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President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration will move 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within 10 years. The president stated this in his Democracy Day address in Abuja on Wednesday. He said data bases of poor and vulnerable Nigerians, as well as that of unemployed youths, were being developed by the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Wednesday that, despite its decision to issue a certificate of return to Rochas Okorocha as a senator elect, it will still appeal the court order that compelled it to issue the certificate. In a statement, Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voters Education said, […]

All Nigeria’s former Presidents including Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan were absent at the Eagle Square, venue for the 2019 Democracy Day celebrations which climaxed a week-long of activities. Former military rulers, General Yakubu Gowon and Ibrahim Babangida as well as Ernest Shonekan, former interim president, were also absent at the celebration. General Abdulsalami Abubakar […]

Like a stubborn sphinx that refused to be interred, June 12 has risen after 26 years to get its rightful place in the annals of the country’s history. When those that procured and sustained the annulment of the June 12 1993 election thought they had successfully buried that epochal historicity in the thick grave that […]

After he was denied entry to the National Assembly Complex during the inauguration and election of the ninth national assembly, former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, whose name was missing from the list of lawmakers-elect and barred from the process, finally received his certificate of return as winner of the Imo West Senatorial District election […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday night said the election of Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as the Senate president and House speaker respectively, marked a departure from the “duplicity and perfidy of the immediate past.” Both Lawan and Gbajabiamila were supported by the presidency and the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). That […]

Former deputy Senate president Ike Ekweremadu has said his surprising decision to re-contest the seat was not to win or lose but to make a public statement and exonerate himself from the national shame which the election of Ovie Omo-Agege exemplifies.  Ekweremadu, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP-Enugu West), contested and lost […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday prayed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to strike out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging his Feb 23 re-election for being fundamentally defective. Buhari made the prayer through his Counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), in a motion adopted and […]

Protocols: I warmly welcome and thank you for honouring our invitation to attend this National Democracy Day Anti-corruption Summit. I am deeply appreciative of my brother Presidents for your attendance. Your presence here today demonstrates enduring personal commitment towards collaborating with the Federal Republic of Nigeria in addressing issues of corruption at the regional and […]

It is ironic that it had to take a member of the military establishment now turned democrat, that is General, now President Muhammadu Buhari for June 12 to be accorded its pride of place in the socio-political calendar of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Before now, the recognition/celebration of June 12 as a watershed in […]

Ahmed Lawan, the All Progressives Congress (APC) preferred candidate, has been elected the president of the Nigerian Senate. Lawan defeated the People’s Democratic Party adopted candidate Ali Ndume, also of the APC with 79 votes. Ndume polled only 28 votes. Also, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the APC preferred candidate, was elected deputy senate president, defeating former […]

Foreign investors pulled out N1.77 trillion from Nigeria’s stock market in the last two years, citing insecurity and economic uncertainties. Many blue-chip companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) also experienced huge losses within the period. Specifically, N435.31 billion in foreign portfolio investment outflow was recorded in 2017, while foreign investors withdrew N642.65 billion […]