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President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration will continue to defend the interest of law-abiding Nigerians living abroad. President Buhari said this, on Thursday, during a meeting with Nigerians living in Spain on the sidelines of his official visit. The Diaspora team, which met with the President included; President of the Association, John Bosco, and his […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee. President Buhari’s congratulatory message, which was contained in a series of tweets on his official handle on Thursday night, described the Queen as a compassionate leader. He, therefore, on behalf of all Nigerians, wished her many more years as Queen of […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given approval for the NNPC to enter into agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, briefed State House correspondents after FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sylva […]
A Politician, Engineer Emmanuel Effiong who recently declared for the Governorship of Kaduna State under the Young Progressive Party, YPP, has dropped the ambition for the House of Representatives seat representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency. He spoke to journalists on Wednesday after he emerged consensus candidate of the YPP at an election conducted in Kaduna on […]
A Public Affairs Analyst Mr. Yusuf Goje has disagreed with the action of president Muhammadu Buhari in pleading with his party members to allow him anoint a successor. In a chat on Invicta’s Political Flagship Programme Perspectives, Goje believes that the action has defeated the aim of democracy in the country. He further added that […]
Former lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is working towards imposing his successor on Nigerians. In a video on his social media handles, Dino, who lost his bid to secure Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s ticket to run for the Kogi West Senatorial District in 2023, said the country is practicing democracy […]

A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Retired Justice Peter Umeadi, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Justice Umeadi who is the sole presidential aspirant of APGA was declared the winner of the primary election of the party on Wednesday. His candidacy was affirmed by 150 delegates who […]

The president stated this when he visited the headquarters of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday. He assured the global community that Nigeria would deliver a world-class reception to participants at the upcoming Global Conference, which had been scheduled to hold in Lagos this November. The president stated that […]
Former Imo State Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has completed the presidential screening of the All Progressives Congress (APC). There had been doubts that the Senator would not be present for the screening after he was, last Tuesday, arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). However, a Federal High Court in Abuja […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lamented the high number of uncollected Permanent Voters Card (PVCs), putting the figure at about 20 million. INEC National Commissioner of FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau States, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this, on Tuesday, at the launch of a campaign to promote the collection of PVCs and increase participation […]