Why I quit PDP - Fani-Kayode (Video)
Former Minister in Nigeria - Femi Fani-Kayode speaks on why he quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
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Nigeria’s election was nearly derailed by technology - but biometric devices weren’t the problem
In 2022, it introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, which is an electronic device designed to read permanent voter cards and authenticate voters – using the voters’ fingerprints – to prove that they are eligible to vote at a particular Read more
Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The kingmaker is now Nigeria’s president-elect
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Nigeria, has been declared winner of the country’s keenly contested presidential election. Read more
Tinubu emerges as Nigeria's President-elect
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election. According to official figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he polled a total of Read more
Nigeria Elections 2023 - APC, PDP and LP hit minimum spread requirement in 25, 18 and 9 States respectively
Analysis of the results of Presidential elections in 29 of 37 States (including the Federal Capital Territory) released by INEC shows that the APC has recorded 7.851m votes spread across 25 States excluding the FCT while the PDP has recorded 6.206m Read more
Election violence in Nigeria’s south east is threatening to derail voting in the region
Violence is a perennial feature of elections in Nigeria. It happens across the three stages of the electoral cycle – before, on and after election day. Read more
Nigerian legislator and wife arrested for organ harvesting
Serving Senator and former Deputy President of Nigeria’s upper legislative arm: The Senate – Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife - Lady Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, have been charged with conspiring to arrange the travel of a child into the UK in Read more
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) in a Zoom rage, calls Journalist 'Femi Okutubo stupid!
Nigerian politician and lawyer - Chief Femi Fani-Kayode stormed out of a Zoom Conversation organised by BEN Television London after calling Publisher of Trumpet Media Group - 'Femi Okutubo, stupid! Read more
22,000 Nigerians missing after northeast conflict
Nearly 22,000 Nigerians have been reported as missing to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during a decade of conflict in northeast Nigeria, the highest number of missing persons registered with the ICRC in any country. Read more
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Terrorism Survivors: ‘The terrorists killed many people in front of us’
Hawa Abdu, a 38-year old Nigerian mother of two was abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 and spent four years with the outlawed terrorist group moving around the north-east of Nigeria. She has been living in Minawao, a camp for Nigerian refugees in the Read more
Survivors of Lagos building collapse
The General Hospital Marina earlier released a list of the Lagos Island building collapse survivors who have been stabilised. Read more
Death and injury tolls of Lagos building collapse rise
A three-storey residential building which also housed a nursery and primary school on its top floor, has collapsed in Lagos Island - killing mostly school children. Read more
Buhari re-elected President
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2019 Presidential election with a poll of 15,191,847 votes. Read more
Nigeria Decides 2019: The gap widens between APC and PDP
The gap widens between APC and PDP Read more
INEC postpones elections to Feb 23
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for today to Saturday February 23 2019. Read more
Countdown to Nigeria Decides 2019
In a few hours, Nigerians go to the polls for elections to choose a President and National Assembly legislators for the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives. Read more
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APC names Diaspora members on Presidential Campaign Council
Following representations by Diaspora Chapters of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the lack of inclusion in the Presidential Campaign Council, the Campaign Council's Diaspora Directorate has been named. Read more
Tanzania's ex-President leads Commonwealth Observers for Nigerian elections
anzania's former President - Jakaya Kikwete, will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group for the general elections in Nigeria, scheduled for 16 February. Read more
Lawal Daura gets sack as 'belated birthday present'
In what some have jokingly described as a 'belated birthday present' - having attained his 65th birthday last Sunday, the Director General of Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) - Mr. Lawal Musa Daura, has been sacked by Acting President Read more
Archbishop Benjamin urges Diaspora Nigerians to support ABP
Presidential candidate of one of Nigeria's newly registered political parties - the All Blending Party (ABP), Archbishop Samson Benjamin, has called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to support ABP's quest for a better and all-inclusive country. Read more