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Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government will soon commence a national sensitisation campaign against ritual killings in the country. The minister said this on Monday during a visit to the Daily Trust office in Abuja. TheCable had reported how young people seek traditional charms, mystical …

Governors of the All Progressives Congress on Monday declined to comment on the postponed national convention of the party. Speaking after a meeting held in Abuja, Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Atiku Bagudu, said the Governors will only comment after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. “Until we …

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Kano State will house the biggest rail station in the country. The minister said this when a delegation from Kano, led by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, visited him in Abuja to discuss the rail and Dala inland dry port in the State. “We have …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the old generation of Nigerians, especially politicians to give way for the younger breeds in the building of a prosperous Nigeria. He said this at the 2022 annual lecture of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF). The programme, which held on Monday, had as its …

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is to recognise breakaway regions of Ukraine, the Kremlin says He told the French and German leaders of his plans in a phone call, saying he would sign a decree. The Russian President has ignored the warning of sanctions by the West and will recognise the …

This is the first set of sanctions, once Russia invades Ukraine, more massive sanctions will follow.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that people are now volunteering to confront him. Tinubu, who described himself as the Lion of Bourdilon, said this while expressing strong determination in his quest to become the nation’s president come 2023. The APC …

AT EU-AU SUMMIT, PRESIDENT BUHARI CALLS FOR WEIGHTY SANCTIONS FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN AFRICA President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Brussels, Belgium called on European leaders as partners in promoting democracy and good governance to lend their weight behind measures put in place by the African Union to stem the …

Governor Abdillahi Ganduje of Kano State has said that the people of the Northern part of the country have no other presidential aspirant to support than the National leader of the All progressive congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ganduje made the remark at the inauguration of an office for Northern Youth …

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has reversed its earlier decision postponing its national convention indefinitely. The convention will now hold on March 26, the date earlier slated for the conduct of its zonal congresses.