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The Nigerian Army says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by troops recently to malign the institution. Onyema Nwachukwu, director, army public relations, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that one Solomon Okafor of Radio Biafra London […]

Olu Falae, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has claimed he won the 1999 presidential election. Falae, who contested the election on the joint platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and All Peoples Party (APP), lost to Olusegun Obasanjo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Obasanjo […]

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, says Nigerian workers are the “backbone” of the country and none of them should live in poverty. The APC chieftain made the remark in a statement released on Sunday to commemorate International Workers’ Day. According to the statement signed by Tunde Rahman, his […]

Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has a dream: that one day, Nigerian universities will be able to compete with the best in the world; that our universities will attract the best students and best teachers; that students will start trooping to Nigeria from all over the world; […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked a federal high court sitting in Abuja to dismiss a suit seeking to stop its presidential primary. Cosmas Ndukwe, a former deputy speaker of Abia state house of assembly, had asked the court to stop the primary over the non-zoning of the party’s ticket to the […]

Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has thrown his weight behind the presidential bid of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state. Uwazuruike spoke on Saturday when he led some south-east youths on a solidarity march in Owerri, Imo state capital, in support of Bello’s […]

Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Monday as the day for the celebration of eid-el Fitr. The national moonsighting committee disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday night. The Sultan’s confirmation signals the beginning of Shawwal and the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “His Eminence the […]

Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, says President Muhammadu Buhari would have protested if former President Goodluck Jonathan had piled up debts like his administration. Sani spoke on Saturday during Daily Trust’s Twitter Spaces titled ‘Insecurity and 2023 General Elections’. Recently, many Nigerians have raised concerns over the increase in […]

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he will support President Muhammadu Buhari’s preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election.  On April 9, Amaechi declared his intention to run for president on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform. According to a statement released by his media office on Saturday, Amaechi said if Buhari decides to […]

The issue of power rotation between the south and north continues to be a topic of discussion ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Those who are at the forefront of the call for the southern presidency argued that President Muhammadu Buhari would have spent eight years in office as a northerner in 2023, hence […]