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As congratulatory messages continued to pour in from within and outside the country over the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has kept mum over the development. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in the early hours of Wednesday declared Buhari …

The United Kingdom has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari on his electoral victory in the Saturday’s presidential election. Mr Buhari was declared the winner of the election in the early hours of Wednesday. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opposed the result, calling for a halt. A statement from …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Lagos, Chief Olabode George has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to order for allegedly sponsoring thugs to attack Igbo traders in Lagos. In a Wednesday statement, George said the practice of using …

A report released by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in partnership with Trust Africa (TA), has revealed that Nigeria’s oil and gas sector contribute the most to the illicit financial flows recorded annually in the country. The report specifically noted that 92.9 per cent of the total amount …

Only 34.75 per cent of registered voters actually voted in the just concluded presidential elections, according data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the percentage represents 28,614,190 people who cast their votes during the elections. This is 0.91 per cent …

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday told the U.S. Congress that Trump is a `racist,’ a `conman’ and a `cheat.’ Cohen, Trump’s onetime `fixer,’ said Trump knew in advance about a release of emails by the WikiLeaks website aimed at hurting his 2016 Democratic presidential rival. …

Senator Godswill Akpabio  has vowed to  challenge his defeat in Saturday’s in Ikot Ekpene senatorial election at the Election Petitions Tribunal. The former Akwa Ibom State governor, who left the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress last year,  was unseated by PDP’s  Chris Ekpenyong, a former deputy governor. Ekpenyong …

The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had his net worth jumped to $16.6bn on Tuesday as he gained $5.8bn within 24 hours. Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which lists world’s 500 richest people, had earlier shown Dangote’s wealth fell from $10.5bn at the end of last year to a low of $9.63bn on January …

Following the example of his Good Shepherd, senior pastor at the Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) worldwide, Apostle (Prof.) Johnson Suleman, is once again demonstrating his uncommon assets in faraway Oregon State in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Accompanied by his dutiful wife, Reverend (Mrs.) Lizzy …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday issued a certificate of return to President Muhammodu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo having won the 2019 presidential election that took place on Saturday, February 23. Mr Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored the highest votes in the 2019 …