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CAN, ACF, HURIWA, lawyers carp APC’s Muslim-Muslim Presidential ticket, call it height of insensitivity, politics of exclusion of Christian community

A groundswell of resentment and criticism has trailed the Muslim-Muslim APC presidential ticket of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu announced on Sunday in Daura, Kastina...

Video: Tinubu announces Shettima as his running mate in Kastina

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Just in: Tinubu opts for Muslim-Muslim ticket, names ex-Borno Gov. Shettima as presidential running mate

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has finally picked Sen. Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2023...

Calm returns to Sri Lanka as president and PM plan to resign

Calm returned to major cities in Sri Lanka on Sunday after protesters stormed the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and set fire to...

72 hours after Abuja terrorists’ attack, Buhari summons Security Council meeting, says govt forces were overpowered

More than 72 hours after the bloody attack of the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday presided over an “emergency’’...

Only 84,803 refugees out of 3.2m in Nigeria registered – FG

The Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Imaan Suleiman, disclosed this on Thursday at the weekly...

BREAKING: British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, Quits

Bowing to pressure and good reason, the embattled British Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson, has given up his office. Elected in 2019 into...

Attack on Prison: Pres. Buhari Visits Kuje Correctional Facility

President Mohammadu Buhari has visited the Kuje Correctional Centre hours after the attack on the facility by some gunmen. The President, who arrived...

Serve diligently, eschew corruption, Buhari tells new ministers

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday charged the seven newly appointed ministers to serve the nation diligently, maintain unalloyed loyalty and office of...

Seven new ministers take oath

Seven ministers who were screened and confirmed by the Senate last week, were on Wednesday in Abeokuta took oath of office. President Muhammadu...

Just in: OPEC Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Muhammad Barkindo is dead

Barely 12 hours after paying a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries...

Prowling gunmen attack Abuja prison hours after Pres. Buhari’s convoy was ambushed, shot

Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy was attacked in his home state, Kastina, gunmen have launched a violent attack on the Nigerian...

Corruption allegation: FG drops Anamekwe as Acting Accountant-General, names Sylvis as replacement

The acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Chukwuyere Nwabuoku Anamekwe has been fired and another acting holder of the office has been...

140-day-old ASUU strike: Civil Society groups, others berate FG

For its apparent incapacity and failure to end the 140-day-old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has...

Africa Cup of Nations moved to January 2024

With the World Cup in Qatar taking place in November and December this year, the decision has been taken to postpone the finals...