National Assembly’s lamentation over insecurity mere 2023 campaign – PANDEF

Senate president, Ahmad Lawan The Pan Niger Delta Forum has stated that the lamentation of the National Assembly over the spate of killings and insecurity in the country is a mere campaign strategy to endear Nigerians to them towards the 2023 elections. Speaking with our correspondent in a phone interview, the National Publicity Secretary of […]

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I’m the honest president Nigeria needs, says Wike

Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has again urged the Peoples Democratic Party to put him forward as its presidential candidate in 2023, saying he is the only one capable of dislodging the ruling All Progressives Congress from power. According to him, what Nigeria needs now is an honest president and that person is none […]

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How herders nearly killed me with machete, sticks – Ekiti farmer

A 75-year-old farmer in Ekiti State, Pa Adesoye Oguntayo, who was attacked and injured on his farm by herdsmen, narrates his near-death experience to Abiodun Nejo. Please introduce yourself. I am Adesoye Oguntayo. I am a farmer in Oke Ako Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. But I am from Kogi […]

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Kukah: The man who should succeed Buhari as Nigeria’s President

Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Rt Revd Matthew Kukah, has listed the qualities to be possessed by anyone who would become Nigeria’s next president. He listed the qualities in his Easter Message on Sunday titled, ‘To mend a broken nation: The Easter metaphor’. Mentioning the qualities, the cleric said Nigeria needs a person […]

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‘Miyetti Allah members now fleeing Nigeria to escape bandits’ attacks, cattle rustling’

The Secretary-General of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, Ngelzeerma Usman, speaks with Solomon Odeniyi about the recent killing of the association’s chairman and members in Abuja by Fulani bandits. Members of your association were killed and others kidnapped in Abuja. How is your association taking this? Our Chairman in the Gwagwalada area […]

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Keyamo’s old tweet criticising Jonathan’s pardon for Alamieyeseigha resurfaces

Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo, has come under heavy criticism from Nigerians after President Muhammadu Buhari granted a presidential pardon to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame. The National Council of State had on Thursday endorsed the pardon of Dariye, Nyame, and 157 […]

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Presidency replies Wike over stance on state pardon for Nyame, Dariye

The Presidency, through the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike’s criticism of the state pardon granted by President Muhammadu Buhari to a former Governor of Plateau, Joshua Dariye, and his Taraba State counterpart, Jolly Nyame, lacked moral justification. Wike had […]

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State pardon to Dariye, Nyame, disservice to judiciary, says Wike

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has stated that the state pardon granted by the President Muhammadu Buhari to a former Governor of Plateau, Joshua Dariye, and his Taraba State counterpart, Jolly Nyame, convicted for corruption, was a disservice to the judiciary. Wike, who stated this in Minna, on Saturday, when he visited delegates of the […]

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You’ve destroyed Nigeria, divided Nigerians, Kukah bombs Buhari

Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has heavily criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over insecurity, corruption and division in Nigeria. He made his complaints known in his Easter Message on Sunday titled, ‘To mend a broken nation: The Easter metaphor’. According to the bishop, every aspect of life in Nigeria has been destroyed […]

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