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MKO Abiola’s poll challenger, Bashir Tofa, 1993 NRC Presidential Candidate, dies

  The 1993 June 12 Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, from Kano, has passed on....

Sanwo-Olu Hosts Southwest Governors'Forum in Lagos

Probe governors’ security vote, Pres. Buhari urged

“Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any mismanaged public funds should be...

APC-led FG is hellish, mobilise and get the evil out of your lives, PDP Chair, Ayu, tells Nigerians

The national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the APC administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has succeeded in foistering on Nigerians...

The Journey To Economic Hades And The CBN’s Interventions – A PSN Analysis

  The year 2021, no doubts, will go down in the annals of our nation as a most challenging year, not only for...

Buhari signs N17.126trillion 2022 budget, queries NASS over ‘additions and reductions’

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Unimpressed with the alterations made in the 2022 Appropriation Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the...

Buhari administration’s scorecard for 2021: Its stellar performance, says Information Minister

    In spite of insecurity and the COVID-19-triggered economic and health challenges which confronted the country, the Minister of Information and Culture,...

Igbo presidency not a right, requires negotiation, conversation with all parts of Nigeria — Abia Gov

  Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu says Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction come 2023 is a national question that requires negotiation, discussion and conversation...

New coronavirus variants that may render vaccines impotent likely – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that new coronavirus variants could emerge during the pandemic that may render the current vaccines useless....

Money left by Jonathan administration: Amaechi’s another embarrassing gaffe –Chidoka

  The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, is in the eye of the storm again as he claimed that the money left...

2022 budget gets presidential assent on Dec. 31, says aide

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law on Friday, the Senior...

Uche Nwosu, son-in-law of Rochas Okorocha, regains freedom

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of Rochas Okorocha, and a former Imo State gubernatorial candidate, has been released by...

Somalia’s president suspends prime minister over land scandal

  Somalia’s prime minister has been suspended by the country’s president amid accusations that he interfered with an investigation into a scandal involving...

I didn’t contract COVID-19, not in isolation, says Lai Mohammed 

      Contrary to media reports, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied contracting COVID-19.   Mohammed said...

Global economy to cross $100trillion in 2022 amid Covid-19 recovery

  The Global economic output is set to exceed the $100 trillion mark for the first time in 2021, two years ahead of...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Nigeria’s seat of power — Presidential Villa, Abuja — hit by pangs of COVID-19

The transmission of corona virus by some aides of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, has been confirmed. The aides including...

Buhari at Christmas: Seemingly intractable security challenges will soon be over

For the umpteenth time, President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that the seemingly intractable security challenges facing the nation will soon become history....