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FG Again Denies Approving French Military Base In Nigeria

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave his approval for the construction of a French military base in Nigeria have been refuted by the federal government once more. A report made by an online news source that France would build a military base in Abuja under the guise of establishing a language academy to teach French to Nigerian military personnel prompted the rejection. In a succinct statement, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Acting Head of Crisis Monitoring & Public Communications, denied the allegation, calling the article “not true.” During a recent visit to Paris, President Tinubu reportedlyRead More

PDP Govs Meet In Ibadan Today Over Insecurity

PDP governors
The governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today meet in Ibadan, Oyo State capital to further discuss the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria.Read More

Uncertainty Trails APC Convention Scheduled For June

All Progressives Congress (APC)
There is uncertainty over the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for June as the tenure of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party will expireRead More

INEC: Online Voter Registration Doesn’t Automatically Imply Electronic Transmission Of Results

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Warns burning of its offices inimical to early preparation for 2023 polls Diri: e-voting will ensure rancour-free polls The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its decision to embarkRead More

INEC To Create Additional 4,861 Polling Units In Lagos

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has stated that it will create 4,861 additional polling units in the state. Just as it has cancelled the used ofRead More

PDP Demands Amaechi’s Sack Over Lootings In NPA, NDDC

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday demanded the immediate sack, investigation and prosecution of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as well as the suspended Managing Director of the NigerianRead More

PDP Consults Babangida, to Meet Obasanjo, Jonathan Over National Issues

General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd)
Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have met with a former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), on the state of the nation.Read More

Partisan Politics Not Part Of Mbaka’s Calling, He Should Keep Off – Catholic Archbishop Kaigama

Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, and a Catholic Priest in Enugu State, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has called on the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, and a Catholic Priest in Enugu State, Rev. FatherRead More

Gbajabiamila Advocates Political Ties between Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for stronger political and socio-economic ties between Nigeria and Sao Tome & Principe in the spirit of AfricanRead More

Supreme Court Affirms Deregistration Of 74 Political Parties

Supreme Court of Nigeria
The Supreme Court has affirmed the deregistration of 74 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The apex court, in a unanimous judgment, upheld the decision of theRead More

Secondus Seeks Speedy Passage Of New Electoral Law

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus
The National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Uche Secondus, has called on the National Assembly to fast track the passage of a new electoral law ahead ofRead More