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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost another senator to an opposition party. The latest defection is by Haliru Jika who represents Bauchi Central senatorial district. He has joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). His official announcement was contained in a letter addressed to and read out by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary on Wednesday. He, …

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki said Nigerians are no longer interested in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), stressing that there is a growing demand among the people to get an alternative political party to power. Obaseki who made the remarks while speaking on African Independent Television (AIT) on the just concluded Ekiti …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lashed out at the immediate past president of its Lagos State chapter, Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene, for purporting that the apex Igbo body had dumped Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. It said the purveyor of such misleading claim was driven by personal interest, disclosing that …

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari said the presidential bid of Godwin Emefiele did not affect his role Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele sought to be the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and drew widespread criticisms for being partisan while heading the CBN. While critics called for Emefiele’s sacking, Buhari said such decisions do not rest solely on him …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, warned men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Edo State Command, to shun acts capable of working against the Federal Government’s efforts to ensuring that Nigerians could procure international passports with ease. He said the ministry under his watch would not hesitate to deal with officials of the service engaged in any illegal …

Nigerian troops have found two former schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram jihadists eight years ago, the military said Tuesday, freeing some of the last victims of the 2014 Chibok abduction. The two women each carried babies on their laps as they were presented by the military, after captivity with militants who stormed their school in April, 2014 in …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, and leaders of the party, yesterday said that LP Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi; and his New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP counterpart, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are still in talks to field a joint ticket for the 2023 presidential poll. In separate chats with Vanguard, LP National Chairman, Mr. Julius Abure; Spokesman, …

Following the rift between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, and 14 Supreme Court Justices over welfare and administrative issues, the Body of Benchers has set up a seven-man committee to look into the matter. The Chairman, Body of Benchers, Wole Olaonipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the committee is headed by a …

Nigerian adventurer and London-to-Lagos biker, Kunle Adeyanju has said that his next adventure will be to ride from Lagos to Israel, and from Israel to Tibet. The biker said he wished to accomplish the adventure latest by 2024, as he also disclosed that his destination is Mt Everest. Adeyanju revealed this in an exclusive interview with Arise TV last week …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed seven new ministers. They are Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Umana – Akwa Ibom State, Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State and Goodluck Obia – Imo State. Others are Umar Yakub – Kano state, Ademola Adegorioye – Ondo State and Odo Udi – Rivers State. The president wrote to the Senate seeking confirmation of the …