Anxiety as states elect governors, lawmakers

Expect Better Security, IGP Re-assures Nigerians Hot Contests In Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Enugu, Others No Supplementary NASS Elections Today, Says INEC HURIWA, Others Condemn Violence Threats In Lagos As 837 governorship candidates across 28 states and 10,240 flag bearers for the 993 State Assembly seats seek the votes of the electorate in today’s governorship […]

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Appeal Court rejects Abba Kyari’s associate’s bail request

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by an associate of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sunday J. Ubua seeking to be admitted in bail. In judgment on Friday, a three-member panel of the appellate court held that the appeal by Ubua was […]

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Ex-Imo deputy governor freed after nine days in prison

A former Imo Deputy Governor Gerald Irona, has left Owerri prison after nine days in the Correctional Centre. Irona’s media aide, Walter Duru, in a short statement on Friday said an Abuja Federal High Court ordered that th ex-Deputy Governor be released on bail. He disclosed that the authorities at Owerri prison had since complied […]

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Governorship, assembly elections: FG orders total closure of land borders

The Federal Government has ordered the closure of all land borders from 00.00 hours on Saturday, March 18 to 00.00 hours on Sunday 19th of March 2023. The closure was informed by the Governorship and Assembly elections across the nation. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, announced the closure in […]

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Five die in Kaduna governor’s convoy, Shi’ites clash

Leaders of the Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites have alleged five of their members were killed and several others were injured when they clashed with Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s convoy on Thursday. One of the IMN leaders, Sheikh Aliyu Umar, who briefed journalists in Rigasa , Igabi local […]

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Buhari signs bill compelling president, governors to form cabinet within 60 days

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the fifth alteration to the 1999 Constitution requiring the President and Governors to send the list of Ministers and Commissioners to the legislature within sixty days after inauguration. The bill, fifth alteration no 23 which is one of the bills which got two third approval of State legislatures, […]

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Buhari arrives Daura for governorship, assembly elections

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his country home in Daura, Katsina State to participate in the Governorship and Assembly elections tomorrow. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on arrival in Daura, the President visited the palace of Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Faruk Umar, to […]

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Is the Saudi-Iran rapprochement making China the world’s new superpower?

By Confidence McHarry With the Saudi-Iran rapprochement, it is becoming increasingly clear that this is most likely China’s century, and we are all just living in it as tenants. In nearly every geopolitical trend, there are losers. None is more obvious in the Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia than two: Israel and the […]

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Tinubu promises robust government

President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, has promised competence in appointments and engagements. In a message titled, “Nigeria: At the Cusp of Renewed Hope,” he promised to reposition the country. He pledged an economy of double-digit Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, more food security, strengthened real sector and active digital economy, where young people fulfil their dreams and […]

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