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Nigerians’ aversion to voting during elections is well documented, but the challenge saw a new low last weekend when citizens went out to elect federal lawmakers and the president in an exercise that was keenly […]

The lingering struggle for cash has caused a sharp decline in business activities leading to steep reduction in output, with new orders and employment scaling down. The February Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data released by […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will punish its officials, whether ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been involved in disrupting the conduct of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly […]

The thunderclap of stories showing Fox News’ role in pushing 2020 election fraud conspiracies and aiding Donald Trump’s campaign has intensified calls among Democrats to black out the network. The revelations, made public as part […]

or the first two years of his presidency, Joe Biden positioned himself as a champion of statehood and home rule in the District of Columbia. The president urged Congress to make D.C. the 51st state—even […]

Just as the campaigns leading to February 25th presidential election were rancorous and fierce, the countdown to May 29 handover from President Muhammadu Buhari to President-elect Bola Tinubu could be equally exciting, as Atiku Abubakar […]

Femi Adesina believes that the 2023 presidential election was not so perfect but maintained that his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, remains the authentic Nigerian hero. Adesina aired his opinion via his article titled “FOR PMB, […]

Nothing is more interesting than seeing your enemies exchange blows, raining curses on one another and breaking apart. Bola Tinubu, a renowned Nigerian politician, is a testament to the political maxim that says a battle […]

The U.S. has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address technical hitches reportedly associated with the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the governorship and state assembly elections on […]

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has described as satanic, evil and sinister a statement attributed to him, accusing INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, of sneaking to Lagos to […]

As Nigerians of voting age troop out in their numbers today to participate in the presidential and National Assembly elections, security agencies have urged voters not to entertain any fear, assuring that adequate arrangements had […]

Haruna Mohammed, publisher of WikkiTimes, an investigative media platform based in Bauchi, has been arrested in the state. Yakubu Mohammed, editor of WikkiTimes, in a statement on Sunday, said the publisher was arrested while covering […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the development of eNaira enhanced services to address challenges faced by unbanked Nigerians. The initiative enables customers to use the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) code *997*50# […]

The federal government says it has entered into an agreement with the United States on an extension of tourist visa validity for both countries to five years. In a statement on Friday by Sola Fasure, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday said it has intercepted the sum of N32.24 million suspected to be for vote buying in Lagos ahead of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly polls. The […]