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3 Nigerians face firing squad in Indonesia over drug smuggling

Preparations are in top gear in Indonesia for the execution by firing squad of three Nigerians convicted of drug smuggling in the Asian country. One of them has been identified as the Spain-born Raheem Agbaje Salami, 45. A report just coming in from Indonesia said that Salami and a Filipino woman were about to be transferred to an island prison ... Read More »

Buhari Is Nigeria’s Next President – Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as Nigeria’s new president. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state, when he met a group under the umbrella of Concerned Citizens of Nigeria. The group called ... Read More »

Buhari to Return to Nigeria on Friday

Unconfirmed reports indicates that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari is set to return to the country almost two weeks after his absence from the country. Photo: Buhari in London A source in his camp said General Buhari stubbornly stuck to his decision to rest for 10 days after the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) ... Read More »

Inec Brief press over 2015 Elections,speaks on Jega’s tenure rumors

Nigeria electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has maintained that best practices in the conduct of the nation’s general election would be strictly adhered to. The electoral body official, Commissioner Chris Iyimoga disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing the newsmen in Abuja. The INEC Commissioner emphasised that the apex body has achieved a record of 80 per cent distribution ... Read More »

Fani-Kayode demands N5 billion from Lai Mohammed for libel

Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has written to All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, demanding N5 billion for alleged libel. A letter to Lai Mohammed from Fani-Kayode’s solicitors, Ahmed Raji & Co. Abuja, alleged that the libel was committed in a statement issued yesterday ... Read More »

Uduaghan Commissions 64 Roads In Asaba … Assures Deltans Of More Projects

‎ DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan Tuesday commissioned sixty four road projects in Asaba with an assurance that more projects would be commissioned before the end of his tenure. Speaking during the commissioning exercise witnessed by cross-section of Deltans and representatives of the Asagba of Asaba, Governor Uduaghan said it was a thing of joy for his administration to ... Read More »

Fayose awards N1.2bn contract to local carpenters

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has awarded N1.2 billion worth of contract to Carpenters and Furniture Association of Ekiti State. The association on Monday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government on the contract. The Chief of Staff, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, who represented the governor, said the contract was part of ... Read More »

Atiku’s Refusal to Sponsor Bindow Cripples APC in Adamawa

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s refusal to sponsor the campaign organisation of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Jibrilla Mohammad Bindow, in Adamawa State has paralysed the organisation, as it struggles to fund its campaign in the run-up to the elections. One of the party’s stalwarts in the state, who spoke to journalists in Yola on Monday ... Read More »