2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has printed permanent voter cards (PVCs) for all newly registered voters between 2017 and 2018 and they are ready for collection. Mahmoud Yakubu, INEC chairman, disclosed this on…

The presidential candidate, Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has warned against thuggery, military intimidation and harassment of voters in the 2019 elections. <img class="i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer"…

Several people have been reportedly killed after a fuel tanker caught fire on Odo-Iyaalaro Bridge inward Maryland in Lagos. According to The Guardian, the accident has caused major gridlock around the axis, while the cause of the…

Some senators and members of the House of Representatives on Friday said it was no longer feasible to start and complete the process of overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the 2018 Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Members of the…

Soldiers have begun intense lobbying to escape deployments into the North-East, following the escalating wave of Boko Haram attacks on military formations in the region, Saturday PUNCH investigations have revealed. Multiple military sources…

Four farmers have been allegedly killed by suspected herdsmen in a fresh attack on Tse- Dzungwe, Logo Local Government area of Benue State. Those killed are Terlumun Uke, Samuel Dwem, Draba Dwem and Apaaga Mlanga. Tse- Dzungwe, which is…

Number one bestselling author and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri has insisted that president Muhammadu Buhari lied during his 2019 budget presentation to the joint session of the national assembly on…

The federal government has said it is confident labour unions will not embark on strike. This position was stated by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, while speaking with State House correspondents Friday afternoon. Labour…

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of Deji Adeyanju, Convener of Concerned Nigerians. Adeyanju was taken to Kano a few days ago to stand trial for an old case, for which he had been…

At least 25 people were killed when armed men raided two villages in a northern Nigerian state wracked by cattle rustling and kidnapping for ransom, witnesses and the police said on Friday. Gunmen on motorcycles on Wednesday invaded the…