally in Ibadan, which was being organised by the South-West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]

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Buhari Pours Cold Water on Emefiele’s Traducers, Welcomes CBN Gov Back from Leave

President Muhammadu Buhari personally welcomed Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from his annual leave during a function at the State House, Abuja, yesterday, ending speculations about a tense relationship between them. The rumours followed attempts by the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest the CBN governor on charges of terrorism financing, which many […]

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Bandits kill two, abduct four women in Kaduna

Bandits have reportedly killed a community leader, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and his nephew. They also abducted four women in Unguwar Mai Awo village of Igabi Local Council in Kaduna State. Abdullahi, a member of the Fityanul Islam First Aid Group, Igabi chapter was killed alongside his nephew, yesterday, at his residence. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Muhammad Jalige, could […]

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Obi, Yakubu, Kwankwaso for Chatham House next week

Our With just over a month to February presidential election, three of the main protagonists will next week mount the podium at the Royal Institute of International Affairs- Chatham House – to talk about their prospects and readiness. Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, kick starts the Africa Programme event series tagged “Nigeria’s 2023 elections” on Monday afternoon, when he […]

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Elections under threat, says INEC, PDP demands fairness

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday raised the alarm that the forthcoming elections risk cancellation or postponement if there is no improvement in the security challenges being witnessed across the country. But the Peoples Democratic Party has replied the INEC boss, saying that nothing short of free, fair and credible elections will be […]

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Scarcity: FG orders NNPC to reduce petrol price

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is selling Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at a loss because of its mandate from the Federal Government as regards PMS subsidy, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Monday. Sylva’s remarks came as oil marketers stated that the supply hitches in the downstream oil sector that often […]

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I’ve fulfilled my promise on Boko Haram — Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that “God has helped” his regime to “clear Boko Haram” in the North-East. The President noted that the threat of terrorism was the most critical security challenge inherited by his regime but expressed delight that normalcy had returned to affected states in the North-East. Buhari, therefore, declared that he had fulfilled […]

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Nobody can blackmail me, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying “I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.” Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the President restated his commitment to serve God and Nigeria until his last day in […]

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Why some S’East politicians, businessmen are opposing Obi, by Obidigbo

Foremost industrialist and Chairman of Hardis Group, Dr. Chike Obidigbo, has regretted that some notable South East politicians and businessmen are not in support of the presidential aspiration of the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, despite his nationwide acceptance. He noted that those who have stated their aversion to Obi were doing so for certain reasons. He noted that […]

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