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Abuja, 16 February 2019 The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February, 2019. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in …

PTL Connect, a special professional counseling outfit of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Dominion Cathedral, has taken off on a very successful note. Inaugurated on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Church’s premises on 180 Main Street, Orange, New Jersey, NJ 07050, the platform, according to the visioner, …

By Prudence Arobani New York, Feb. 15, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has made phone calls to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday on the need for peaceful and credible elections on Saturday. The Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State, Mr …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has asked members of the Church to ensure that they vote in the upcoming general elections in Nigeria. The Presidential and National Assembly elections come up on Saturday, February 16, 2019 while the Governorship and …

Robert Awokuse The International Press  Centre, IPC, has advised media organizations to give equitable coverage of electoral process of political parties and candidates in the run up, during the elections and after the polls. The IPC gave the advice in Lagos during the public presentation of the 2nd quarterly report …

Robert Awokuse The former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives  Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank,  has said that the federal government has ordered the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to raise five billion naira for the repentant militants in the Niger Delta to support the re-election bid of …

Traditional rulers in Enugu North Senatorial District on Thursday, reaffirmed their February 16, 2018, unanimous endorsement of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office. The royal fathers,  who met with Gov. Ugwuanyi at the Adada House, Nsukka Local Government Area, shortly before the Enugu North Senatorial District Mega …

President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Saturday, February 16, 2019 presidential election has rounded-off his re-election campaign in Katsina, his home state. The event was witnessed by a mammoth crowd of supporters. The President later in the day addressed Nigerians in a broadcast where …

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has announced the release of Invitation to Tender (ITT) to contractors for the development of the Bonga South West Aparo (BSWA) oil field. The project’s initial phase includes a new Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, more than 20 deep-water wells and …

Yola, Feb. 14, 2019 Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday concluded his campaign tour in Adamawa, with a call on the people of the state to appreciate the emergence of their own and vote for him. Addressing the huge crowd of party supporters …

After successful town hall meetings and campaigns for the election of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the presidential election, the Diaspora for Atiku-USA (DFA-USA) campaign team is now moving to Nigeria to be part of the final round of consultations and strategic …

 I’d never had the head for figures. In fact, the enmity between me and mathematics was so bad that if you gave me a bottle, and you asked me to use the bottom to write the letter ‘o,’ it may likely come out as ‘p’ or ‘q,’ or even something …

  The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that collaboration among relevant agencies and professional bodies remains the sin qua non for the development of an effective transportation sector in Nigeria, stressing that this is a basic condition for economic …

  A major step on attaining sufficiency in domestic gas supply was taken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday in Abuja with the execution of Final Investment Decision (FID) on the development of the 4.3trillion cubic feet Assa North/Ohaji South Fields (ANOH) in OML 21 between the corporation …

Los Angeles (U.S.), Feb. 14, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Tiger Woods said on Wednesday that he decided not to play a recent European Tour tournament in Saudi Arabia because he wanted to keep his “travelling down”. Four of the world’s five top-ranked players, Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, …

President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have signed a peace accord in Abuja, the country’s capital. At the signing ceremony, witnessed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia …

By Angela Atabo Abuja, Feb.13, 2019 The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Catriona Laing, has warned that Nigerian politicians who incite or execute violence during Saturday’s elections would have their visas banned and assets in the UK seized. Laing gave the warning at a press briefing on Wednesday in …

People have more confidence in a government they have elected in free and fair polls, than one that wangles its way into office through artifice and subterfuge, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday told Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland. The Commonwealth scribe, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser …

 By Abdullahi Isah   Maiduguri Boko Haram terrorists  have  shot dead three persons, while many vehicles were seized when they ambushed Governor Kashim Shettima’s of Borno state’s convoy along Maiduguri Gamboru road. The governor was on campaign tour to the area to canvass support for All Progressives Congress, (APC) candidates …

President Muhammadu Buhari has just been briefed about the tragic death of some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a stampede at the presidential campaign rally held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) …

 The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has assured Lagosians that if he is voted into office, he will transform Lagos and bring it to its correct status as the commercial capital of the country. Alhaji Abubakar, who is also a former Vice President of Nigeria, …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday visited Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he assured that he is all out for free, fair and credible elections starting on Saturday. Speaking at a meeting with traditional rulers at the secretariat complexes of the Councils of Traditional Rulers of the two …

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate  and Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that the difference between his proposed programmes and the failed All Progressives Congress, APC, Federal Government can be likened to the distinction between darkness and light. Addressing the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers at their  …

By Lucy Osuizigbo Lagos,  Feb. 12, 2019 An  All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says the recent attack on the APC rally in Ogun was disrespectful to the office of the Nigerian President. Tinubu lamented in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media,  Mr Tunde Rahman on Tuesday  in Lagos, …

Awka, Feb. 12, 2019 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 4,695 Smart Card Reader was destroyed in an inferno that occurred in its office in Awka, Anambra on Tuesday. Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner, Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, made the confirmation in a statement …