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Nearly six years after implementing a controversial fuel subsidy withdrawal which sparked a nationwide protest, former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that it was the 36 state governors who pushed him to remove the subsidy to provide more money for them. Jonathan, who made the startling revelation in his book, My Transition Hours, unveiled in an upscale event in Abuja …

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed dissatisfaction with the challenges confronting Nigeria, saying that the same mistakes of previous administrations were being repeated by President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, a day after flagging off her campaign, Ezekwesili said Nigeria needed a leader like her to make the country …

Former Vice President Namadi Sambo as well as former presidents of Ghana, Benin and Sierra Leone are also attending. President Muhammadu Buhari is being represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The event is holding inside the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. Other notable persons at the event are the Senate President Bukola …

Rampaging Boko Haram insurgents overran a Nigerian Army battalion in Borno State on Sunday, killing the unit’s commander and dozens of soldiers, military sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. A large cache of arms, ammunition and military equipment were carted away by Boko Haram fighters during the attack on 157 Task Force Battalion in Metele, Abadam Local Government Area, at about …

Immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed how former governors of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who defected to the then opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) because they were “blinded by ambition” and a barrage of “fake news,” cost him his bid to be reelected for a second term in office. Mr. Jonathan made the claim in a book about …

…Pledges to address development challenge Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed displeasure over the level of poverty in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the State and promised to change the development narrative to discourage youth in the area from falling prey to human trafficking schemes. The Governor made this known while launching the Edo Food and Agriculture Cluster …

Expectations are high as Edo State Polytechnic, Usen prepares to host its maiden convocation ceremony on Saturday December 1, 2018, with Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, leading government’s delegation to the event. Rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, in a chat with journalists recently, said that a number of activities have been lined up for the ceremony, starting …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with representatives of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum over the disagreement between the organised labour and state governors on the proposed N30,000 minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria had reported that the Amal Pepple Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage, had on Nov. 6, submitted its report to …

Despite refusing to argue its case and also refusing to call any witnesses, the Nigerian Army on Monday convinced the National Industrial Court to suspend judgement in an application by an officer challenging his dismissal in 2016 without fair hearing. The court took the decision after Micheal Owolabi, the counsel for the Nigerian Army and Chief of Army Staff, Tukur …

Pictures of service chiefs attending President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign rally tagged ‘Next Level’ have become a source of worry for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, a spokesman for the organisation has said Some service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq; and Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice …