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•’Those who own the party have spoken’ ALL Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the congress conducted in Lagos State at the weekend. Congress, he said, was conducted in line with the…

•Fakorede says he was slandered in publications The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the Rivers State Commander of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), Mr. Akin Fakorede, an Assistant Commissioner of…

The House of Representatives has said that a clean copy of the 2018 budget will be on the table of President Muhammadu Buhari within one week from the date of passage. The National Assembly passed the N9.12tn budget on Wednesday last…

Alcohol has a bad reputation, and Jamie Foxx’ song ‘blame it on the alcohol’ gives credence to that. From reckless acts to texts you wish you never sent, to hangovers that can last for days, there are many reasons to abhor alcohol —…

After the viral story of a Port Harcourt based man, Vaughn Itemuagbor, who was harassed and extorted by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad in the state, SARS. The Police have invited him and according to new developments, the man…

A doctor has been sentenced to 3 years in prison after he was found guilty of poisoning his girlfriend by slipping an abortion pill into her drink and causing her to lose an unborn baby boy. Sikander Imran had pleaded guilty to fetal…

Garba Shehu,  presidential spokesman, says “changing the change” in 2019 would reverse all the achievements of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In an article he titled ‘The Real Price of Changing the Change (1)’, Shehu said…

The Central Bank of Nigeria said that the Nigeria-China currency swap deal would not cover the importation of the 41 items banned in its 2015 circular on items not valid for foreign exchange. CBN’s acting Director, Corporate…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Sunday said that it had set May 26 for a rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations for more than 12,000 candidates across the country. The Board’s Head of Media, Dr.…

The National Democracy Stakeholders Group (NSDG), a pro-democracy and non-profit organisation, says President Muhammadu Buhari will lead the 2018 edition of “Democracy Solidarity Walk”. Kletsaint Akor, NSDG’s convener, told reporters…

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, says besides being Africa’s richest man, he also wants to be known as the biggest philanthropist on the continent.This, he explained, was the motivation for the Aliko Dangote Foundation, on which…

The Nigerian army says some civilians foiled a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Gujba local government area of Yobe state, on Sunday. Onyema Nwachukwu, deputy director, public relations of Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a…

About N22.45bn was paid to pensioners by the Federal Government under the Defined Benefit Scheme between January and March this year. Figures obtained from the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate on Friday showed that the amount…

A 45-year-old Muslim man identified as Siraj Khan, accused of killing a cow was beaten to death by a mob in central India, police said Sunday. The Muslim tailor became the subject of this latest vigilante murder, over the animal…

The National Christian Elders Forum, (NCEF) has accused the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of corruption and abuse of office in a recently published memo. NCEF in the memo alleged that a CAN delegation led by…

Abramovich was not seen at Wembley as Chelsea beat United 1-0 thanks to a penalty from Eden Hazard. Reports in Russia said he was having problems with his visa application. And on Sunday, the FT dropped the bombshell news that…

The Department of State Services (DSS), Bauchi command yesterday paraded a suspect identified as Mr. Dokogel from Plateau state. According to reports, he was arrested with 15 AK-47 guns loaded in his car. He confessed to have had 5…

Last month, Nigerian singer, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, aka Alizee, and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, were allegedly murdered by her Danish husband, Peter Nielsen. Found dead in the kitchen of their residence on Banana Island, Ikoyi,…

The Governing Council of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has set up a joint investigative panel with the senate of the institution to further probe the sex-for-mark allegation levelled against Prof. Richard Akindele…

Adekunle is the first son of the late Major Gen. Tunde Idiagbon (retd.), a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, under the military regime of Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari between 1984 and 1985. He talks about his father with SUCCESS…

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is currently under intense pressure from the coalition of 36 political parties and the new PDP bloc within the All Progressives Congress to change its name as a condition to form an alliance…

Air Peace Airlines yesterday said it has blacklisted a passenger who flew into a rage and destroyed its check-in system at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. Corporate Communications Manager of…

The governor of Kaduna state, Nasiru el-Rufai, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) does not know the meaning of integrity. Speaking in an interview with reporters after the state congress of All Progressives Congress (APC) on…

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has explained why, contrary to the expectations of many, he did not give his elder sister, Lady Bibiana Adani, an ostentatious burial. Lady Bibiana Adani, who died recently, was buried on…