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Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande extols Vice-President, calls him an inspirer, motivator as he turns 66
The place of inspiration and imagination in the pursuit of personal or national fulfillment is not only pivotal but also irreplaceable and this...
Nigeria needs N869bn to conduct April 2023 census — FG
Mr Clement Agba, the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, said on Monday that the Federal Government requires about N869 billion...
Atiku hits the streets in Abuja, protesting outcome of Feb. 25 presidential poll
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, his running mate, Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa and other party chieftains on...
Four days after Supreme Court’s order on old naira notes, Presidency, CBN Governor still mum, economy in dire straits
Four days after the Supreme Court ruled that the old Naira notes should remain legal tender until December 31, 2023, the Central Bank...
Wave of murders after presidential elections forces Catholic diocese staff to evacuate Benue State
Dozens of people reportedly were killed in post-election attacks on villages in Benue State Wednesday, according to a diocesan official. “We keep wondering...
Feb. 25 polls: INEC Chairman vows to punish officials involved in electoral malpractice
Eight days after the alleged flawed polls of February 25, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has finally...
Buhari off to Qatar for 5th UN conference on Least Developed Countries
Ahead of the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) on March 5, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday depart...
Disputed Feb. 25 presidential poll: PDP, LP get Appeal Court’s nod to inspect election materials
After instituting a suit against INEC’s declaration of APC’s Bola Tinubu as President-elect, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday granted...
Naira redesign: Kaduna Gov. el-Rufai hails Supreme Court judgment, says policy must go
“The policy must go because the Supreme Court has now decided that it was unlawfully conceived and it was unlawfully implemented"
Just in: N200, N500, N1,000 notes to remain in circulation till December 31, 2023, Nigeria’s Supreme Court orders
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the Federal Government’s Naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. It ruled...
February 25 presidential poll largely flawed, will challenge it in court, vows Atiku
Like the Labour Party, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has written off the February 25 poll, describing...
I won this election and I will prove it, vows to approach court to reclaim mandate — Peter Obi
“We won the election and we will prove it, and reclaim our mandate”, Peter Obi the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, said...
Breaking: INEC finally declares APC’s Bola Tinubu winner of Feb. 25 Presidential poll
Four days after the polls, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Wednesday morning declared the winner of the...
Breaking: PDP, LP, ADC, demand cancellation of February 25 elections, describing it as flawed
Three parties — the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have called for the Independent National...
Presidential poll results: Foreign observers, Obasanjo, Abdulsalami, Kukah query election process
...probe grievances of Nigerians against the polls -- the National Peace Committee
Just in: Appeal Court judge slumps, dies in office
A Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayobode Lokulo-Sodipe, has slumped and died in his chambers in Akure, Persecondnews reports. Lokulo-Sodipe from...
