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Sefiu Adegbenga kaka, a former Senator and Deputy Governor during the governorship tenure of Segun Osoba, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 Ogun State governorship on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Kaka made…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the dissolution of its Kwara State Executive Committee, from the state to ward levels. The announcement comes one day after Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, called for…

Femi Kuti, Afrobeat legend, says his bassist “disappeared” 20 minutes before a concert in the US on Sunday. The Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and his Positive Force band performed at the SummerStage concert in New York. According…

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says he now knows why President Donald Trump referred to Nigeria as a “shithole country”. Washington Post had attributed the controversial comment to Trump but the US leader denied using those…

Abdullahi Attah, speaker of the Kano state house of assembly, has been removed while Al Hassan Rurum has been elected the new speaker. Rurum had resigned as speaker of the assembly in July 2017. More to follow…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the gale of defection currently being witnessed in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is not bothering him. According to Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and…

The crisis in the Benue state house of assembly took a new turn on Monday as eight lawmakers served an impeachment notice on Samuel Ortom, governor of the state. This comes after Terkimbi Ikyange, speaker of the assembly was removed.…

The Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has advised budding entrepreneurs not to be dissuaded by whatever challenges they might be facing presently, just as he narrated how he founded a bank with N20 million in 1990, despite the…

Farouk Lawan is one politician many would not forget in a hurry. He was a four-term member of the House of Representatives for the Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State. While he was in the lower chamber of the National…

By the day, internet fraudsters, otherwise known as yahoo boys, are acquiring new techniques and sophistication, and posing more danger to society. David-Chyddy Eleke looks at the ever changing modes of operation and affluent lifestyle of…

In an effort to curtail abuse of Codeine containing cough syrup, the federal government has recalled about 2.4 million bottles of codeine from circulation. The move, according to the Ministry of Health, demonstrates the federal…

The Speaker of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on Sunday, commended the federal government for the deployment of military troops to communities affected by bandits attacks in Zurmi local government area. Rikiji,…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has alleged that he is being persecuted by the Federal Government and his former political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) because he refused to surrender Benue land to herdsmen. The…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday ordered all the members of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) in Kwara State, who are in the camp of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, currently…

A dismissed US soldier identified as Garrick Slacks, has been arrested by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the Imo State Police Command, for allegedly defrauding Nigerians with fake promises to secure visas and…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Tukur Buratai, has approved the formation of five Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) for the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the five new FOBs…

The recent gale of defections by top ranking members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sparked crises in at least nine state chapters of the opposition party. Kano, Kwara, Benue, Kogi, Gombe…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the deployment of 1,000 security personnel to Zamfara state to stem the killings in the state. In a statement on Sunday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, said the security personnel comprise…

Super Falcons player, Asisat Oshoala, who won the African Female Footballer Award at CAF Awards this year, has surprised her parents and siblings with her new gift. She bought her parents a mansion in Costain area of Lagos, and she…

People who feel faint, dizzy or lightheaded while standing up may be experiencing a drop in blood pressure called orthostatic hypotension. Dementia is an overall term that describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in…

The Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress, Buba  Galadima, said President Muhammadu Buhari was against forming an alliance with a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, who had nominated Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Buhari’s…

The Lagos State Building Control Agency has closed five illegal bonded terminals and five other buildings in the Ajegunle area of the state. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had last week ordered the closure of all illegal bonded terminals in…

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, a daughter of the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, has said the autopsy conducted to unravel the circumstances surrounding her father’s death is inconclusive.…

The University of Ibadan, Oyo State has been adjudged the best Nigerian university in the July Webometric ranking of world universities. The 70-year-old Nigerian premier university emerged the best among 100 Nigerian tertiary…