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President Muhammadu Buhari’s close ally in the House of Representatives, Mohammed Datti, has joined the ninth House speakership race. Datti, a long-time political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari is a ranking member who had been in the House since 2007, and was the Deputy Minority Whip in the House from 2011 to 2015. The Kaduna-born lawmaker, who was a member of Kaduna State House of Assembly from 2003 to 2007, is believed to have the backing of some of his colleagues and some major party stakeholders outside the National Assembly to clinch the seat. Datti’s loyalty to the party and…

Seven days after the announcement of the presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed a motion compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to surrender materials used for the February 23 election for inspection. The motion ex-parte was lodged before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday. The Tribunal will conduct its proceedings at the Court of Appeal Headquarters in Abuja. In the motion ex-parte dated March 4, Atiku and the PDP, applied for leave of the tribunal to allow them to inspect the Voters Register, the Smart Card Readers Machines,…

Some prominent Nigerians have felicitated ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo on his 82nd birthday anniversary. Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, who is clocking 82 years on Tuesday. Atiku attached a picture of his meeting with Obasanjo in Abeokuta as he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: “A very happy 82nd birthday to you, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. No living Nigerian has given as much to Nigeria in peacetime and in war as you have. “May almighty God grant you many more years in good health and continued service to Nigeria and the…

The wife of the popular musician, 2Face Idibia, has put rest rumour that there was a crack in her seven-year-old marriage. Recall that Idibia recently apologised to his wife, Annie on social media, for all the wrongs he had ever done to her, many thought the couple’s marriage was in serious crisis. But Annie, an Akwa Ibom born woman married to Idibia in March 2013, has finally set the records straight, confirming that her marriage to the ‘African Queen’ crooner is still intact, devoid of crisis. The actress and mother of two dismissed the rumour which has since gone viral…

Nigeria’s Enugu Rangers, Sunday, suffered a 2-0 loss to Tunisia’s Etoile du Sahel in a CAF Confederations Cup, Group B match at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. The Tunisians got a 2-1 victory in the first leg from the goals of Iheb Msakni and Saddam Ben Aziza at the Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse. It was a slow start to the match, with both sides tentative in attack, but it sprang into life in the 19th minute, when Maher Hannechi gave Sahel the lead after a clinical finish. Rangers took control of the match after that and dominated the possession stakes,…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, vowed to reclaim the votes of the Akwa Ibom people allegedly stolen during the Presidential/National Assembly elections of February 23, 2019. Buhari who was represented by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said this during a town hall meeting held in Uyo to thank the people of the state for casting their votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the elections. The President  who addressed a mammoth crowd of APC supporters encouraged the people to defend their votes during the coming Governorship/House of Assembly Elections. He decried the circumstances, under which Sen. Godswill Akpabio lost his…

In what sounded like tales by the moonlight, Prophet Joshua Iginla, the Senior Pastor of the Champions Royal Assembly has admitted to cheating on his wife and the wife cheating on him, a video trending on social media revealed. Despite admitting to adultery, Iginla on Sunday announced breaking up his marriage with Yemisi over infidelity. The popular clergyman who has visited Akwa Ibom State several times for crusade regretted that his cheating on his wife resulted in a child, just as the wife had a child for another man during the period the marriage lasted. Speaking during Sunday service in…

The Secretary to the Government of Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, said yesterday that the tough decisions President Muhammadu Buhari will take during his second term will be in the interest of Nigeria. He spoke in an interview with newsmen in Yola, against the backdrop of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent statement that his second term would be tough. Buhari won a second term of office when he defeated his main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the rescheduled February 23 Presidential election. The SGF described the President as a good man who had the trust…

As an aftermath of the Presidential/National Assembly elections held eight February 23, the Police have arrested 323 persons for engaging in electoral offences and other sundry crimes across the country. Two officers were killed, with some others either injured or assaulted while carrying out their constitutional duties during the elections, according to the Police. Speaking at the post-presidential/National Assembly elections evaluation meeting with strategic police managers at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said he had directed the Special Electoral Offences Team of the Force to undertake detailed and conclusive investigations into…

Following a plea bargain okayed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday terminated further hearing on the money laundering charge against former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, retd, who was murdered on December 19, 2018. However, the court, in a consent judgment delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, convicted Badeh’s company, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited, which was charged as the 2nd defendant in the case. The conviction followed admittance of guilt by the firm which had initially indicated its intention to file its defence to EFCC’s amended 14-count charge…