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The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has expressed his readiness to receive the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian People Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso if he agrees to defect to the ruling party. Abdullahi Ganduje & Kwankwaso Ganduje made the statement at a media briefing with some selected media organisations in Kano. This was shortly before …

• Patients stranded, frustrated as doctors insist on  mass action Wednesday Patients who patronise public healthcare facilities in Nigeria are passing through harrowing period  due to absence of resident doctors who had embarked on indefinite strike over what they described as unfair labour treatments. The doctors under the aegis of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who constitute larger percentage of doctors in …

The ECOWAS delegation to Niger led by former Nigerian military leader Abdulsalami Abubakar was humiliated Thursday by the Nigerien junta as the members were prevented from leaving the airport, PREMIUM TIMES can report. A Nigerian government source briefed about the visit told this newspaper that the three-man team sent to negotiate with the junta leaders was not allowed into the country. Before …

England scraped into the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup when they beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties in Brisbane on Monday. Despite Nigeria having the better of the chances throughout, the European Champions — reduced to 10 players after 87 minutes — snuck home in front of 50,000 spectators after the match had finished 0-0 at the end of extra …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Few even mentioned his name, and the new federal indictment he faces was completely ignored, as Republican candidates for president tried in Iowa Sunday to present themselves as Donald Trump alternatives. Over the course of two hours, seven GOP hopefuls took their turn on stage in front of about 800 party activists in the leadoff caucus state, all …

Edo State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to Governor Obaseki’s recent address to protesting workers in the state, describing his stance as not only inciting the people against the Federal government, but treasonable. It would be recalled that Edo State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), last Wednesday joined the union’s nation-wide protest against the …

…Gov writes Tinubu, awaits response from President …Partners FRSC to boost emergency response on roads Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has warned of a looming crisis in Edo State within the next few weeks if remedial works are not carried out on the dilapidated federal roads. The governor said he has written to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the …

“It is quite impossible for those who want to gain power to avoid getting rid of those who are most likely to form the opposition” – Critias, 404 BC, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 196. In addition to those in opposition, power-grabbers abhor those likely to form a rival source of allegiance by the people. Tinubu is President; but, …

Another ministerial nominee of President Bola Tinubu, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, is currently enmeshed in a controversy surrounding the authenticity of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate he submitted for his screening by the Nigerian Senate. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported how another nominee, Hannatu Musawa, who had earlier been rejected by the same National Assembly for a similar reason when offered an appointment by …

Animasahun Salman, who visited the Illela border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto State, writes about the travails of Nigerians currently stuck in Niger following the announcement of a border closure by the Federal Government The long line of articulated vehicles crowded the shoulder of the motorway that connects Niger Republic to Nigeria in the Illela border town of …