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The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker on Thursday was taken to the Aso Rock Villa where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Naija News reports Bwacha was taken to the Villa …

LAGOS — Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-West zone are divided over the presidential ambitions of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; and Ekiti State Governor, and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi. …

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday faulted the series of allegations of corruption against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the state government. Rather than being prosecuted for corruption, he stressed that he should be the one laying claims to the benefits he ‘rejected’ …

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has described as ‘idiotic,’ comments made by Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari’s phone call to the Nigerian national football team made them lose their match against Tunisia, leading to them crashing out of the 2021 African Cup of Nations. Recall that on Sunday, January 23, the …

The artefacts, with the least weight of 30kg, looted by British troops in 1897, are to be repatriated from Germany to Nigeria this year.   The Government of Egypt has offered to help Nigeria preserve 1,130 looted Benin bronzes expected to be repatriated from Germany to the West African country …

House of Representatives Special Committee on Amendment of the 1999 Constitution has rejected a bill seeking to confer immunity on presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers. The presiding officers of the National Assembly are Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Deputy …

Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, released prophetic warnings concerning the forthcoming national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), People Democratic Party (PDP) and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele revealed …

President Buhari has reacted to the death of five-year-old Hanifa, asks for Justice Ministry to uphold integrity in her case.   President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old schoolgirl whose body was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after a …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that secondary school graduates should no longer be allowed to run for president in Nigeria. He stated this at the 52nd convocation of the University of Lagos on Monday, January 17, 2022. Gbajabiamila urged the National Assembly to review the …

The federal government has filed a fresh charge bordering on terrorism against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to the IPOB leader, confirmed the development on Monday. Kanu, who is standing trial on charges bordering on treasonable felony, is currently in the custody …