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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will now lead the party’s campaigns for the February general elections as against President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Chairman of the APC Campaign Council. Buhari stated this on Monday while inaugurating the campaign council. The President said the reason was that he didn’t want governance to suffer because …

By Premium Times The Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection campaign organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on Nigerians not to give one vote to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections. Mr Amaechi is in the eye of the storm after an audio recording was released Sunday by the opposition PDP in which he was saying Nigerians were hungry …

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 General Elections, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the military to follow due process in the case of Daily Trust newspapers whose offices were invaded on Sunday evening by armed soldiers. The Nigerian Army on Sunday night said it invaded the Daily Trust offices in Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State to invite workers of the media …

The chief military rebel who led a thwarted coup in Gabon on Monday has been arrested and two of his commandos killed after they stormed into a public radio station, the presidency said. “The situation is under control,” the presidency statement said, adding that hostages had been freed from the radio station. A group of soldiers had attempted to take …

The Nigerian Government has directed its military to vacate the premises of Daily Trust offices and the order has been complied with. The government in a statement by Garba Shehu, the official spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday night said that issues between the military and the newspaper as they affect the coverage of the war in the Northeast …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON It was a night of mixed feelings for residents of Obaruyi Street in Egor quarters, Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria when two married men engaged themselves in exchange of blows on meeting at their lover’s apartment in the area. The physical combat which occurred on December 27, 2018 ended when one of the men collapsed and …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has reacted to criticisms over its appointment of Amina Zakari as head of its collation centre for the forthcoming presidential election. The opposition has rejected the appointment, saying Mrs Zakari is a blood relation of President Muhammadu Buhari and had shown bias in past elections. It has not substantiated the claims. The director of voter …

Following the appointment of Amina Zakari as Chairperson, national collation centre of INEC, a group, the Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED), has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to tender his resignation letter immediately. AIED made this demand in a press statement issued on Friday and signed by its Director …

In what looks like a determination to enforce high standards, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State  has warned contractors against shoddy work otherwise they will face prosecution. Obaseki vowed to prosecute any contractor who delivers sub-standard work on the 230 public primary schools being refurbished by the state government through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The governor gave …

In an unprecedented move, a parallel campaign structure put in place by the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, is scheduled to be inaugurated today (Thursday). The inauguration of the over 500-member campaign team, said to be focused on women and young people, will take place inside the Banquet Hall of the State House Presidential Villa, Abuja, an official said. …