Hints of imminent changes in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and the national security architecture by President Muhammadu Buhari have created suspense among ministers and service chiefs.
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Presidency should return to South in 2023, says El-Rufai
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he would not support a northern candidate for the presidency in 2023.
Read More »Southern Kaduna massacre: Protests in Kaduna, Lagos, Abuja as bandits kill 184
Protesters took to the streets of Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja on Saturday morning to protest over what they described as “genocide” taking place in the southern part of Kaduna State and the government’s inability to stop the killings.
Read More »Guber poll: Eleven governors storm Edo for Ize-Iyamu, PDP tackles Tinubu
No fewer than 11 governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress stormed Benin, the Edo State capital, on Saturday for the flag-off of the party’s campaign ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state.
Read More »Sen. Buruji Kashamu dies of COVID-19, for burial today
A former senator representing Ogun-East senatorial district, Buruji Kashamu, has died of COVID-19 complications at the First Cardiology Hospital in Lagos.
Read More »Kashamu evaded justice, couldn’t escape death, says Obasanjo
A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described as sad the death of a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 election in Ogun State, Senator Buruji Kashamu.
Read More »Coronavirus infections rise in Nigeria as caseload tops 46,000
Nigeria’s Coronavirus caseload surpasses the 46,000 mark on Saturday after the nation rakes in 453 new cases.
Read More »We’re on verge of crushing COVID-19 in Kano — Ganduje
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Saturday said it is on the verge of crushing and winning the fight against the highly contagious Covid-19 pandemic in the state.
Read More »We still experience loss of taste, smell — Coronavirus survivors
Many Nigerian COVID-19 survivors treated and discharged from isolation centres say they are yet to regain their senses of taste and smell weeks after they were discharged.
Read More »Edo Deputy Governor alleges assassination plot
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has made allegations of a plot to assassinate high-profile personalities in the state.
Read More »Conference of Speakers flays Obaseki over siege on Edo Assembly
Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria has condemned the recent siege on Edo State House of Assembly by men suspected to be loyal to Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Read More »FG evacuates 332 Nigerians from London
Three hundred and thirty-two Nigerians stranded in London, because of COVID-19 shutdowns arrived Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, at 7:40 p.m local time via Air Peace flight No. P47854 on Saturday.
Read More »Fed Govt short-changes Bayelsa in federal appointments, infrastructure – Gov. Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on the Federal Government to give more opportunities to Bayelsans at the federal level, saying the state has been shortchanged for long.
Read More »APC woos me to return, but I’ll not leave PDP — Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been making overtures to him to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections.
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