Новости за 03.03.2018

Edo governor Godwin Obaseki has promised President Muhammadu Buhari not fewer than 1.2m votes from the south-south state in the upcoming 2019 presidential elections because the APC there wants to show its strength.

Leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to run again in the 2019 presidential election because he deserves another time and they also saluted extension of Oyegun's term.

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar is set to formally declare his intention to run in the 2019 presidential election in two weeks in Abuja because of the overwhelming support his proposed candidacy has been receiving.

Suspected hired thugs on Saturday, March 3, attacked Ahmed Ogembe, the senator representing Kogi central senatorial district, and injured many of his supporters but the lawmaker refused to blame state governor Yahaya Bello for it.

President Buhari has urged Nigerians to understand that all the Holy Books revealed by Allah to preach peaceful coexistence among people at this critical juncture of Nigeria's existence when insecurity and intolerance is high.

An opposition lawmaker in the House of Representatives Oladipupo Adebutu has said the abduction of the 110 girls from a college in Dapchi, Yobe state could have been avoided if the first abduction in Chibok was properly addressed.

Former Senate president David Mark has reportedly ended the disagreements in the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) after getting Governor Fayose and other aggrieved members to come together.

President Muhammadu Buhari today attended the wedding ceremony of the daughter of the governor of Kano and the son of the Oyo state governor, and had the honor of paying the bride's dowry on behalf of the family of the groom.

The Police in Zamfara said it averted an attempt by unknown gunmen to attack Wuya Community in Anka Local Government Area of the northern state on Saturday, March 3 and arrested one suspect who had an AK-47 and ammunition.

The Nigerian army has disbursed N19 million to 95 widows of fallen heroes residing in Abakpa and Awkunanaw Barracks in Enugu state to ameliorate the hardship being faced by the women. The cash was presented on Friday.

National Chairman of the Patriots and Igbo Leaders of Thought, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has stated that semi-literacy is the bane of Nigeria’s leadership, and called for the review of qualifications for political office holders.

Surveillance was carried out on the location, a shanty area off mobil road, Ajah area of Lekki. The assistance of the area ‘J’ police command and the Ajah police station was sought and they deployed 20 police officers to assist.

Surveillance was carried out on the location, a shanty area off mobil road, Ajah area of Lekki. The assistance of the area ‘J’ police command and the Ajah police station was sought and they deployed 20 police officers to assist.

The Senate has expressed its readiness to join the House of Representatives in overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which seeks to re-order the sequence of the polls during elections.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed another National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for this month to fix the controversies arising from the one-year tenure extension granted the John Oyegun-led NWC.

The abducted wife and child of the Voice of America (VOA) reporter, Malam Nasir Birnin-Yero, have regained freedom after the payment N2 million. The reported disclosed that his family members were released on Friday night.

The electoral body urged Nigerians to disregard some media reports that went viral online ascribed to the fact-finding committee chairman that there was no evidence of underage voting in the Kano council polls held recently.

The electoral body urged Nigerians to disregard some media reports that went viral online ascribed to the fact-finding committee chairman that there was no evidence of underage voting in the Kano council polls held recently.

An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has told a Federal High Court how GEJ directed his then-aide to receive 10 suitcases of hard currency from his ADC, and keep them in his inner room.

An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has told a Federal High Court how GEJ directed his then-aide to receive 10 suitcases of hard currency from his ADC, and keep them in his inner room.

Justice Ridwan Aikawa of the federal high court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, March 2, adjourned further hearing in a N4.9 billion fraud case involving a former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others to March 29.

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The Peace Corps of Nigeria urged President Buhari to reconsider his position and assent to the Peace Corps Bill which was passed by the National Assembly, as it stated that it could have prevented the Dapchigirls abduction.

Governor Umar Ganduje of kano state is giving out his daughter to the son of his Oyo state counterpart, Abiola Ajimobi. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected at the occasion as well as 25 state governors and ministers.

The writer, Buchi Obichie, highlights the squabbles between the Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and his political enemies – Senators Shehu Sani and Suleiman Hunkuyi; and likens the situation in the state to a comedy show.