Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has just secured another four-year term. Contesting as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Party, Buhari was declared as president-elect by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, after he polled a total of 15,191,847 votes to edge out his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the […]
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it has secured an interim forfeiture of the sum of from N1,000,494,000. The order was granted by Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano. The anti-graft agency said the forfeiture was as a result of a motion exparte […]
One of Nigeria’s opposition presidential candidates, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, said she has stepped down from the race. According to a tweet by ChannelTV Correspondent, Seun Okinbaloye, said: “She says she is doing so to help build a coalition to defeat the #APC and #PDP whose candidates she has referred to […]
The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship candidate in Lagos for the 2019 elections, Jimi Agbaje has appointed Haleemat Busari as his running mate. Until her appointment, Haleemat Busari was a lawyer. A statement by the Jimi AgbajeCampaign Organisation (JACO), Felix Oboagwina said “Mrs. Oluwayemisi Haleemat Busari came highly recommended and widely […]
After losing the Lagos All Progressives Party gubernatorial ticket, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has conceded defeat. In a press conference, Ambode called Lagosians to support Babajide Sanwoolu, his opponent at the just concluded primary election. “In the last few days, there has been palpable tension in Lagos state but I strongly […]
The ruling party in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Babajide Sanwoolu as the governorship candidate of the party for the 2019 gubernatorial election. The APC party is the ruling party in Lagos, the country’s economic capital with over 25 million people. At an open […]
Nigeria’s acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has sacked Lawal Daura, the director general of the Department of State Security Service. Department of State Security Service, or the DSS is Nigeria’s secret police. The DSS was linked with the blockade of the National Assembly earlier today. Further confirming the action, the […]
Senator Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s number three man said he has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Party, APC. Saraki said via his official Twitter account that: “I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress (APC).” He […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has just submitted a supplementary budget to the National Assembly totaling $750 million. Africa’s largest economy had passed a total of N9.12 trillion for the year 2018 (approximately $29.92 billion). According to Reuters, The new supplementary budget includes 164 billion naira to prepare for the 2019 […]
The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has just declared John Kayode Fayemi as the winner of Ekiti state Governorship elections. Fayemi is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Party. INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Idowu Olayinka announced that Fayemi won in 12 out of the 16 […]