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The Nigerian presidency has reacted to the assertions of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who earlier today addressed a post Supreme Court verdict press conference, where he lamented the state of affairs in the country. However,…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday affirmed that the Student Loan Scheme he approved on June 12, 2023, would go live in January 2024. He also promised that episodes of industrial action by academic staff unions of tertiary institutions…

Renowned Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, also known as Tiwatope Omolara Savage, has shared a personal health update, disclosing her ongoing battle with an undisclosed virus. She made this announcement via her Instagram page on Tuesday,…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Friday, said it would not allow the Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration in South-East. The group said events in the country as ‘spearheaded’ by its leadership in the past 63 years did not…

Former world champion and three-time Diamond League winner Tobi Amusan seems unbothered by the latest move by the Athletics Integrity Unit to challenge her racing status after the body appealed their disciplinary panel’s decision to…

Following the closing of the Nigeria-Niger border, Bashir Adeniyi, the acting comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, has issued a red alert for all officers and personnel manning crossings in the Benin Republic, Cameron,…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari says leading Nigeria is one of the hardest challenges in life. Buhari stated this on Tuesday in his Sallah message signed by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, stressing that leadership entails the…

Mr. Chijioke Edeoga, the Labour Party's candidate for governor in Enugu State, said the election petition tribunal hearing the case in Enugu on Friday that he will invite 36 witnesses to testify against Governor Peter Mbah of the…

The Labour Party has unexpectedly found itself at the centre of a crisis that has revealed alleged theft within its ranks. In particular, Peter Obi, the party's presidential candidate, and Julius Abure, the chairman of the breakaway…

Information Minister Lai Mohammed has admonished the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to desist from inciting people to violence over the outcome of the presidential election, in which Bola Tinubu of the All…

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that all of the pledges he made to Nigerians during his 2015 campaign have been kept. This was disclosed by him on Saturday while he was giving a speech at the Federal University's seventh…

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, said individuals responsible for the deaths of a number of tourists, including 16 Nigerians, in Burkina Faso, would face "due sanctions." He stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is…

President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Lagos State on Monday for two days of site visits and commissioning of projects in various locations, the Lagos State Government has said. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy,…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says he will make his preferred presidential candidate known in January 2023. The governor, who stated this on Thursday, said he will also campaign for his adopted candidate nationwide. Read Also:…

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, says the abstention of five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as G5 is good for his party’s performance in the 2023 presidential…