Buhari, Lai Mohammed, Shettima know where the Chibok girls are - FFK

The spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Fem Fani-Kayode has alleged that APC Presidential candidate, Gen Buhari, Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima and APC National Publicity secretary Lai Mohammed, know where the missing Chibok girls are.

INEC extends PVC distribution..

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has extend the deadline of the Permanent Voters Card distribution to March 22nd. The collection for the PVCs was meant to have stopped today March 8th.

At least 33 dead in Maiduguri bomb attacks

Three bombings rocked separate targets in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Saturday, killing at least 33 people, witnesses and a local official have said.

Bomb Blast rocks Maiduguri market....

At least 10 people are feared dead after a suicide bomber riding on a tricycle popularly known as Keke NAPEP attacked the Baga fish market in Borno state about an hour ago. More details later.

PHOTOS: 1-Million-Man-March for Buhari..

Lagosians were asked to come out in numbers to march in support of Buhari today and they did come out. Here are pictures from the ongoing march. See more after the cut...

I wasn't trying to seduce President GEJ-----Seyi Shay

Singer Seyi Shay says she had no intention of seducing the president when she wore the short dress to sing and greet the President at the MeetThePresident Youth event in Lagos last Saturday.

An open letter to Nigeria's First Lady--By Dele Momodu

Pendulum by Dele Momodu, published on today's Thisday Newspaper. Read below...

Your Excellency please let me start by emphasising the fact that this is my very first letter to you since destiny elevated you and your husband to the highest positions in Nigeria. It may be the last before your tenure expires on May 29, 2015, and another begins with you or someone else in the saddle.

Buhari arrives Nigeria from UK.

Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), arrived Abuja, the federal capital territory, at about 5:45 am on Friday.

FFK urges Buhari to ‘quit the presidential race’....

Femi Fani-Kayode, director of media and publicity of the PDP presidential campaign organisation, says Patience Jonathan, Nigeria’s first lady, was right in saying that Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was “brain-dead”.

Boko Haram killed 68 in Dambua, Borno ...

No fewer than 68 people have reportedly been killed by Boko Haram members in a fresh attack in Dambua Local government area of Borno state. According to a civilian JTF Leader who spoke with Sahara Reporters, the sect members stormed Njaba

Emir of Gusau dies at 88

The Emir of Gusau in Zamfara state, Alhaji Kabir Danbaba has passed away. According to the Zamfara state Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Magaji, Alhaji Danbaba died today at a private hospital in Abuja after a protracted illness.

He is survived by many wives, 37 children & many grandchildren. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

FG meets parents of abducted Chibok girls..

The Federal government this morning had a closed door meeting with parents of the over 200 missing Chibok girls in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where they were briefed on recent efforts by the government and the Nigerian military to rescue their daughters. The girls were abducted by Boko Haram members in their school, Government Secondary School in Chibok, Bornu state on April 14th.

Photos from Mariam Abacha's 68th Birthday Dinner

Former First Lady Mariam Sani Abacha yesterday March 4th turned 68. And to celebrate, her family threw her a birthday dinner at the Le Meridien Hotel, Douala. Pictured above is the happy celebrant Mrs Miriam, her daughter Gumsu and Gumsu's billionaire Cameroonian husband Mohamadou Bayero Fadil. See more photos after the cut.

I’ll return to Otuoke if I lose –Jonathan..

 

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he will return to his Otuoke home in Bayelsa State, if by default, he loses the March 28 presidential election. Jonathan, who said Nigeria is not his father’s estate, was however optimistic that he “will not lose the election.” “If by default somebody wins the election, of course, I will go back to my village.

Atiku commends Nigerian Military.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar congratulates the Nigerian Military on their increased assault & success in combating terrorists in Northern Nigeria. More tweets after the cut...