The Cambridge University African Caribbean Society (CUACS) and the Cambridge Union will be jointly hosting a panel discussion for five presidential candidates ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections. Tagged “2019 Nigerian Presidential Election Forum,” the event is scheduled to hold in January 2019. A statement signed by the Events Officer, Semilore Delano, on Thursday, December…

Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Professor Stephen Ocieni, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari remains the most credible candidate among presidential candidates for the 2019 elections. Speaking during All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally at Anyigba in Kogi East, he said Nigerians should not be deceived by PDP’s antics in their quest to…

Former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has said that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari next year in a credible, free and fair election. Besides, he urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to discharge their duties fairly in the interest of the nation in…

Former militants from the Niger Delta region have again urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Zabazaba Deepwater project before the 2019 general elections. The open letter, signed by ‘Generals’ Premobowei Julius and Godswill Enato on behalf of the concerned former agitators, said the region and Nigeria, as a…

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says President Muhammadu Buhari has changed the negative narrative about Nigeria among nations with his fight against corruption. Lalong said this in a special meassage to President Buhari through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Mark Longyen, on Sunday in Jos. “Your Excellency, you have succeeded in…

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned another Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) to address prevailing security challenges in the sub-region. President Buhari stated that the meeting, which is a follow up to a similar one held in N’djamena, the Chadian capital in November, was convened for…

Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno South has pleaded with his colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives not to boycott the 2019 Budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ndume told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja that if the comment credited to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Mr…

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili and Fela Durotoye of Alliance for New Nigeria have urged the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) to include candidates of other political parties in the presidential debate. The organisers had announced that only presidential…

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria, is set to hold its 66th yearly Jalsa Salana (Islamic Conference) at the Ahmadiyya Conference ground, Jamia Ahmadiyya, Owode road, Ilaro, Ogun State. The conference runs from today, December 14th till Sunday, December 16th, 2018. The theme of the conference is “Self- Purification and Submission to Allah’s Prerequisites for Reformation…

Primate of Nigeria’s Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has urged clerics across the country to maintain political neutrality on the pulpit. Addressing newsmen at the sidelines of a stakeholders’ meeting yesterday organised for eminent Anglicans in Abuja, the archbishop warned that “on no account should a cleric surrender his pulpit for politicians to carry…

Igbo Muslims under the aegis of South Eastern Muslims of Nigeria (SEMON) have expressed dissatisfaction over unfavourable political climate that has denied them playing active roles in politics and socio-economic issues. The group, in a communiqué co-signed by Chairman, Muhammad Obiahu Ajah Jr; and the Secretary, Abdur-Rahman Nwazueze Urama, said that the greatest challenge facing…

President Muhammadu Buhari is to present the 2019 appropriation bill to the joint session of the National Assembly next Wednesday. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, dropped the hint yesterday while reading the president’s correspondence at plenary. It read: “May I crave the kind indulgence of the House of Representatives to grant me…