Rape: Italy asks ex-Brazil striker to serve prison sentence in home country
Italy has requested that former AC Milan and Brazil striker Robinho serves a 9-year prison sentence for rape in his home country. Media outlets in São Paulo stated this was based on reports by Brazil’s…
Banks begin collection of old naira notes despite CBN’s denial of directive
Commercial banks have started collecting the old N500 and N1,000 naira notes from their customers. The development comes despite the…
Contempt: Court Vacates Order Sentencing MD, Company Secretary of Fidelity Bank To Six Weeks In…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja , Lagos has vacated its ruling…
Why APC will win presidential election —Keyamo
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the All Progressives Congress will win the February 25 presidential election, because it is the most popular party in Nigeria. Keyamo, also a…
This is your golden opportunity to make me president – Atiku tells Adamawa residents
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, asked residents of Adamawa state to see the forthcoming election as a golden opportunity to elect him as…
2023: How Insecurity May Affect S/East’s 10.90m Votes
Increasing attacks on government facilities, especially offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the South East by criminal elements might affect the ability of the over 10million…
Naira redesign: Governors shouldn’t hide under immunity to commit treason, says CSO
The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy, a…
6 Days To Go: Uncertainty As IGP Suspends Deployment Of DIGs, AIGs, CPs For Election Duty
Six days to the presidential and National Assembly elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has suspended the redeployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant…
Peter Obi only candidate who offers Nigerians hope of change – The Economist
The Economist says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is the best choice for Nigeria. In a recent article titled ‘Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership’, the London-based newspaper said Obi…
Parties Devise Strategies To Beat Cash Crunch
Six days to the presidential and National Assembly elections, political parties are struggling to get cash for expenditure, including the payment of allowances to agents on election day, Daily Trust…
‘You stood by Borno during trying times’ — Zulum hails Tinubu at APC rally
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), showed the state unmatched support during the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking…
Something is about to happen!
The hour is at hand. Nigerians are about to pick a new president. I am ignoring the orchestrated crises and keeping my eye on the ball. We have done elections successfully since 1999 and I am confident that this…
Why I rejected plea by Obasanjo to join forces with Obi – Kachikwu
The presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu, has revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted him to join forces with Peter Obi, his counterpart in Labour Party after…
Ex-APC legal adviser Muiz Banire asks Nigerians willing to sell votes to collect only new notes
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Muiz Banire has advised Nigerians willing to sell their votes in the coming elections to only accept notes recognised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as legal tender in…
Abort plans of disrupting elections — Gen Yahaya warns thugs, miscreants
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has warned criminals and thugs to stay away from and desist from causing infractions in the 2023 election’. Gen Yahaya assured Nigerians of the loyalty of…
Six dead in Mississippi shooting rampage, suspect detained
Six people were killed Friday in a shooting rampage in a rural…
Move against CBN over Naira swap saga – MURIC tells Buhari
Amidst a protracted Nigerian fiscal crisis, an Islamic human rights organisation, the…
Ohanaeze urges Igbos to vote en masse for Peter Obi
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide rose from an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) on Friday in Enugu, asking Igbos in the South-East to resist the sit-at-home order by self-styled…
Obasanjo’s In-Law, John Abebe Bags Seven Years Imprisonment For Forgery
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday has sentenced former…
Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake – Agent
Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. Atsu, 31, had played for Chelsea and Newcastle in…
Premier League giants eye Neymar
Brazilian winger Neymar Junior has been heavily linked away from Paris Saint Germain to English Premier League powerhouses. The ex-Barcelona man had reportedly been involved in dressing room tussles which the Parisians board perceived as…
Attacks: Labour directs bank workers to stay at home
Organised Labour in the nation’s Financial Sector, yesterday directed bank workers to stay at home following increasing attacks on banks across the country over the scarcity of new notes. Under the aegis of…
Naira crisis: INEC submits cash request to CBN
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has presented its cash requirement for prosecuting the forthcoming elections to the Central Bank of Nigeria, as requested by the apex bank. It expressed…
Tinubu didn’t instigate govs against Buhari on Naira redesign — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as fake, a media report that Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate asked party governors to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari’s orders on the…