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“Four years ago, we promised Nigerians real change — in what we do and how we do it. Nigerians sent a clear message in the last election, and our platform offered a new, ambitious plan for a secure, prosperous and corruption-free country. We have worked hard to fulfil our promises,” Buhari said. President Muhammadu Buhari has launched his campaign for …

ABUJA—A former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, gave an insight into why leaders of the South-South and Middle Belt Leaders Forum are backing former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar as the country’s next President. According to him, it became imperative for him to support the PDP presidential …

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is to kick-start his campaign for the 2019 presidential election through an address to Nigerians on Facebook on Monday. A statement issued by Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation on Saturday said Mr Abubakar would use the address to launch his policy document. “In his address, the PDP presidential candidate will …

OWERRI – Commuters on the ever busy Owerri-Orlu federal highway, were Saturday, stranded as countless operatives of the Counter Terrorism Unit, CTU, of the Imo State Police Command, blocked the road in protest. The mutinous protest, which caused serious traffic gridlock on the road, as well as sent shivers through the spines of innocent citizens, was the second of such …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the incumbent Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections. Tambuwal finished second behind Atiku Abubakar, who emerged the party presidential candidate at its Convention held in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State on October 6. INEC confirmed the substitution of the name of Manir …

The European Union, United States, United Kingdom and other foreign governments on Sunday demanded a process that would herald free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections as political parties flagged off political campaigns ahead of the 2019 polls. A joint statement signed by the embassies of the various governments in Nigeria was sent to PREMIUM TIMES. Signatories to the statement include …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the split within the Ohanaeze Igbo socio-cultural group over its reported endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, did not surprise him. Speaking at a meeting with a select group of South-east leaders on Friday, at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari said that the moment the so-called resolution …

ABUJA – The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reduced the 14-year jail term that was handed to former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, to 10 years. The court, in a unanimous judgement by a three-man panel of Justices led by Justice Abdul Aboki, held that the 14 years that was handed to Dariye by trial …

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed the threat by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) that states may have to sack workers if forced to pay N30,000 as minimum wage. The union said the threat is not new and that workers are standing firm on the figure agreed by the tripartite negotiation team as the new national minimum wage. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched the Buhari Unity Band, an idea he said was meant to keep Nigeria united as it inched toward the 2019 general elections. The launch is coming three days to the November 18, 2018 date set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the formal opening of campaigns for the 2019 general elections, in which …