Nigerians, on Wednesday, led by the TakeItBack movement, took to the streets of Abuja in protest, to demand an extension of the deadline for registration of voters. INEC had announced August 17, 2018, as the

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Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 ordered the arrest of chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, for refusing to appear in court.

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The Nigerian Police in Adamawa State have stopped a peaceful protest organised by the state Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. The protest called by the CAN chairman, Adamawa State, Most Reverend (Dr.) Stephen Mamza, on

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President Muhammadu Buhari is to begin a 10 working days holiday from August 3, 2018, Femi Adesina, the president senior special assistant on media, disclosed on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. He said “In compliance with

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani. The Senator was suspended in the Tudun-Wada North chapter of the party. In a statement signed by its

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Police have confirmed that three people died as violence rocked Harare Wednesday afternoon after results of Monday's elections showed that the ruling Zanu PF party had won the parliamentary vote. ZRP spokesperson Charity Charamba confirmed

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The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, is reportedly in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where he is being interrogated. Premium Times reports that Ekweremadu appeared at the anti-graft agency office

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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR. ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, CON, ON JULY 31, 2018. I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave

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Nigeria’s ambassador to South Africa, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, has reportedly announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under which he secured the appointment from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Punch reports that Ibeto

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After weeks of political permutations, expectations and defections, Bukola Saraki, Nigeria's senate president has finally decamped from the ruling All Progressives party (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and this particular defection has brought

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