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  • Ndigbo to Miyetti Allah: Igbos not plotting to divide Nigeria,

    Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) has described as unfounded and unacceptable the statement by the president of Miyetti Allah, Abdullahi Bodejo, that South East governors and Ohanaeze Ndigbo are engaged in a sinister plot to divide Nigeria by banning inter-state conveyance of cattle by foot. OYC national president, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated in Abakaliki at the […]
  • PDP asks Buhari to resign over “no certificate” Plea

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office since the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, allegedly admitted that President Muhammadu Buhari lacked the requisite academic certificate to be president and begged Nigerians to pardon him. The opposition party gave the advice ahead of the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition […]
  • 100 days not enough to assess Buhari’s second term – Presidency

    The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari shouldn’t be rated in the time frame of 100 days because Buhari is a second term president. “Where we copied the concept of 100 days from; America, they don’t do it with a 2nd term President or Governor. You don’t access a returning government according to 100 days […]
  • Xenophobic Attacks Disconcerting, South African President Tells Buhari’s Special Envoy

    South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the violence directed against Nigerians and other foreign migrants in South Africa “was most disconcerting and embarrassing” to the country. He spoke when he received President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Envoy, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, who was in that country from September 5 to 7, […]
  • One killed, five wounded in new Johannesburg violence

    At least one person was killed and five others injured in Johannesburg on Sunday, police said, after security forces clashed with looters in the latest outbreak of xenophobic violence. South Africa’s biggest city and other areas were hit by a surge of attacks against businesses owned by migrants in the last week, leaving at least […]
  • FG debunks Abuja bomb explosion report, blames desperate opposition

    The Federal Government, yesterday, debunked as fake news, reports of a bomb explosion, at the South African High Commission, in Abuja, which circulated on social media. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement, described the report as fake news orchestrated by the desperate opposition to cause panic and chaos among the populace. […]
  • Election Tribunal must deliver verdict by September 13

    Between Monday and Friday this week, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal must hand down its verdict in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. Although the tribunal did not give a specific date for judgment when it adjourned […]
  • PDP vows to reclaim Kogi, pledges peaceful campaign

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Kogi, Musa Wada, says the party is ready to reclaim the mantle of leadership in the state by Nov. 16. Wada told journalists on Sunday in Abuja, that Kogi traditionally belongs to the PDP and the party was ready to take over the state. He said members […]
  • Airlift of Nigerians in South Africa postponed

    The planned airlift of Nigerians in South Africa scheduled for Friday, September 6, has been delayed till next Monday or Tuesday. The operating airline, Air Peace, confirmed this after discussions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa. www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that the shift in date is due […]
  • Atiku writes Tribunal, urges early delivery of judgment on Petition

    The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has written to President of the Court of Appeal on the need not to allow his petition at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to become statute-barred by constitutional timeline. The tribunal had on August 21 reserved judgment in […]
  • EFCC nabs suspect on FBI wanted list

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), said its Sokoto zonal office in collaboration with the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), has arrested one Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, who is on the wanted list of the FBI. EFCC in a statement quoted the zonal head, Abdullahi Lawal explaining that the suspect was arrested in Kaduna and recovered […]