The Supreme Court said the candidates who emerged from the primaries conducted by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led faction of the Edo Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are authentic. Justice Centus Nweze’s judgment on Wednesday brings to an end the legal battle to determine the camp in control of the state chapter. The other faction, the Legacy Group of the PDP, is […]
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Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zaniab Ahmed has said President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government share in the pain Nigerians are going through in accessing the redesigned naira notes but noted that it was a temporary stress which will fizzle out in no time. Ahmed who was featured at the 65th State House briefings coordinated by the […]
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The Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation has disclosed that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is not in talks with the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over a possible alliance. Atiku hinted at his readiness to work with Obi and the New Nigerian People Party’s candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, after meeting with the duo to support his ambition in the forthcoming election. […]
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Angry youths in Kano Monday staged protests following President Muhammadu Buhari’s official visit to the state. The youths who were carrying sticks, we gathered were throwing stones at Buhari’s helicopter, were however dispersed by security agents who fired shots in the air to scare them away. This was just as the president compared the situation in Nigeria with that of […]
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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said some elements in Nigeria’s Presidential Villa are working against Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The governor also revealed that the individuals had their candidate for the APC presidential primaries, but the candidate could not win. El-Rufai disclosed this on Wednesday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has cautioned the people of Anambra State against voting for his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Tinubu said Obi would deny his promises like the Biblical Peter denied Jesus Christ three times before the cock crowed. He spoke at his presidential campaign rally at Ekwueme Square in Awka, […]
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Gunmen early Wednesday morning attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source said the hoodlums burnt the commission’s headquarters using Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs. The gunmen also attacked a police station in Nnobi, in the same local government area, and a residential building inside the station, […]
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Pope Francis landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday, hailing his “beautiful trip” to Africa as he comes bearing a message of peace to the conflict-torn nation and its troubled neighbour South Sudan. Large crowds of well-wishers gathered at Kinshasa’s Ndjili airport, about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the centre, to greet the Argentine pontiff, whose plane touched down at […]
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Ready to Lead Africa, a civil society organisation, on Monday said it would lead Presidential Candidates to commit against exploiting youths for violence ahead of the General Elections. Mr Godbless Otubure, Founder, Ready to Lead Africa, made this known at a news conference, themed: “Youth-led Presidential Peace Accord and Unveiling of the National Youth Peace Symbol” in Abuja. Otubure said […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has expressed concerns about the continued scarcity of fuel across the country, saying the development could hamper election day logistics. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a consultative meeting with the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW. Yakubu said the Commission would, later on Tuesday, meet with […]
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