The Director, Strategic Communications of President Muhammadu Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has advised Nigerians not to gullibly fall for the alleged fantasy created by a video circulating online where officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, spoke of the commission’s plan to electronically transmit results beforeContinue Reading
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over today’s Federal Executive Council meeting in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari is on an official visit to Borno State, where he is expected to inaugurate some projects. He will later jet out to the UK today on a “private visit.” TheContinue Reading
Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, declaring the soul of the nation at stake if President Donald Trump wins re-election. In a video posted on Twitter , Biden focused on the 2017 deadly clash between white supremacists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. BidenContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Maiduguri as part of a one-day official visit to Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential jet on Thursday landed at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Maiduguri International Airport at about 10.45 a.m. The president was received byContinue Reading
Ekiti State Government on Thursday announced the retirement of eight Permanent Secretaries from the state public service. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, in Ado-Ekiti, however, did not state the basis for the retirement and was also silent on the names of theContinue Reading
Senator Dino Melaye has been spotted gallivanting the streets of Abuja with customised cars that are simply out of this world. The vehicles which are nothing short of luxurious and expensive were used to paint the Federal Capital Territory red. The senator, who is known for his flamboyant lifestyle andContinue Reading
Governor Yahaya Bello’s hope of securing the ticket of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the November Kogi State governorship election is under threat as a result of criticism by stakeholders that he has performed below average in office. The governor, according to information available to THISDAY, isContinue Reading
Some fans of the Big Brother Naija (BBNAIJA) reality show have advised showrunners to start the new season or risk losing money from audience votes. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the appeal sprung up across social media after a viral twitter post by @Bidemi_brooke noting that fans were spendingContinue Reading
The Rivers State Internal Revenue Service has sealed off the corporate headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission in Port Harcourt over unpaid withholding tax allegedly running into N50bn. This is as the NDDC insisted that its records had indicated that they were not indebted to the state government toContinue Reading
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the dismissal of the ‘no-case submission’ filed by a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, in response to the N7.65bn fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a lead judgment by JusticeContinue Reading
