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The running mate to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku in next month’s presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, said yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer is not in the USA to prove any point to anyone. Obi told…

A group of grassroots farmers, artisans, politicians, non-politicians, traders, religious leaders, community leaders, youths, market men and women from the Southwest have assured not less than 90 or 95 percent of total votes in the…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says with or without a trip to the US, he will dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari, his main rival, in next month’s election. Atiku said this in a…

In an interview with VOA Hausa Service in Washington DC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said stories that he was banned from the United States was ‘disinformation’. He spoke on Thursday, after his arrival to the US capital, where he…

The senator representing Kogi west constituency, Dino Melaye has been granted bail by an FCT High court in Maitama, Abuja.The presiding judge, Justice Halilu, granted him the bail at the resumed hearing of the case on Friday…

PDP Presidential Candidate and former Vice President of Nigeria, H. E. Alhaji Atiku Abuakar, GCON The federal government has accused Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of contributing to the…

Sen. Buruji Kashamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun, says his emergence on INEC’s final list of candidates is a victory for resilience. Kashamu made the Independent National Electoral…

Manchester United have rediscovered their attacking verve under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, midfielder Paul Pogba has said. Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho in December and has made the most successful start by any…

Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), says its directive to distribution companies on buildings under Right -Of -Ways (ROW) of power lines has resulted in disconnection of 1,205 premises between October 2017…

MC Oluomo was pictured on board a plane to United States, after he was stabbed at the flag-off of Lagos APC Governorship rally. S MC Oluomo who is the treasurer of National Union of Road Transport Workers Lagos state chapter,…

THE General Assembly of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, yesterday alleged that the huge number of uncollected Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in the South-East and other parts of the country where Igbo people reside was…

The US chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has kicked against the visit of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The party said the visit does not absolve Atiku of the purported corruption allegations against him and…

The Federal Government yesterday resolved to engage governors of the 36 states of the federation and the Council of State in a review of the nation’s federal allocation sharing formula.The review is part of demands by the…

Zimbabwe’s inflation hit a fresh 10-year high of 42.09 per cent year-on-year in December, from 31.01 per cent in November, the statistical agency Zimstats said on Thursday Zimstats said in a statement in Harare that the increase…

Natives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the umbrella of Coalition of Abuja Indigenous Association (CAIA) have said they will not vote for President Muhammadu Buhari, during the February 16 presidential election unless…

Shareholders and Capital Market Operators yesterday expressed mixed reactions to moves by Mr Femi Otedola, Forte Oil Plc chairman, to buyout the company’s upstream and power assets. They said this in separate interviews with the…

A faction of the APC in Imo state has suspended Governor Anayo Rochas Okorocha over alleged “gross anti-party activities.” Okorocha had made the list released by INEC as APC candidate for Imo West Senatorial zone.ADVERTISEMENT …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has said that the Minister of Transportation was behind the plot to destroy the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onoghen. Addressing thousands of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…

The Nigeria Immigration Service NIS has threatened to charge and deport foreigners who may want to disguise as tourists to illegally observe next month’s general elections.Controller General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede who…

An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama on Thursday ordered the police to show cause over it’s continued detention of Sen. Dino Melaye. Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, who has been in police…

Jose Mourinho says still belongs top football after being sacked by Manchester United and that he is “too young” to retire. United have gone on to win six straight matches under caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer since…

The Czech Republic has decided to pay Nigerians and other migrants to encourage them to leave the central European country. The offer is under a programme that focuses particularly on migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria,…

The Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, DC, said it was not yet sure if former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar would be visiting the United States any moment soon. A competent source at the embassy told the News Agency of Nigeria…

FORMER governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, on Thursday said he thought he would not live long to attain old age in life. Speaking at a grand reception to commemorate his 80th birthday ceremony in his country home of Ila…