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Following his failure to secure a single vote at the just concluded APC Presidential primary, clergyman, Tunde Bakare, has been slammed by Reno Omokri. Reno Omokri who described Bakare as a ”well-known manipulator”, called him out after seeing the viral video of him prophesying in his church that he will be …

A former House of Representatives member, Mr Ahmed Wadada has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a letter signed by Wadada and addressed to the APC Ward Chairman, Tudun Kofa, Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A copy of the letter was made available to …

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has imposed curfew in parts of Lamurde and Guyuk Local Government Areas (LGAs) following renewed communal clashes. Fintiri disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday evening in Yola by Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, his Press Secretary. According to the statement, the curfew will last between 5 p.m. …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has requested for the support of the Nigerian Air Force in deploying personnel and airlifting election materials to remote and insecure areas across the country. The commission also solicited the support of the Air Force to provide security in volatile areas just as it had …

Aisha Yesufu, a well-known social-political activist, has slammed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, calling him a betrayer. She went on to say that Osinbajo did not betray his former boss and APC national leader Bola Tinubu, but Nigerians. Tinubu received 1,271 votes, defeating Rotimi Amaechi, who received 316 votes. Vice President …

The founder of Roots Television, Dumebi Kachikwu, has emerged as the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He emerged the winner after defeating the likes of Kingsley Moghalu, Chukwuka Monye, and eight other aspirants at the party’s presidential primary held in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State …

The United Nations Children’s Funds in collaboration with Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in Nigeria has stated that despite the progress made, Nigeria is not likely to achieve the global agenda of universal inclusive and equitable quality basic education for all school-age children by 2030 if the current very low …

The Labour Party (LP) is in disarray after Jude Ezenwafor, the former chairman of the party in Anambra State, was declared the winner of a presidential primary organized by a faction of the party. The affirmation of Ezenwafor took place on Wednesday in Abuja. “I am on a rescue mission …

Chairman of Anambra State Basketball Association, Ugo Udezue has criticised the suspension of Nigeria from international basketball competitions by the federal government. The minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare in May announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had agreed to withdraw Nigeria from competing in international basketball competitions for …

The Twitter handle of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) on Wednesday shared a tweet on the proposed running mate for Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to defeat 13 other presidential hopefuls at the APC primary, which was concluded on …