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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

Edo Primaries: INEC Foresees Crisis As APC, PDP Begin Gov Aspirants’ Screening

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed fears over the possibility of crisis affecting party primaries ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states scheduled for September 19Read More

Igbo Leaders’ Wickedness Won’t Stop Biafra – Nnamdi Kanu

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu
The leadership of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday said “the wickedness and stinginess of Igbo leaders” would not deter it and its believers from actualising the SovereignRead More

Edo Polls: APC Govs Arrive National Secretariat

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki vs Adams Oshiomhole
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have arrived the party’s National Secretariat to hold talks with the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee to broker truce betweenRead More

Edo 2020: No Man Can Stop Me From Returning As Gov – Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki
Godwin Obaseki has said that no man can stop him from returning as the Governor of Edo State. He said this amid internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress inRead More

Edo 2020: APC Faction Picks Ize-Iyamu As Consensus Aspirant

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
Former Secretary to Edo State Government and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2016 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has emerged the consensus aspirant of the AllRead More

INEC Okays E-voting From 2021, Says Voters Without Face Masks Won’t Be Allowed To Vote In Edo, Ondo Elections

Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from 2021. However, it noted that the forthcomingRead More

Reps Strip PSC Powers To Recruit Constables, Protect CPs From Govs

Nigeria House of Representatives
The House of Representatives has stripped the Police Service Commission recruitment and training powers and domiciled them with the Nigeria Police Force in a bill amending the Nigeria Police Act,Read More

NASS Commences Work On 2020 Revised Budget

Nigerian Senate
The Presidency has said the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic caused the delay in presenting the 2020 revised budget to the National Assembly. This came as the Chairman, SenateRead More

Gov Election: We’ve Not Decided Mode Of Ondo Primaries – APC

All Progressives Congress (APC)
The All Progressives Congress has yet to take a final decision on the mode of primaries to adopt in picking its Ondo State governorship candidate. One of our correspondents gatheredRead More

APC NWC Can’t Decide Edo Primary Mode, Obaseki Tells Oshiomhole

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki vs Adams Oshiomhole
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said the All Progressives Congress’ National Working Committee has no power to decide how the party governorship primary election in state will be conducted.Read More