archiveFebruary 3, 2019

  The APC Presidential Campaign Council has rejected the endorsement of the PDP Presidential candidate by a group of leaders under the auspices of Nigeria Leaders and Elders Forum, describing it as a fraud by desperate members of the PDP. Spokesman of the campaign, Festus Keyamo said while reacting to...

The Nigerian Army on Sunday effected new postings and appointments of some of its senior officers. Brigadier General Sani Usman, Director Army Public Relations, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday. Those affected included, Major General AA Tarfa, who has been posted from Headquarters of Nigerian Army Corps of...

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Sunday said it has commenced investigations into the crash -landing of an Agusto Westland AW139 helicopter conveying Vice President Yemi Osibanjo to Kabba in Kogi State. Spokesman of the agency, Tunji Oketumbi disclosed this in a telephone interview with The Nation. He said the...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to disclose names and details of contractors and companies that allegedly collected money for electricity projects but failed to execute them starting from the return of democracy in 1999 to 2018....

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other leaders of the party in Lagos State have resolved the impeachment move on the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The Lagos State House of Assembly had threatened to commence impeachment proceedings against Ambode over allegations of illegal...

A Lagos lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the criminal charges filed against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Falana said he made the request having confirmed that a petition had been submitted to the National Judicial Council (NJC)...

Confirmation that Atiku will win the election - PDP The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described his endorsement by Afenifere Renewal Group, Middle Belt Forum, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) as a loud statement that there...

The Nigerian Army has dismissed as misleading reports by the Amnesty International, alleging that 60 displaced persons were killed by the Boko Haram insurgents at Rann community in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the clarification...

Several regional socio-cultural groups across Nigeria including Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum, Pan-Niger Delta Forum and the Middle Belt Forum have endorsed the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2019 Presidential elections. The groups came together in at a meeting held at Ladi Kwali...