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…Says Tinubu, an ‘artful dodger’ running from a shady past The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has demanded an apology from the Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign over its failed attempt to smear Atiku’s reputation based on the false testimony of an alleged serial blackmailer, Mike Achimugu. The spokesperson of the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization, Kola Ologbondiyan, made …

…As court okays suit to compel IGP to investigate A group, under the aegis of the Incorporated Trustees of Advocacy for Social Right Advancement and Development Initiative have alleged before a Federal High Court in Abuja, that St. Paul Aroloya Primary School, Lagos, which Bola Tinubu claimed to have attended never existed. Bola Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the …

Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived Abuja from Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital where he attended the Third Forum of the African Conference for Peace. Buhari’s Leonardo AW139 helicopter conveying him from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport arrived at Aso Rock Villa a few minutes before 04:00 pm; concluding his first foreign trip in 2023, according to report by …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of Nigeria is currently presiding over the first Federal Executive Council meeting for 2023. The meeting which began at few minutes past 10:00am is holding at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the PUNCH reports. Those attending include the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Head of Civil Service of the …

Bilateral relations and trade between Israel and Nigeria will rise with the commencement of direct flights between the two countries from March, according to Israeli authorities. Ms Sharon Bar-Li, Deputy Director-General, African Department, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said this while meeting with some Nigerian journalists on a media tour to Jerusalem on Wednesday. According to the News Agency of …

Despite spending over $1bn to reclaim Boko Haram-held territories in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States since 2015, Nigeria’s security and that of the Lake Chad Basin remains unstable due to lingering conflicts in Libya, the Central African Republic and Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said this on Tuesday, shortly after receiving the “Award for …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has urged young people to learn from history rather than repeat it or allow it to jeopardize a better future. It was just as the Liberian President, his deputy and different Liberian groups welcomed, decorated him with traditional recognitions and awards at a youth forum yesterday in Monrovia, according to Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant …

Batch A trainees of Edo State Security Vigilante Network, comprising 574 operatives drawn from the six local government areas of Edo North, have completed a two-week intensive training session at the Police Training School, Ogida, Benin City. At the graduation ceremony which held recently at the Police Training School, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu …

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, spoke about his plans for reviving and growing the economy if Nigerians, in the general elections, choose him to lead the country. Atiku made the disclosure in a speech he presented at the Nigeria Economic Summit Group Presidential Dialogue on the Economy, at the Summit …

It was all tales of sorrow, anguish and pain from widows of fallen heroes, as the country marked the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day  across the nation last Sunday, The affected, mostly wives of soldiers and policemen, who lost their lives in active service lamented the non-payment of their late husbands’ life insurance benefits. The women, obviously bearing scars of …