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Foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the southeast has a better deal in the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 16 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Buhari will be in Enugu on Thursday, January 24 in continuation of his campaign tour. A statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, January 23, in Enugu by the special assistant on media to the minister, Mrs Sarah Sanda, said the president enjoys massive support in the area. Onyeama, therefore, appealed to the people of the area to come out en masse to give the president a rousing welcome, in appreciation of his laudable achievements in the zone. He said that the re-election of the president should not be limited to the APC as a party but should be across board within the zone. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda “You have all been seeing what the other parts of the country have been doing. It is not a ques...

- President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill - The Supreme Council of Bishops, which appealed to Buhari on the bill, wants the president to assent to it so the Independent National Electoral Commission can implement it - The council says the bill should be assented to, adding that President Buhari should not mind the fact that the time frame is short The Supreme Council of Bishops on Tuesday, January 22, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to implement it. The founding primate of the council, Archbishop Polycarp Sunday made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Legit.ng gathers that he said the Senate and House of Representatives had passed the Electoral Bill for the fourth time. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda The bill seeks to amend the el...

- Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi has predicted that the days of the PDP in Taraba state are numbered - The APC governorship candidate stated that the PDP has never won any free and fair election in the state - According to Danladi's gubernatorial campaign organisation, the attack in Wukari is part of the plan by PDP to deploy hardened thugs to all polling units in the state The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, has said days of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is over in Taraba state. Danladi said the PDP's acclaimed electoral victories in the state are a result of rigging, thuggery and intimidation of electorates. The APC candidate was responding to a press briefing by the PDP’s director of publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, on the political violence in Wukari area of the statement. A statement signed by DG Sani Abubakar Danladi gubernatorial campaign organisation, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, ‎said the PDP i...

- The Social Democratic Party youth has appealed to the leadership of the party to send the name of Jerry Gana to INEC as its presidential candidate - The national youth leader, Nwanka Stanley, made this appeal at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, January 23 - Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River state, and Gana had been in a tussle over the SDP presidential candidature The youth wing of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has given an ultimatum of 24 hours within which the party should send the name of a former minister of information, Jerry Gana, to the INEC as the presidential candidate of the party. Premium Times reports that the national youth leader, Nwanka Stanley, made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, January 23. Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River state, and Gana had been in a tussle over the SDP presidential candidature. A court had ruled recently in Gana's favour. READ ALSO: More suspicious funds allegedly found in CJN O...

Davido's girlfriend, Chioma might have chosen to be missing in action but she sure does know how to get our attention when she pops back in our radar. Recall that many social media users were left confused over the state of affairs between Davido and his bae, especially because she exited Instagram with no warning or announcement. Some had suggested that their better days were gone and things between them had completely collapsed. However, Davido proved the stories false when he shared a cozy photo of both of them in London locking lips while they shopped at an expensive store. Recently, Miss Assurance showed she is still the beautiful chef we know. In a post shared on her Instagram story, the melanin beauty showed off her gorgeous skin tone and posed stylishly for the camera. READ ALSO: Singer Niniola buys JAMB forms for 30 students Chioma looking gorgeous (Picture/Instagram) Source: Instagram Fine girl! Meanwhile, many internet users are still gassed about the thrilli...

- A former PDP chairman, Lawan Gana Karasuwa, has dumped the party with other supporters to All progressive Congress (APC) in Yobe state - This is coming with a few weeks to the beckoning hours of the 2019 general elections - Karasuwa, justifying his defection, said he and other defectors were fascinated by the achievements of APC at all levels With a few weeks to the general elections, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems not to have moved behind the defection rocking it as a former chairman, Lawan Gana Karasuwa, dumped the party with other supporters to All progressive Congress (APC) in Yobe state. Daily Trust reports that that a one time senatorial candidate Mairo Amshi and his supporters of also left the party to the ruling party and were received by Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Tuesday, January 20, at APC zonal campaign rally for Yobe north, in Gashua town. Justifying their defection, the former PDP chairman said they were fascinated by the tide of achievements recorded by the ...

- Real Madrid are looking to make a Galaticos signing in more than three years - The Spanish giants are interested in landing Juventus striker Paulo Dybala - The Argentine international has been consistent since joining Juve in 2015 Real Madrid are preparing for a Galaticos signing as they plot a whopping £90million bid for Juventus striker Paulo Dybala. The 25-year-old has been in consistent form with Massimiliano Allegri's side since joining the club from Palermo in 2015. And it is understood Los Blancos want to lure him to Spain where he would be expected to play as a center-forward at the Bernabeu next season. READ ALSO: Mourinho hints at managing PSG if Tuchel fails to win Champion League "Real are looking to get their next lot of Galaticos in and Dybala is top of the pile for the summer," a source told The Sun. "There has been a lot of interest in him over the years but he has always been interested in heading to Real himself. "Manchester City...

- Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Harry Kane must leave Spurs to win silverware in his career - The striker played spent a season and a half with Manchester United before joining MLS side LA Galaxy last year Ibrahimovic insisted that the only way Kane will be remembered is to win trophies while still active Former Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has told Harry Kane to leave Tottenham Hotspur if he must win silverware. The 25-year-old has scored 14 goals and assisted four other goals in 22 Premier League matches this campaign. His tally for the season stands at 19 goals in all competitions for the Lilywhites this season but will definitely miss a couple of weeks owing to injury. READ ALSO: Alli set for 6 weeks on the sidelines after suffering hamstring injury Kane joined Spurs in 2004 as a youth player but got promoted into the senior team in 2009 and has scored an impressive 160 goals in just 244 games since then. He won the 2018 Golden Boot trophy a...

- The minister of budget and national planning, Udoma Udo Udoma said the Buhari-led administration is focused on eradicating poverty - Udoma said the FG is fighting poverty not just by giving Nigerians fish to eat but by teaching them how to catch fish - Also, Maryam Uwais, President Buhari’s special adviser on social protection plan, revealed the strategies the FG is using in ensuring poverty is eradicated The minister of budget and national planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government is fighting poverty. Udoma, speaking at a three-day Social Protection Cross Learning Summit with the themed: “Improving the Lives of Poor and Vulnerable Nigerians: Lessons from Implementing Social Protection in Nigeria” in Abuja, said the federal government is fighting poverty step-by-step and ameliorating the plight of the poor and vulnerable people across the country. According to Daily Trust, Udoma said the federal government is fighting poverty n...

- Not less than 60% of undergraduate projects in Nigeria are copied from sources that are not acknowledged - This was disclosed by Professor Peter Okebukola, a former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) - Okebukola said that even lecturers are included in the crime as most of them copy and paste materials from Wikipedia for the works Professor Peter Okebukola, a former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), on Tuesday, January 22, said that 60% of undergraduate projects in the country are plagiarised. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Okebukola made this revelation at the Edo state University, Iyamho, during the commissioning of the CANVAS Learning Management System (LMS) in the institution, Daily Trust reports. He said: “Plagiarism would mean copy from somebody without attributing it to the person. Many of our students even lectures will just go to Wikipedia and c...

- Jerry Gana has accused the leadership of SDP of being baised - Gana claimed some leaders in the party favour Donald Duke - Gana's presidential campaign team Chief Olu Falae, and the National Secretary, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, for Gana’s travails The Prof. Jerry Gana Presidential Campaign Team has decried an alleged bias by the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against its principal in favour of former governor of Cross Rivers, Donald Duke. The Director-General of the team, Ike Neliaku, said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Neliaku frowned at the party’s refusal to submit Gana’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its presidential candidate as directed by a Federal High Court. He specifically blamed the SDP National Chairman, Chief Olu Falae, and the National Secretary, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, for Gana’s travails. According to him, both leaders are acting a script other than the interest of the party, which they have manip...

- Former governor of Oyo state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has said that the opposition parties in the state would team up to defeat APC in the forthcoming election - Alao-Akala said the APC has failed the people of the state and that the party would be defeated at the polls - The ADP governorship candidate also noted that he left N110b in the government's covers while he was handing over to Ajimobi in 2011 The former governor of Oyo state and gubernatorial candidate of African Democratic Party (ADP) for 2019 general elections, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has said the opposition parties in the state would team up to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC). Legit.ng regional reporter in Oyo, Imran Khalid, reports that while featuring on Fresh FM 105.9, a radio station in Ibadan on Monday, January 21, Alao-Akala, said the opposition parties in the state would team up to defeat the ruling APC. He said the mistake of splitting without cohesion and unity made in 2015 general elections by the ...

- Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, has predicted that the days of the PDP in Taraba state are numbered - The governorship candidate of the APC stated that the PDP has never won any free and fair election in the state - He said the PDP's electoral victories are a result of rigging, thuggery and intimidation of electorates The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi has said days of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is over in the state. Danladi said the PDP's acclaimed electoral victories in the state are a result of rigging, thuggery and intimidation of electorates. The APC candidate was responding to a press briefing by the PDP’s director of publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, on the political violence in Wukari area of the statement. A statement signed by DG Sani Abubakar Danladi Gubernatorial Campaign Organization, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama, ‎said the PDP is only attempting to cover up its disgraceful act of waylay...

This female Twitter user is currently receiving applause for how she has been handling trolls who body-shamed her online. A lady identified as Chioma on Twitter has proven to many people and body-shamers that body positivity; which involves people being accepting of all body types, is indeed a movement human beings should learn to follow. The pretty lady who recently shared a cleavage revealing photo of herself, set tongues wagging, due to the nature of her bosoms, Chioma who was pictured in a red revealing lingerie, was attacked by some trolls who took to the platform to body-shame her, stating that her breast were saggy and not perky enough to be flaunted. Her response however, left many people impressed and gained her more following on the platform. READ ALSO: Personal letter from the Editor-in-Chief of Legit.ng (former NAIJ.com) See her photo post below: READ ALSO: Being sexy is a curse, I hate my body - Hourglass-shaped actress Princess Shyngle See some of the reactions ...

