After weeks of speculations, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2015 governorship election in Niger State, Alhaji Umar Mohammed Nasko, has joined the 2019 governorship race.

He intends to contest the election on the platform of the PDP.



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Imo state Director of Public Prosecution, DPP has dropped charges against one hundred and twelve, 112 women detained by court for peaceful protest demanding the whereabouts of Indigenious People of Biafra leader, Nnmandi Kanu.



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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of leaking information on its congresses and primary elections submitted to the commission.


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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will on Wednesday, tour three West African countries, paying visits to Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria.

Merkel is to spend Wednesday through Friday in the three countries, accompanied by an economic delegation, Deputy Government Spokeswoman, Ulrike Demmer said Friday in Berlin.


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Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the appointment of Mr Tolani Adio as his Special Assistant, Environmental Services.



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Two hundred and fifty-two Special Advisers and Special Assistants appointed under Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’ s administration have resigned their positions.

The affected aides said their resignations were informed by the recent decision of the Sokoto State Governor to dump the All Progressives Congress, the party which they are bona fide members of in the state.


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RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the consistency with which the Police sabotage the electoral process in Rivers State amounts to a declaration of war on the people.



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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday transmitted a letter to the National Assembly informing them of his resumption of duties as president.

Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday.


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Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) were Saturday engaged in a heavy gun duel with armed militia believed to be herders in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

Daily Trust gathered that the soldiers were on patrol of the area along Gbajimba-Iyordye- Akaahena communities in Guma when the gunmen ambushed them and allegedly killed one of the troop while two others were injured.


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A Former justice of the Supreme Court, Denis Edozie, is dead.

Mr Edozie died at his home town in Enugu State on August 18, at age 84.

A statement from the special assistant on media to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen confirmed the death of Mr Edozie on Saturday
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The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina on Thursday urged journalists and media organisations in the country to be on the guard against the menace of fake news and hate speech as the country gears up towards the 2019 general election.


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The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday set up a committee towards decentralizing the operations of the Nigerian Police Force.

This was disclosed by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno at the end of the NEC meeting chaired by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.


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The Federal High Court Abuja on Thursday suspended hearing in the contempt suit against the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu, pending the hearing of an appeal in respect of the suit.


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Five members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday defected to three different parties.

The Speaker of the House, Suraj Adekunbi, read the separate letters of defection by the lawmakers during the plenary session in Abeokuta.

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the actions of Senate President Bukola Saraki now borders on high treason.

The party said this in reaction to the explanation given by Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, over the national assembly’s inability to reconvene to consider a request of President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Kano state government said it has discovered the sum of over $1 million allegedly paid by former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso to a university in Ukraine where no Kano state student was studying.


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Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, is the third worst city to live in among 140 cities worldwide.

The revelation is according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU’s 2018 ranking of the world’s most liveable cities. The city was ranked 138th of the 140 countries ranked by the EIU.


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Former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of treating Nigerian soldiers like animals.


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The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has reacted to the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s attack on Pastors for not preaching against corruption.

Yemi Osinbajo attacked Pastors for failing to lend support to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war.


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The Nigerian army has reacted to the protest staged by some of its men at the Maiduguri international airport in Borno state on Sunday evening.

It was reported soldiers threatened to shoot their superiors over a redeployment exercise.


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Another suspected ballot box snatcher has been beaten to death in another polling unit in the traditional area of Lokoja metropolis during the ongoing Kogi bye-election.


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After queueing and loitering around the voting premises for close to three hours, the APC candidate in the ongoing Katsina North senatorial district by-election, Ahmad Babba-Kaita has been unable to cast his vote.


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The bye-election to fill the vacant seat in the Lokoja-Kogi Federal Constituency which started on a peaceful note on Saturday was later marred by violence, vote buying and intimidation in Lokoja.


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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has demanded a public apology from the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole within seven days or he would face legal action.

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AHEAD of the September 22 governorship election in Osun State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has displayed for public scrutiny, a list of 48 candidates of political parties participating in the exercise as well as their running mates and the certificates being paraded by the contestants.


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The Plateau state Police Command has confirmed killing of three people in Zanwra area of of Bassa local government area of Plateau state.



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The Federal Government has commenced a review of the Monthly allowance paid to corps members, Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has disclosed.


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The Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to leave his office because he is too old to withstand the rigours of governing a country like Nigeria.


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The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has unveiled its national secretariat in Abuja.

CUPP is an alliance of 39 political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and Labour Party.



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The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has confirmed the withdrawal of MOPOL from the state, including those posted to Internally Displaces Persons (IDPs) camps.

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The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has arrived the National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja.



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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday nullified April 25, 2018, judgment of the Federal High Court which had struck down the National Assembly’s election re-ordering provision of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018.


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