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Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, says the support Nigerians have for President Muhammadu Buhari is “unrivalled and iconic”. According to a statement by Habib Aruna, Ambode’s chief press secretary, the governor spoke…

Manny Pacquiao just defeated Adrien Broner to retain his WBA ‘regular’ welterweight title, and here is the fight result and scorecard. S The 40-year-old boxer defeated Adrien, 29 with a dominating unanimous decision in front of…

Jose Mourinho has hit out at Manchester United’s transfer policy during his time in charge, blaming it as one of the reasons for the teams failings. Although United splashed out £89 million ($115m) on Paul Pogba and £75m ($97m) on…

President Muhammadu Buhari and the main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, were absent at the presidential debate organised by the Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) on…

The year 2018 could be described as one drama-filled one in the Nigerian Senate under the leadership of Senate President Bukola Saraki. In as much as he at times tried to evade controversies in 2018, the official fought major…

The national chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Dr. Tunde Anifowose-Kelani, has dismissed claims that his party has adopted the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming presidential election,…

*How He Forged Total Letter Head To Defraud GTB… He never knew that so large a fortune could have so short a lease. When he did, he had been mowed to rubble by the wheels of vanity. As you read, the truth dawns on Chima Anyaso,…

Theirs was a marriage many believe was made in heaven and consecrated here on earth. Every time they stepped out, beautiful and leggy Biola, the former Managing Director of MNET, Makanjuola Alabi, otherwise known as Mako, cut the…

What has dominated national discourse after last night’s presidential debate is not the performance of the candidates that participated but mainly the absence of the two main contenders in the February 16 election. President…

After over three and a half years in office, President Muhammadu Buhari means different things to different people in terms of rating. Indeed opinions are divided among Nigerians on whether the President has done enough to fulfil…

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says many retired generals have ganged up against the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman…

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, have commended the Minister of FCT, Muhammad Bello, for paying the backlog of doctors’ salary arrears. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, Dr…

The Presidency has expressed “considerable concern and surprise’’, the fake news of the Presidency’s alleged plan to arrest the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen and frame three other Supreme Court Justices. Mr Femi…

Many people, including the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not attending Saturday Presidential debate, but the massive crowd that welcomed him to Jos, Plateau State certainly…

Mrs Theresa Jimoh, the mother of business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, has been killed in an early morning fire incident in Lagos. The victim, who was about 76 years old, was at her house in the Victoria Garden City, Lagos, when a fire…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has explained why he left the venue of the ongoing presidential debate, minutes after the programme started. The presidential debate is organised by…

PDP Presidential Candidate and former Vice President of Nigeria, H. E. Alhaji Atiku Abuakar, GCON The presidential candidates of Nigeria’s ruling and main opposition parties have shunned the presidential debate that is currently…

The presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) has kicked off, with President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

A video currently trending online has shown what appears to be protesters disrupting a meeting that was attended by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku stepped foot for the…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is back in Abuja after a visit to the United States of America. He returned to Nigeria on Saturday. He travelled to the US on January 17, 2019 — 13…

Popular American singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly also known as R. Kelly has been dropped by his record label, Sony Music. According to reports, the artiste who is currently facing a series of allegations of abduction, sexual…

The elder brother of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Ali Rufai, a retired Air Vice Marshall, is dead. Rufai, who died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja, was born on November 10, 1948 in Zaria, Kaduna State. The death was…

Wife of a former Vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Titi, was on Friday evening attacked by suspected political thugs at Sarkin Sasa house in Ojoo area of Ibadan, Oyo…

Olusegun Osoba, former Ogun governor, says he spent all he had on the governorship bid of Ibikunle Amosun in 2011. Amosun, incumbent governor of the state, was elected on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)…