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Nigeria has entered full-swing political mood. The scheming, schism and scouting for stakes and suffrage advantage ahead of 2019 is all too evident that even the blind can see and the deaf can hear it. Since the … Via Thisdaylive news http://ift.tt/2DZXMtl -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama Federal Government said it would continue to engage Saudi Arabian authorities in negotiations over the fate of Nigerians on death row for alleged drug trafficking in that country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, … via The Guardian Nigeria...

Nigeria received another slap yesterday after it was downgraded by the World Justice Project (WJP) in its rule of law adherence, dropping one position to 97 out of 113 countries. The WJP released its 2017/2018 Rule of Law Index, which measures rule of law adherence across … via BusinessDay ...

On Coalition for Nigeria: Obasanjo will not support anything unless he has vested interest By Yinka Ajayi Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a veteran politician, speaks on the open letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari. The leader of the influential Yoruba group...

The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, FMMSD, is finalising plans to spend N20 billion on exploration, the minister in charge, Kayode Fayemi has said. The minister disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the project presentation of the Mineral Sector Support for Economic...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum yesterday accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of not remitting to the Federation Account the Joint Venture Cash Call for about five years. Briefing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari at the presidential...

Adoke The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Feb. 28 to rule in a suit instituted by Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN), former Attorney-General of the Federation, against the present Attorney-General, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN). Adoke, in the suit, is praying the court to … via The Guardian Nigeria...

The British government will support Nigerian women who want to be actively involved in politics. The UK Special envoy on gender equality, Joanna Roper, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that there was the need to increase women participation in politics in Nigeria stated this in an interview...

A presidential hopeful, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, is set to visit his home-state of Kano in what could become historic – To ensure adequate protection of those to attend the event, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, interior minister, is to head a 19-man … via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read...

Says it’s wrong diagnosis Chidi Nnadi, Enugu Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has faulted the 10-man committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo set up by the National Economic Council (NEC) to look into herdsmen and farmers’ conflicts in the country. The President...

Borno State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali Bukar Dalori has advised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan to study politics. Dalori stated that being a journalist is not enough criteria to become a party’s national spokesman...

Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson; his deputy, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.) and Ben Bruce-Murray, a senator, Mr Emmanuel Paulker, also a senator; and other political bigwigs have hijacked the skills acquisition scheme for 2,000 jobless youths in the state, shutting out the...

Buhari The proposed budgetary profile for State House in this fiscal year has an increase of about N2billion, when compared to last year’s budgetary allocation. While last year’s total budget for the State House was N13.567billion, the proposed vote for this year … via The Guardian Nigeria...

Decries loss of dominance in regional blocs, seeks true federalism • Buhari congratulates former Commonwealth scribe at 85 Nigeria is now “more divided than it had ever been,” former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said in an exclusive … Emeka Anyaoku • via The...

Following the killing of Fulani herder identified as Babuga Dengi, in Ekiti State last Monday, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has warned against reprisal attacks, saying “there is no room for the killing of Fulani herders or farmers or anybody in the state.” Dengi was on … via...

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja State governors met on Wednesday evening under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. The meeting, the first of its kind in 2018, was held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The forum’s chairman and Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari...

Nigeria needs more anti-corruption agencies to tackle corruption, a former military head of state has said. Abdulsalami Abubakar, a retired general, said this in Abuja at a public presentation of the book titled, “We The People”, and the launch of People’s Grassroots Association for Corruption...

Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday ordered temporary forfeiture of N6,584,785,000; $222,000 and Aso Savings Limited shares valued at N2,028,800,000 believed to be proceeds of the sale by Power Holdings Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to the Federal Government. The...

THE Presidency Tuesday night told the General Secretary of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Musa Asake to face his religious calling and not to meddle into politics. Musa Asake The Presidency also debunked the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has violated some provisions of …...

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Tuesday morning in Abuja grilled the immediate past governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, over alleged fraud while he was in office. Sources said the former governor was still with the EFCC at the time of this report, but one … via Premium...