I will contest 2019 Presidential election... Makafi

A former Governor of Kaduna State and immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has joined the race to contest the nation’s presidency in 2019.

The two-term senator said at a press briefing in Kaduna on Sunday that, “after wide consultations with party men and women as well as other major stakeholders,” he had decided to seek the party’s nomination to contest the poll.

According to Makarfi, he is now ready to pick the PDP nomination form ahead of the 2019 presidential election…

Nigeria News Today. Your online Nigerian Newspaper : It’s Time To Abolish The Electoral College - Clinton

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Nigeria News Today. Your online Nigerian Newspaper : What Yoruba Want In Nigeria – Elders

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Nigeria News Today. Your online Nigerian Newspaper : Buhari earns $58bn in 27 months to GEJ’s $454bn in 6 years, commended b...

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WOW!! See the new face of Ooni of Ife’s palace after Reconstruction – See before and after Photos

Great reconstruction work

The city’s head breathed new life into the legacy of antiquity. Renovation of the palace is a tradition that is upholded when a new ruler takes office. This is the standard practice for the Yoruba people. It not only has aesthetic and practical uses, but also spiritual motives.

Nyesom Wike threatens to dump PDP if Sheriff wins at Supreme Court

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday vowed not to work under the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff should the Supreme Court affirm him, Sheriff, as the leader of the party.

"What Buhari’s death will do to APC"

A former chieftain of the Progressives Peoples Alliance, PPA, and ex-governorship aspirant, Chief Ndukwe Ikoh, has noted that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC’s existence will end once President Muhammadu Buhari dies.

Political Suicide And Desperations In Obvious Quarters

They have killed him several times, yet he refused to die. They have told us he would never win, yet he won. They said that, by this time in his presidency, all Nigerians would have become Muslims. To actualize their claims, they cloned websites, including those of reputable media stations, just to prove to us that he was dead or as the lousiest among them said, “a walking corpse”. Since none of this will work, they resorted taking us back a familiar path, a military coup!

I won’t do Big Brother Naija again even for N50 billion – T-boss

Ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, T-boss has vowed never to participate in the reality show again even for N50 billion.

Ekweremadu Advocates Total Removal of Age Limits for Political Offices

The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called for the total removal of age as a criterion for holding political offices in Nigeria.

Confusion as Two Courts Give Conflicting Ruling on Ifeanyi Ubah’s Release

Justice Yusuf Haliru of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Jabi, Abuja, thursday advised Mrs. Ifeoma Esom, counsel to the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, to file an application seeking her client’s bail.

PDP, Supreme Court Judge Plotting To Remove Obaseki‎ – Party Chieftain Alleges

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, James Ifaluyi-Ogbeide, has exposed alleged plot by the party leadership to sack Governor Godwin Obaseki through the Supreme Court.

Police to recruit 35,000

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, Alhaji Haliru Jika, says the Nigeria Police Force will soon recruit an additional 35, 000 rank and file into the force.

Police raid Ekweremadu’s official guest house

The police in Abuja on Friday carried out a search on the Maitama, Abuja official guest house of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

Wike’s award is poisoned chalice, I reject it - Amaechi

The Minister of Transport and Former Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has rejected an alleged award of honour claimed to be coming from the current Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, saying any award from Wike is a poisoned chalice.

16 Rescued, Several Others Trapped as Building Collapses in Lagos

No fewer than 16 persons were Thursday rescued alive when a three-storey building undergoing construction caved in and collapsed at no 2/4, Richard Abimbola Street, off Limca Road, Ire Akari Estate, Ilasa area of Lagos.

2022 World Cup: Air-conditioned Stadium Ready

With a little under 2,022 days until the Qatar World Cup kicks-off, the tiny yet hugely ambitious Gulf state will officially unveil the tournament’s first completed venue on Friday.

Femi Fani-Kayode: Coup bells ringing and why Nigerians must be concerned

I am very worried now. Ever since 1966 the northern ruling class has ALWAYS effected a coup d’etat whenever they feel sufficiently threatened with the loss of power.

The only time that they failed to do this, to their eternal regret, was when President Goodluck Jonathan succeeded President Umaru Yar'adua after the latter’s death in 2010.

Ifeanyi Ubah To Stay In Prison Till May 25

A federal high court sitting in Lagos south-west Nigeria today adjourned till 25 May, to decide whether to grant detained businessman Dr. Ifeanyi Uba bail or not.

Stop Allocating Soldiers to Politicians, Wike Replies Buratai

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has advised the Army High Command to desist from posting soldiers to politicians, saying it is counter-productive and a threat to national security.