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A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on African leaders and Nigeria especially, to learn from the outcome of Liberia’s presidential poll won by an opposition candidate, Dr. Joseph Boakai, and the action of the incumbent President, George Weah. Frank, who made the call in […]

Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has called for a vigorous and holistic approach to the fight against corruption in the country, saying it is a major impediment against collective national progress. Magu made this known on Saturday during the conferment of a doctoral fellow on him by the

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to the National Assembly to ensure that off- season election in Nigeria is stopped, stressing that it is not good for the country. He stated this yesterday, in his home town Otuoke, in Ogbia Local Council of Bayelsa State, saying it’s not a global best practice. The former President,

The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to move speedily with its economic reform programmes, saying elections are now over. The association, in a communique signed by its President, Mallam Yusuf Kabiru, and General Secretary, Mrs Angela Emuwa, after its 2023 Annual General Meeting held on November

As the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) prods the National Assembly to regulate the social media space through a bill, ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE reports that just like in previous attempts, there are strong oppositions to the enactment of such law in a democratic environment. Before now, the Federal Government had made various spirited attempts to regulate social

The candidate of the Labour party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Monday, said his dream for a new Nigeria has not ended with the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court. Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja about two weeks after the apex court affirmed the February 25,

Elder statesman and the Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the security forces in Rivers State to order. Chief Clark made the call at a media briefing in Abuja, on Monday. He spoke

The Supreme Court judgment upholding the election of President Bola Tinubu has left lawyers divided on whether election cases should be concluded before the swearing-in of elected officials. Some senior lawyers want post-election cases decided before elected officials’ inauguration to avoid conflict of interest, especially from presiding judges. But others held that the period provided

If Nigeria had lost its arbitration dispute with Process & Industrial Development (P&ID), it would have cost the country about $15 billion, former President Muhammadu Buhari, has said.He noted that his former Chief of Staff (CoS), the late Abba Kyari and the Minister of Justice & Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, were mandated

Federal Government announced, that it will provide three million jobs in the digital technology sector. National Information Technology Agency (NITDA), which unveiled the plan at a workshop in Abuja, said the jobs would be provided within four years.Director General, Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, made this known at the Public Sector Digital Innovation Summit, organised by Datamellon