Buhari Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, says he has created a better Nigeria than the one he met when he came to power in 2015. The Nigerian leader made the claim in his independence anniversary speech on Saturday, Buhari said he pledged to improve the economy, tackle corruption and fight insecurity …

Leo Stan Ekeh Nigeria’s federal government has charged Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman of Zinox Group, his wife, Chioma and 11 other suspects to court over alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. On September 9, 2022, Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, filed a 17-count charge against the suspects in suit No. FCT/HC/CR/469/2022 …

  Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has accepted defeat in his pursuit of the senatorial ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Yobe North. Bashir Machina had won the senatorial ticket of the party in May while Lawan was chasing the presidential ticket until June. After horse trading and power …

L-R: Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the party stands a good chance to defeat the Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Okowa, who is also the governor of …

Kanu Heart Foundation has so far sponsored about 600 open heart surgeries, the majority of them indigents. Its founder Kanu Nwankwo stated this while briefing newsmen in Enugu ahead of the foundation’s awareness rally scheduled in Enugu Thursday. He said the essence of the rally was to sensitise Nigerians to …

Presidential candidates of respective political parties on Wednesday attended the First National Peace Accord held at the International Conference Centre. As of the time of this report, Peter Obi of the Labour party, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Omoyele Sowore …

LAGOS.29.09.22. In a massive collaborative initiative to support and promote interventions targetted to addressing hunger and malnutrition in communities, Agric lender, Unity Bank Plc and Lagos Food Bank have donated food items worth millions of Naira to Ogundimu Ilaje, a riverine community in the suburb of Lagos. A statement from the Bank adds that the intervention is part of …

Lawan, Machina Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, has accepted the judgment of a Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, which on Wednesday, affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial District. Machina had approached the Federal High Court seeking an order …

Adamu, Tinubu The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as ‘fake,’ a letter purportedly written by Abdullahi Adamu, its national chairman, which alleged that Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, is breached an agreement on the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council. A letter addressed to Tinubu, said to have …

Nigerian students Nigeria has emerged as the country with the highest number of students bringing their relatives to the United Kingdom, according to an analysis of the country’s Home Office. The report said 34,000 Nigerian students accounted for 31,898 dependants, followed by India whose 93,100 students accounted for 24,916. Libya …