In almost every part of the world, a manifest booklet is usually given passengers to fill while traveling. This is required in case the transport company needs to contact family members of any of their passenger. A travel manifest booklet has gone viral on social media after the religious woman wrote Jesus as her next of kin. The woman also penned down a phone number after writing the name of her creator and this has left many wondering why someone can do such a thing. The person who shared this post on social media captioned it: “ While filling this stuff they give at the park when you are traveling, I saw someone fill Jesus as her next of kin .” Lady lists Jesus as her next of kin while filing a travel manifest Source: UGC READ ALSO: Instagram comedian Omo Ibadan sends romantic note to future husband Going through Instagram reactions, one @official_sotipepple_zion disclosed that: “ But my boyfriend’s name is Jesus and the last time I went to the park I put his name (Jesus) c...

Showing off body parts on social media has always been a controversial subject. A lot of people are of the opinion that women should be able to celebrate their bodies while another school of thought opines that women should be conservative. Nigerian ex-reality star Gifty recently took to her social media page to flaunt a video of herself. In the video the fair-skinned beauty is spotted twerking in a red swim suit that revealed portions of her backside. A follower was quick to post a comment cautioning the reality start to stick with a more conservative show of skin, since she was now a wife and a mother. In defense of her choice of clothing, Gifty responded to the follower. She disclosed that the video was recorded by her husband. She went on to add that the man had no problem with how she chose to show off her skin. READ ALSO: You've changed my life in the best way - BBNaija Gifty celebrates daughter's birthday (photos) Comment from Gifty's post. Photo source ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has caution the Nigerian government against continuous external borrowing. The Cable reports that CBN warned that the increase in Nigeria's debt is fast approaching the pre-2015 Paris Club level. Speaking at the end of the CBN's bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 22, the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, said the monetary policy committee of the CBN was established with a view to help reduce pressure on government expenditure. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Emefiele said: “On external borrowing, the committee noted the increase in debt level advising for caution, noting that it could fast be approaching the pre-2005 Paris Club level.” “The committee also noted the attempts by the government to broaden the base of the Value Added Tax and urge the authorities to expedite action in that effect, arguing that increased tax collection will reduce pressure on government expendi...

The foreign policy in Nigeria was shaped for many years before it achieved a decent state. Still, there are a lot of factors affecting Nigerian foreign policy, and we are going to analyze them today. Read about the determinants of the foreign policy in Nigeria and where they came from! Photo: nidomd.org What are the factors affecting foreign policy in Nigeria? First of all, before we start talking about the internal and external factors affecting Nigerian foreign policy, we will have to give this term a definition. Foreign policy is a certain set of principles, which the nation has adopted and later followed for the implementation and security of its goals on the international arena. Through foreign policy, the international relationships between countries and nations are established and developed. Every nation has its own goals which they are trying to secure through the national power exercise. To understand what are the factors affecting Nigerian foreign policy, we will need to...

Love is a beautiful thing, and Nigerian celebrity lovebirds Simi and Adekunle Gold are showing us just how beautiful it is. Having a loving and private relationship as a celebrity can be really difficult. Aside from maintain their busy schedules or listening to fans' negative opinions about their love life, it is also hard to keep whatever is going on between them private. However, Simi and Adekunle Gold successfully did this, they dated for five years without making it known to the public, they got married in secret and they are currently on their honeymoon in South Africa. The lovebirds have been sharing cute moments from their time on honeymoon. In a recent video, Simi was heard gushed about her husband and making jokes about how she adores him so much. READ ALSO : Adekunle Gold confirms marrying his girlfriend of 5 years Simi in a mail sent to his fans In the video, Adekunle Gold was seen blushing as his wife made the comments. He was also seen laughing hard when she...

- President Muhammed Buhari (GCFR) has approved the appointment of a new Director – General for the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria in the person of Barrister Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar - Abubakar takes over the mantle of leadership of the council from the Acting DG, Tunde Ikusagba, who is also the council’s Director, Criminal Justice Barrister Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar has been appointed as the new director general for the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari. The head, press unit of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Barr. Jessica Mamven, in a press release revealed that Abubakar on Monday, January 21, took over the mantle of leadership of the council from the acting DG, Tunde Ikusagba, who is also the council’s Director, Criminal Justice. The new DG is an indigene of Kebbi State and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto in 1987, was called to bar in 1988 after attending the Nigerian Law School in Lagos from 1987 to 1988. Barr. Abubaka...