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As a mark of its disapproval of alleged excesses of the Department of State Services (DSS) , a coalition of civil society groups yesterday gave President Muhammadu Buhari a 14-day ultimatum to release Omoleye Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters. ... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News –...

A political group based in the north has endorsed the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Daily Trust reports that the group known as the North Eastern Youth Mobilization Congress... Read more via Legit.ng –...

Iran constantly pursues the case of Nigeria’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky through diplomatic contacts with the Nigerian government in line with efforts to help improve his health, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Abbas Mousavi told reporters in … Read more via P.M...

The presidency has broken its silence on the rearrest of Omoyele Sowore, convener of Revolution Now, by the Department of State Services (DSS). Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Sunday, December 8, justified the treatment being meted out to Sowore..... Read more via...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Anthony Joshua, for regaining his belts on Saturday night in a rematch with Mexican, Andy Ruiz Jnr. The President, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina in Abuja on … Read more via...

The presidency has offered an explanation as to why Omoyele Sowore is a person interest to the DSS. According to Punch Metro, the Presidency has said that detained activist, Omoyele Sowore, is a person of interest to a security organ like the Department of State Services, which does not need...

The Presidency has said that the Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, planned to cause trouble in the country and disappear like the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The Presidency said this in reaction to the insinuations … Read more via Naijaloaded |...

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), who leads Mr Omoyele Sowore’s defence team, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to take disciplinary actions against lawyers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet over what he described as desecration of the court with Sowore’s rearrest at the...

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has hailed the All Progressives Congress, APC over the court verdict on ex-governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu. DAILY POST reports that Justice Mohammed Idris convicted Kalu on 39 counts...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has vowed to comply with the order of a Federal High Court which directed him to recover monies being paid to former governors that are currently serving as senators and ministers. The AGF stated … Read...

Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the lingering crises in the party. The meeting, which had Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari in attendance, was held at the...

Zahra, daughter of President Buhari, was pictured with her husband, Ahmed Indimi, at her event, "Conversations with Zahra," which held in Abuja on Saturday November 30th.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/34zLhlC Get More Nigeria Metro News

On December 12, 2013, I woke up to Olusegun Obasanjo’s ‘Before it is too late’; a caustic letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In the 18-page missive, Ebora Owu diced Jonathan like a sushi chef. ... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/37O5XIG Get More Nigeria Political News

By declaring his intention to contest the 2019 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari went against his words. This declaration is no doubt in perfect compliance with his rights under the law, even though it may not accord with the wishes of many Nigerians.... Read more via...

A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, Charles Oko Enya, has reportedly appealed to the Federal High Court in Abakaliki to ask the National Assembly and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami to remove the constitutional clauses...... Read more...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate investigation into the cause of the murder of Mrs Achejuh Abuh, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s murder Kogi state following the just concluded governorship election. He said the evildoers behind the act must be made to face the wrath of...

The Special Assistant on Social Media to President Muhmmadu Buhari, Laureta Onochie has declared that the Chairman and founder of Air Peace, Allen Onyema deserves to face the $20 million fraud allegations levelled against him by the United States government. Onochie, on her official Twitter...

The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, November 21, armed with some demands, which, according to its chairman, Mudashiru Obasa, would help with the growth of the country. The demands, Obasa noted, are a part of … Read...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senate Caucus, yesterday, faulted President Muhammadu Buhari, over his comment that the National Assembly spent over N1trillion for constituency projects without result. This was as the senators also rejected the outcome of Kogi and Bayelsa states...

After some commentators on Social Media trolls made a jest of a Nigerian woman who discovered over N40m on different occasions at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport and returned same, a … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/349yqq6 Get More Nigeria Metro News