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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he has been able to run for the office of the President of Nigeria since 1993 without any controversy because unlike his main rival and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate,...

The All Progressives Congress standard-bearer in the Adamawa governorship election, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru-Ahmed, on Wednesday withdrew a suit she filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC flag bearer had prayed the court for a judicial review of the decision by INEC to reverse her being declared the...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, struck out an interim order of forfeiture, seeking to forfeit properties linked to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The suit was instituted through an exparte application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), seeking a temporary order, forfeiting 14 properties...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the National Assembly, Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Services, among others, to urgently commence investigation of the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva over alleged certificate...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has hired luxurious buses to evacuate Nigerian students studying in Sudan. Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged between forces loyal to two rival generals. The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government will on Wednesday commence the evacuation of...

“I retired a permanent secretary in the Ebonyi civil service prematurely because the official could not calculate civil servants gratuities,’’ Gov. David Umahi said on Tuesday in Abakaliki. Umahi made the declaration while swearing in new permanent secretaries and members of the state’s Public Complaints and anti-Corruption Commission. “The deputy...

As people try to get to safety following the ongoing crisis in Sudan, the Federal Government has expressed worry that Nigerian students in the war-torn country were trying to find their way to borders of Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Chad on their own. The government noted that while concerted efforts...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed that a trending video allegedly showing some of its officers operating in a minibus in Lagos State should be disregarded. The agency disclosed this on Tuesday via its Twitter handle, through its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, with the caption...

A fresh motion on notice seeking to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next President on May 29 has been instituted at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The suit marked CA/CV/259/2023 was instituted by Ambrose Owuru, who is constitutional lawyer and a past presidential candidate who ran...