APC rules out indirect Primary in Edo State
Although it has been established that the party lacks an updated register of eligible voters to conduct a direct primary, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend foreclosed…
Buratai briefs Buhari on insecurity, confirms death of 1,429 terrorists, arrest of 116 spies
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday said security operatives had neutralized 1,429 terrorists and arrested 116 spies in the ongoing counter-terrorism fight in the North East.…
IPOB to Presidency: We are investing to dismantle Nigeria
The leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, declared yesterday that every kobo contributed by members of the group worldwide was being invested into “dismantling…
Court declines EFCC’s bid for final forfeiture of Saraki’s assets
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday declined the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seek the final forfeiture of two properties belonging to a…
Nigeria, Cameroon pay $6 million to UN for boundary demarcation
Nigeria and Cameroon have remitted $6 million (N2.3 billion) to the United Nations (UN) headquarters for the demarcation of the international boundaries between the two countries. The money was paid…
African air travel market plunges by 98.7 per cent
Airlines in Nigeria and other African countries hit the rock bottom in the month of April, with passenger traffic dropping by a whopping 98.7%. A regional travel estimate recently released…
FG declares June 12 public holiday to mark Democracy Day
The Nigerian Government has declared Friday, June 12, 2020, as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Nigeria’s interior minister Rauf Aregbesola in a statement signed by the…
Amid plot to disqualify Obaseki, court restrains APC, INEC
There are strong indications that Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State might face another hurdle in the June 22 governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sources within the…
Nigeria’s daily Covid-19 toll hits record high as NCDC confirms 681 new cases
Nigeria recorded its highest daily toll on Thursday with 681 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in 17 states, bringing the total infections to 14, 554. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…
President Buhari’s 2020 Democracy Day Speech
*The full text of the national broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari on Democracy Day 2020 Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil…