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By Muhammad Auwal Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar has said he would ensure Adamawa returns to PDP. Abubakar gave the assurance Saturday in Yola while speaking at a Mega Rally organized by the state branch of the party. Atiku said that Adamawa was …

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said he made his intention to contest the 2019 Presidential Elections known early in order to douse rising speculations and give the All Progressives Congress (APC) enough time to prepare for the polls. President Buhari, who received members of the Buhari Support Group Centre …

By Ismaila Chafe  The family of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme and Oko community on Thursday paid a “thank you” visit to President Muhammadu Buhari over the befitting State  burial accorded late Ekwueme. The late former Vice President passed away on Nov. 19, 2017 and was buried on Feb. 2. …

  By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki and four All Progressives Congress (APC) governors at the State House, Abuja. The APC governors at the meeting included Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Aminu Masari of Katsina, Abdul Aziz …

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday concluded a successful Official Visit to the Netherlands, meeting with Nigerian Embassy staff, before departing for home. At a meeting with the embassy staff and their families, the President, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser (Media & Publicity), thanked them for being worthy …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday at The Hague called on the States Parties to support an International Criminal Court (ICC) with jurisdiction over serious cases of corruption and illicit financial flows by state actors. The President also assured the international community of a free, fair and peaceful 2019 general elections in …

In the course of his official visit to the Netherlands, President Muhammadu Buhari met with Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, Monday at The Hague. The two leaders, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), discussed issues related to the fight against insurgency …

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening arrived Netherlands ahead of his scheduled visit to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) monitoring the visit reports that the President’s aircraft landed at Rotterdam-The Hague Airport at about 7: 23 p.m (Nigerian …

By Idowu Ariwodola/ Ismaila Chafe/ Idowu Gabriel Dr Kayode Fayemi, a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development and candidate  of the All Progressives Congress(APC)  has won Saturday’s  governorship  election in Ekiti. Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Chief Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, July 15, 2018, depart for the Netherlands to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. President Buhari is the only world leader invited to deliver a keynote …

*FG promises protection of intellectual property, investment For two days, American investors and chieftains from the technology and entertainment sectors of the US and indeed global economies took turns to listen and actively interact with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and the Nigerian delegation drawn from the public and private …

 By Donald Ugwu President  Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Wednesday declared that the killing of Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country was an act of criminality,  not specifically targeted at Nigerians.. He gave the explanation while addressing state House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu …

 By Ismaila Chafe  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that some aggrieved politicians are blackmailing him over the conflicts involving farmers and herdsmen in parts of the country. Buhari stated this at a mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, where he presented the APC governorship …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and 37 other political parties and groups on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ahead of 2019 general elections. National chairmen of the political parties signed the MoU at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, and pledged to work …

The Group President/CE, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, on Thursday, July 5, 2018, signed an agreement with Katsina State Governor for reviving and upgrading the moribund Songhai project in Dutsinma town, under a 10-year lease agreement. The initiative which will see an initial investment of half a billion Naira by Dangote …

 By Sunday Bassey  The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a Village head and four suspects for allegedly abducting 19 ExxonMobil staff members. DSP MacDon Achebe, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Eket Local Government Area …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack, arrest and arraign his minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun for alleged criminal forgery of her NYSC certificate. The PDP warned President Buhari not to provide a cover for Adeosun. The spokesman of the party, Kola …

By Ismaila Chafe  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the country’s judicial system, no matter the challenges it faces, is truly working and no one should be allowed to undermine or break it. The President’ Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja …

By Johnson Eyiangho President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday vowed that those who deliberately instigate violence and crises in parts of the country will be fished out and punished, accordingly. In a key note address at the grand finale of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day Celebration –NADCEL at Mongunu in Borno …

By Martins Odeh  The Supreme Court on Friday discharged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from further trial on allegation of non-assets declaration brought against him by the Federal Government. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Centus Nweze, held that the Dec.12, 2017 decision of the Court of Appeal against Saraki was …

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday rallied Christian leaders in the country to remain united and shame those stoking the fires of ethnic and religious conflicts in the country for their short-term political gains. Receiving members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from the 19 Northern States and Abuja led …

  By Taiye Agbaje/ Emmanuel Mogbede The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday dismissed the report that the party has broken up. Oshiomhole reacted in an interview with newsmen shortly after a maiden meeting with the APC caucus in the House of Representatives that lasted …

  Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Adamu Ciroma is dead. Family sources said the elder statesman died in a Turkish hospital in Abuja, on Thursday after a protracted illness. He was 84 years old. The deceased, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was Finance …