The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has warned new lawmakers to choose leadership answerable to them and their constituents, and not to godfathers who live only for themselves. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at a conference organized by the #NotTooYoungToRun movement, for new lawmakers, Dogara charged them to shun the arrogance of power. He said the …

  An Abuja magistrate’s court has granted bail to Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun state governorship election. The court granted him N2 million bail after his arraignment on Tuesday. Adeleke, who currently represents Osun west senatorial district, was charged to court for alleged certificate forgery. The police had said they have fresh evidence …

  President Muhammadu Buhari says the assistance of the UN and the international community will be invaluable in reversing the devastation visited on Nigeria by the Boko Haram insurgency. A statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, said Buhari stated this when he received the visiting President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Ms …