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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja saluted erudite lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, on his 60th birthday. Falana and Buhari President Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina joined family members, friends and...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the federal government and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have began what it called a total clampdown on the entire opposition and dissenting voices across the land. Uche Secondus The party … Read more via Vanguard News –...

The Commissioner of Health in Zamfara state, Lawali Liman, on Saturday emerged the new chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state at the party’s state congress. The national chairman of the party’s state congress, Umar Dambo........... Read more via Premium Times...

The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Office says it has uncovered a plan by Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, to carry out attacks on supporters of Segun Oni, using thugs pretending to work for the minister of mines and steel development. In a statement on Saturday, Yinka Oyebode, … Read more via...

The president of the American University of Nigeria on Saturday likened the founder of the university, Atiku Abubakar, to Thomas Jefferson, a former president of the United States of America. Dawn Dekle, a professor and the fourth president of AUN, spoke to journalists after the … Read...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the federal government is planning to clamp down on major opposition leaders anytime soon. The spokesperson for the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, made.................. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 –...

Nigerians who traveled to the United States of America (USA) as non-immigrants in 2017 had spent a total of N9.733 billion as payment for visa fees, this excludes what was spent by those that obtained immigrant visas and those whose visa applications were rejected. Figures obtained … Read...

State governors have alleged an inflation by almost 50 per cent in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) figures on petrol consumption and demanded a probe of oil subsidy payments from 2015 till date. After a meeting with the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday night, the …...

A speeding car has been reportedly seen delved into a gutter at Yola today. Luckily no live was lost due to the accident. The post Car Falls Into A Gutter In Yola (Photos) appeared first on Naijaloaded … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music & Entertainment Website –...

The differences between the two contending factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, remained unresolved, on Saturday afternoon, as the state congress of the party in Enugu, the state capital, ended in fiasco. Pandemonium reigned supreme at the … Read more via The Sun...

The former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi has called on ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to support the opposition coalition against President Buhari. Makarfi also urged Obasanjo not to hinder the plan to assemble a coalition of opposition parties to defeat Buhari...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has commended state chapter of the All Progressives Congress for adopting a consensus arrangement in its congress held on Saturday. Obaseki disclosed this to journalists shortly after the state congress of the APC held at the Imaguero College on Sapele...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would on Monday start distributing Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to newly registered eligible voters in Lagos State, its spokesman, Femi Akinbiyi, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that … Read more via The...

Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State, Petroleum Results were mixed across the financial markets this week. Equities continued their bearish trend, while yields on treasury bills continue to drop in tandem with inflation. Crude oil prices hit a new high. Here is an extensive look into how the...

A faction of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State has gone ahead to conduct the state congress of the party on Saturday, despite a federal High court of Owerri order stopping the exercise. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2k7cRRA Get More Nigeria Political News

The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a fresh plot to rig the July 14 gubernatorial poll. He made the allegation on Friday, May 18, while addressing............ Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read...

“The First Lady returned home to the White House this morning. She is resting comfortably and remains in high spirits,” said Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s communications director. “Our office has received thousands of calls and emails wishing Mrs. Trump well, and we thank everyone who has...

Popular actor, Saidi Balogun, is not a new face on the television screen and he has over 100 movie features under his belt. However, to his credit, the movie star has never been associated with a pornographic movie role despite the fact that the pornographic movie culture is gradually creeping...

The Markle family were thrust into the spotlight as a result of Meghan’s Royal Wedding to Prince Harry. Thomas W Markle Sr, the father of the woman now married to the sixth in line to the British throne, is of Dutch-Irish origin, and was born in 1945. He … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

The Nigerian Army says it killed two female suicide bombers, who attempted to infiltrate troops in Kawuri, in Konduga Local Government Area in Borno on Friday. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released...