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Sex contributes to the rise of Boko Haram fighters, according to researcher and Deputy Director at the National Defence College, NDC, Abuja, Dr. Yusuf Abubakar Mahmud. He believes this is the reason why they target young secondary school girls and also why packets of condoms and enhancing drugs are found ...

Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has come out to say that he does not regret siting the Transportation University in Daura, Katsina. He disclosed this at the groundbreaking of the university on Monday. According to him, the decision was not made for him to make any gain and he only ...

Winner of the supplementary senatorial election for Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has urged Nigerians to forgive the bad display by his co-contestant, Dino Melaye during the recent senatorial polls in Kogi State. According to him, the misdemeanor did not represent the real character of Okun people and he was not ...

Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has come out to say that those against the Hate Speech Bill are not aware of the dangers ahead if the bill is not passed into law. In a recent statement by Senator Abdullahi, he said the opponents are only ...

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, Young Progressives Party, YPP, Anambra South has said with the right machinery, the party can develop to be the ruling party in not just Anambra, but other Nigerian states. Having his say in the midst of YPP Stakeholders, members ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha have jumped on social media to mark 30 years of being together. In a recent Twitter post, Buhari flaunted a throwback photo of himself and his wife, and also shared a picture of their grown-up kids. Despite being famous for disagreeing on several ...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that he was cautioned to be wary of his deputy, Philip Shaibu and the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, when he became governor. Obaseki, who said this at a praise and worship night to celebrate Philip’s 50th birthday, ...

APC in the United Kingdom has urged every elected official of the party to concentrate on coming through with their promises. According to the party, there should be less attention to the controversy surrounding any call for the sack of its National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole. Leader of APC UK, ...

The Lagos State Government has urged Lagosians to be careful of the way they store and use gas for domestic and commercial purposes. The General-Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Dr. Dolapo Fasawe, urged residents to instantly flee from areas where suspected air pollution from any gaseous ...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is the pride of Nigeria, according to the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar recently hailed Osinbajo for his outstanding leadership which was bestowed on him by God. Prof. Osinbajo who gave a keynote address at the opening ...

Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku has said the reports saying he is sponsoring the impeachment of principal officers of the state House of Assembly is just a plot to ruin his relationship with the state legislature. In a recent statement by his senior special assistant on Media and Publicity, Bala ...

Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Useni, the Governorship Candidate of PDP in Plateau in the 2019 elections has told his lawyers to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the victory of Gov. Simon Lalong. He disclosed this during a review meeting with his ...

Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has talked about why he joined APC. He revealed this in a recent interview with Punch. According to him, he joined APC despite their current crises because that is where his people want him to ...

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson has said his landmark achievement of being the first governor to successfully complete a second term in office is nothing but divine intervention. He revealed this when the set of 1992 Rivers State University of Science and Technology Law students visited him in Yenagoa. ...

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has said his victory at the Appeal Court is the will of the people. In a recent statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Simon Macham, Lalong said his victory is a win for the people too. He added that he was ...

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr. Ibrahim Emokpaire has come out to say that Adams Oshiomhole is key to APC’s discipline, supremacy, and re-positioning for greater heights. He revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja as he reacted to the alleged ...

Minister of Power, Alhaji Saleh Mamman has talked about how determined the Federal Government is to tackle Nigeria`s power challenges. Alhaji Saleh revealed this recently in a community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He had his say at the commissioning of a 47.5 solar energy system at ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has said for Nigeria to fulfill her full potential, the people must be pragmatic in their selection of leaders. Nasir revealed this at the 2019 Ajasin Foundation Colloquium organized in honor of the first governor of Ondo State, the late Adekunle Ajasin, held in Akure, ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission a.k.a INEC has come out to say that it will keep deploying smart card readers in all its elections, including the Saturday, November 30 rerun in Kogi West. The electoral umpire disclosed this today through its verified Twitter handle @inecnigeria. INEC added that they will ...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari wants the Senate to think about implementing the Companies and Allied Act (CAMA) which lets the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) approve the registration of companies. In a recent letter from PMB, he quoted section 26(5) of the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act (amended) which ...