The attack took place in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday. Gunmen have allegedly attacked the convoy of Samuel Anyanwu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday's governorship election in Imo State. The attack
Nigeria's currency started the week negatively, depreciating against the Dollar at the foreign exchange market. According to FMDQ statistics, at the close of work day on Monday, the Naira fell to N993/$1. The slump represented an N203 differential from the
Nigeria's currency, the Naira, depreciated further against the US Dollar in the foreign exchange market on Wednesday. Data from the official FMDQ market indicated that the Naira closed on Wednesday at N874.71 per US Dollar, reflecting a decrease of N65.51
Inset: Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola (@raufaregbesola/Twitter) Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says he has no anointed candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Aregbesola, who disclosed this while addressing the All Progressives
The Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, has called on Nigerians to take pictures of any police personnel on election duty without a tag on. He made the call while speaking on Channels Television's and Kimpact Development Initiative's joint
The Defence Headquarters has issued a stern warning to gunmen planning to disguise in military wears to cause violence during Saturday's off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has come out to speak against the use of naira for some transactions in Nigeria, stating clearly that the economy cannot grow if this continues to happen. Speaking in an interview on Channels television, Falana noted
A video of a Nigerian soldier explaining what will be done to anyone who comes to a polling unit to constitute a nuisance on Saturday, February 25, has made the rounds on social media. In the video, the soldiers who have been moved into different metropolis
The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby informs the public that it has arrested the duo of Sharu Abubakar Tabula and Isma'il lliyasu Mangu for deliberately inciting vi@lence in parts of Kano state. It may be noted that the suspects had separately recorded
President Muhammadu Buhari has won all the 44 local government areas of Kano State with 1.4 million votes. The INEC collation officer for the presidential election in Kano, Magaji Garba, announced that Mr Buhari scored 1,464,768 (78.9 per cent) of the total