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Former die-hard supporter of Buhari, seasoned Jounalist, author, public affairs commentator and human rights activist, Comrade Erasmus Ikhide has x-rayed the failures of the Nigerian President to meet the expectation of the Nigerian people in a new book titled: SHATTERED HOPE Erasmus Ikhide, once Media Aide to former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and ex Media Adviser to former Governor …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja appealed to all the Presidential candidates in the February 16 election to commit to the ideals of the peace accord for a rancour free contest. President Buhari made the appeal when he and other Presidential candidates including the former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar …

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has ordered key security agencies in the country to arrest the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and produce him for trial on Friday. The Mr. Danladi Umar-led panel tribunal specifically directed the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of the Department of State Service, DSS, …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, said that his ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian. Atiku said this while signing another peace accord at the International Conference Center in Abuja, with other presidential candidates of other political parties, including that of the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari. According to …

The Accident Investigation Bureau has released the preliminary report of the helicopter accident involving the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Commissioner, AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru, on Wednesday said the investigation was still ongoing but that among other causal factors, the crew lost visual contact with the ground at landing due to a “brownout.” According to him, brownout is caused …

Below is the list of registered voters in Nigeria’s 36 states and Abuja. The figures were sourced from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. STATENO. OF VOTERSAbia1,932,892Adamawa1,973,083Akwa Ibom2,119,727Anambra2,447,996Bauchi2,462,843Bayelsa923,182Benue2,480,131Borno2,315,956Cross River1,527,289Delta2,845,274 Showing 1 to 10 of 38 entriesPreviousNext ================================== STATENO. OF VOTERSEbonyi1,459,933Edo2,210,534Ekiti909,967Enugu1,944,016FCT1,344,856Gombe1,394,393Imo2,272,293Jigawa2,111,106Kaduna3,932,492Kano5,457,747 Showing 11 to 20 of 38 entries STATENO. OF VOTERSKatsina3,230,230Kebbi.1,806,231Kogi1,646,350Kwara1,406,457Lagos6,570,291Nasarawa1,617,786Niger2,390,035Ogun2,375,003Ondo1,822,346Osun1,680,498 Showing 21 to 30 of 38 entries STATENO. OF VOTERSOyo2,934,107Plateau2,480,455Rivers3,215,273Sokoto1,903,166Taraba1,777,105Yobe1,365,913Zamfara1,717,128Total 84,004,084 …

…2 years jail term for wife beaters  … life imprisonment for perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has signed the Violence Against Persons (VAP) Bill into law, to address all forms of violence and protect vulnerable members of the society. Obaseki, who signed the bill in Government House, Benin City, on Tuesday, said he was …

Barely four days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, two containers housing Smart Card Readers were on Tuesday gutted by fire at INEC headquarters in Awka, Anambra. The incident comes two days after the INEC office in Plateau State was destroyed by fire. Other facilities of the commission, including in Abia, have also been damaged by fire weeks before …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its two-month-old strike, five days after its university colleagues halted theirs. Usman Dutse, the national president of ASUP, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES by phone that the strike had been suspended. The union, after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, however, said it would not hesitate to resume …

The American ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has dismissed claims by the Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign Council that his country was subtly supporting the opposition as the general elections approach. The director, strategic communications of the team, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, lampooned Mr Symington and other Western diplomats saying their recent statements on the elections showed they were tactically supporting the opposition, …