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Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan is ineligible to contest the 2023 presidential election on the basis of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), says Femi Falana, human rights lawyer.   Jonathan has been under pressure to run for the presidency on the platform of the ruling […]

  …as military says it rescued 848 kidnap victims in 3 weeks   A month after bandits attacked a train in Nigeria and kidnapped scores of passengers, they released the picture of a baby girl delivered in their den by one of the female victims.   The woman is said to be eight-month pregnant when […]

…hands over College of Education Ekiadolor to FG tomorrow   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved price augmentation of contracts for ongoing construction projects in the state to enable contractors cope with the recent increase in the price of construction materials.   The Commissioner, Edo State Ministry of Roads and Bridges, Hon […]

  ….Amaechi, Malami, Ngige must Resign by Saturday   Finally, it is now clear that President Muhammdu Buhari’s ministers who have political ambitions must resign from their posts by Saturday, April  30, or forget their dreams, according to new guidelines released by the ruling All Progressives Congress.   The three prominent ministers affected by this […]

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said that it is set to conduct drug tests on politicians seeking to hold public offices in the country.   To this end, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa (rtd), has written to the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Sen […]

  The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that seeks to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, and prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country.   The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and […]

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo,  has declared that it would amount to a disservice to Nigeria if he failed to contest the presidency in 2023.   The VP said this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, in an address to delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.   Osinbajo, who is […]