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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has voted in the Presidential and National Assembly elections. THE WITNESS reports that the former vice president and his wife were accredited at 9:14am and they voted a few minutes later at their polling unit 001 in Ajiya in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. After voting, the ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari has cast his vote in Daura, his home town in Katsina State. The president and his wife, Aisha, voted at about 10:08 a.m, at his Polling Unit 003 at Sarkin Yara Ward in Daura Local Government Area. s. Mr Buhari arrived Katsina earlier on Friday alongside his wife, Aisha aboard a presidential jet. Read More »

Kano —Following clashes between rival political parties supporters on Zaria Road, Kano State, no fewer than 63 suspects have been arrested by men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The rival party supporters wielded dangerous weapons during the clashes, including burning of three cars and smashing of another. Many others were confirmed to have been injured. Addressing ... Read More »

…Adopt Sanwo-Olu as their governorship choice …‘Young people will be the backbone of Tinubu presidency’ – Youth Commissioner As the nation counts down to the presidential election, youths in Lagos have come under a single umbrella to reiterate their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, they submitted, is the most experienced and reliable ... Read More »

…says Coalition made him proud over Covid-19 response As the private sector-led Coalition Against Covid-19 (CACOVID) winds down, President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the initiative of private sector operators, saying the contributions he has received from the Coalition so far has elevated his status among other Presidents of the world. The President, who spoke in Abuja yesterday while receiving a ... Read More »

…..PDP calls on the Ondo State Government and Security Agencies to provide maximum security for Peaceful Election. The PDP in Ondo North Senatorial District is drawing the attention of the security operatives to the actions of certain individuals within the APC to disrupt and intimidate voters before and during the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, 25th February ... Read More »

A member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Chinyere Igwe, has been arrested with an unspecified amount of foreign currencies. Igwe, who represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, was arrested on Friday morning along Aba Road in Port Harcourt. Spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the arrest ... Read More »

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, took his re-election campaign to Oluyole and Ido Local Government Areas of the state, ahead of the general election starting on February 25. The governor noted that his administration has delivered on his promises to the people of the state across the four pillars of his administration, adding that the government would up ... Read More »

Following the violent protests that rocked Sagamu on Monday over the scarcity of the new naira notes, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, visited Sagamu for on-the-spot assessment of buildings and property affected by the unrest, with a declaration that the state government would go after those involved in the arson and wanton destruction of the public property. ... Read More »

It was jubilation galore for the residents of Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State as Gov. Dapo Abiodun commissioned the 7.2km Fajol-American Junction-Gbonagun road and a Primary Health Centre at Itoko also in the State Capital. Speaking at the commissioning of the two projects, Gov. Dapo Abiodun said the Fajol Junction-Ajegunle-Osara-Gbonangun road, which crisscrosses communities in the Abeokuta South ... Read More »