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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, Friday said he was heading to the Supreme Court to ensure that votes of Nigerians count. He therefore appealed for the support of Nigerians in his search for justice through the courts.   In a statement he personally signed, […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos) on Friday in Abuja, expressed disappointment over the failure of the Service Chiefs to honor the invitation of the House to discuss issues of insecurity in the North East.    The speaker while calling off the meeting said that the representatives sent by the Service […]

A former Director of Legal Services in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Grace Taiga, was on Friday arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory over her alleged involvement in the signing of the controversial gas supply contract between the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and an Irish firm, Processes and Industrial Development […]

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has urged his rival in the March 9 gubernatorial election, Chief Great Ogboru of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to join hands with his administration in building a stronger state. Okowa made the call on Friday at an inter-denominational thanksgiving service shortly after the reaffirmation of his electoral victory by […]

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, Friday upheld the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for a second term in office. In reaching the verdict, the three-man panel dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Alex Otti.   The tribunal, in the verdict read […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Sunday for New York, the United States, to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74) which took off on Tuesday. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement issued yesterday, said the president’s participation at this […]

A Niger Delta militia group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), has reiterated its warning to renew hostilities in the region by attacking oil facilities, if a cabal in the presidency succeeds in removing Professor Charles Dokubo as Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP).   The coalition of nine militia groups warned of its […]

The Nigerian government and the World Bank and Nigeria are in talks for as much as $2.5 billion in a new tranche of concessionary lending to Nigeria, Vice President for Africa Hafez Ghanem said. Last year Nigeria received $2.4 billion from the World Bank, Ghanem said in an interview in Abuja. “We’re talking about a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja challenged security chiefs on the need to bring an end cases to crude oil theft in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, said the president gave the directive when he met behind closed doors with security chiefs at State House Abuja.   Adamu said the president […]

United Kingdom’s Home Secretary, Ms. Priti Patel is facing an integrity question over her support for the attempt by a British Virgin Islands-registered company, Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited, to squeeze $9.6 billion out of Nigeria for a gas-to-power project that was never built. A London magazine, Private Eye, questioned the motive of the […]

The House of Representatives has set up an interim panel to probe the Gas Supply and Processing Agreement (GSPA) Nigeria signed with a British Virgin Islands-registered company, Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) Ltd, whose alleged breach triggered arbitration that resulted in the award of $6.6 billion, which with interest has now ballooned to $9.6 billion […]

The federal government has said that following the profiling of the second batch of Nigerians that willingly returned from South Africa Imo state topped the list with 157 out of 314 returnees.   A statement issued Thursday by Gabriel Odu of the Media Unit of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), revealed that government had profiled […]