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A legal practitioner identified as Othniel Ikpibako has called on the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for an injunction restraining the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress from fielding or presenting any candidate from Northern Nigeria to contest the presidential elections in 2023. The lawyer also demanded that the …

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group that previously supported Peter Obi of the Labour Party, has distanced itself from him, claiming that its members will never vote in any election in the “Zoological Republic,” which is a reference to Nigeria. The group made this statement in response to Islamic …

An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has been caught extorting passport applicants at the Alausa Passport Office, Lagos State on Wednesday. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who paid a surprise visit to the passport office, caught the officer (name not given) in the act. Media adviser to the …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday implored youths to acquire knowledge not towards getting government jobs as there are no ‘jobs in government anymore’. Buhari also implored youths to acquaint themselves with history to avoid making the same mistakes of the past. According to a statement signed on Wednesday by his …

As the strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), lingers on, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has beckoned on Federal Government to reconsider its stance on lecturers’ demands, stressing that investment in education pays the best dividend than any other investment. …

A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimi Agbaje, has denied defecting to the All Progressives Congress. There had been posts on social media indicating that Agbaje had defected to APC to work for the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. Reacting, Agbaje denied defecting in a …

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has described as unjustifiable claims attributed to a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, that the Ganduje Foundation, a philanthropic organization, was being used by him to allegedly force some Christian faithful to join Islam. A statement issued on Wednesday by …

Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police has directed a total ban on all use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the states of the federation without exception. This was contained in a statement released on Wednesday by Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The statement was …

The Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday, appealed to Nigerians to vote for competence in the next general elections, noting that the fate of the Vice President would not affect performance in any government. This is just as Akeredolu expressed confidence …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has cautioned Nigerians against electing former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as the president of Nigeria in 2023. This was made known by the lawyer via a statement signed and released on Wednesday to newsmen. The lawyer accused Atiku of being desperate, saying that …