Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has directed withdrawal of an alleged murder case against the state Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Jide Awe, and other members of the party.

This information was disclosed in a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Idowu Adelusi, on Wednesday.

Awe, his aide, and other members of the APC have been on trial for alleged murder of Madam Juliana Adewunmi and Murphy Jeje, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, in 2013.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) to June 30. The short extension after the original March 31 date is based on the appeals of professional bodies and individual taxpayers. However, no further extension of time will be approved after June 30.

Kogi State Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello has pledged the support of the people of Kogi State to the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The governor in a statement by his director general, media and publicity, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, said he was ready to mobilise the people for the reelection of the president.

Buhari at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, declared his intention to vie for a second term in office.

The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria’s current population at 198 million people with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate of about 6.5 per cent
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Chairman of NPC, Mr Eze Duruiheoma, stated this in New York while delivering Nigeria’s statement on Sustainable Cities, Human Mobility and International Migration at the 51st Session of Commission on Population and Development.

Duruiheoma said: “Nigeria remains the most populous in Africa, the seventh globally with an estimated population of over 198 million.


Former Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime says that no amount of campaign of calumny or hate speech will stop President Muhammadu Buhari from emerging victorious in 2019. Reacting to Buhari’s declaration to run for a second term, Chime said in Enugu on Monday that the president had done a lot to deserve reelection.

President Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja the Federal Capital Territory for the United Kingdom, London.

President Buhari on Monday left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for London after the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership.

The President at the APC NEC meeting declared his intention to seek re-election.