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NIGER State Governor and Chairman North Central States Governor’s Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has underscored the compelling and expedient reason to reply to an orchestrated Online Social Media report against the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement …

Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has lauded the fence-mending meeting between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Lamido described the meeting as a sign of good things to come and positive signal. The meeting, which was aimed …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the vice-president of Nigeria has stated that current security challenges and emerging threats require the military and other stakeholders to be steps ahead of perpetrators. This was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Laolu Akande, spokesman to the vice-president. Osinbajo said this following a presentation …

Recent developments have shown that the dust over the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the choice of Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate by its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not settled. A source who was aware of the meeting between Atiku and Rivers State …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced commencement of applications for admission into its academy’s ninth regular course cadet degree programme. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, force public relations officer, who announced this in a statement on Thursday, called on interested and qualified citizens to apply for the programme. The online registration process, …

Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), says the federal government claim that it does not have money to meet the demands of striking university lecturers is false. This is as he chastised the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari on the procurement of vehicles worth N1.14 billion …

The details of the meeting between principal officers of the senate and the security chiefs have emerged. The senate President Ahmad Lawan described the country’s security situation as “frightening”. Speaking on Wednesday at the meeting with Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP), and other heads of …

RENOWNED flutist, Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, has claimed that his comments about the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was taken out of context. The musician who said he loves Tinubu, explained that he would advise the APC candidate if he eventually becomes Nigeria’s president in 2023. …

Nigeria’s minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, has rejected the planned implementation of the five percent excise duty on the telecommunications sector by the Federal Government. Speaking in Lagos today, at the ongoing forum organised by the Nigeria Office for Developing the indigenous Telecom Sector (NODITS), an …

Francis Agoda, aka I Go Dye, a comedian, said he is not prepared to put his integrity at risk in order to support any politician. According to the entertainer, even if he is given N1 billion, he won’t put his integrity on the line for any politician because some of …