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A veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has appealed to a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu to forgive the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode for…

Charles Idahosa, a former Political Adviser to immediate past Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has told Igbos the benefit of supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term. Speaking with newsmen to mark his 65th birthday…

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his willingness to grant posthumous presidential pardon to late Professor Ambrose Alli. Alli was a former Governor of Bendel State…

The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed optimism of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the next Thursday’s rerun election. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led the race with 254,698…

It is official: the governorship election in Osun state has been declared inconclusive. Joseph Afuwape, returning officer of the election, who announced this said the requirements for a candidate to be returned as winner were not…

It’s no longer a hot-button issue that the MD of Oriental Energy Resources, Ignatius Ifelayo, has resigned from the company owned by Alhaji Muhammudu Indimi. But there have been whispers as to how powerful the Vice President, Ameena…

The national assembly has postponed its resumption from September 25 to resume October 9. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, clerk of the assembly, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He attributed the development to the primary…

JUST three weeks after it commenced its substitution of accounts of recalcitrant billionaire taxpayers, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has collected N12.66 in tax revenue. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed…

The All Progressive Progressives (APC) yesterday shifted its presidential direct primary election by two days. The primary earlier scheduled for tomorrow will now hold on Thursday, the party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary,…

Residents of Lagos Island, have raised an alarm following a clash which saw gunshots fired by armed street boys in the area. It was gathered that the clash was between Onala boys and Okepopo boys, and the armed street boys who had …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the inconclusive verdict delivered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. The party has insisted that the process…

IN spite of mounting opposition to his second term bid ticket, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode’s kinsmen and women have resolved to take the battle to God in prayers. An indication to this effect came from Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, a former…

As the race for the number one seat in Lagos State continues to raise dust amid fear that the incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode may not get the nod of the All progressives Congress (APC) in the state for another term in office,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Thursday September 27 as the new date for a rerun of the inconclusive Osun State governorship election. Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon, Joseph…

In a show of solidarity, the youths in Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos under the aegis of  'Walk For Peaceful Primaries, gathered yesterday for a walk in support of the aspiration of Dapo Bode-Thomas, for the  Lagos Mainland 2…

A re-run will be declared for the Osun State governorship election due to the margin of victory between the two leading candidates, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The election, one of the closest in Nigeria’s electoral history, was held…

A man, Sarafadeen Busari, has dragged her mother-in-law, Iyabo Odunibaku to Oja Oba/Mapo Court C Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, alleging that she kept his three children away from him after his wife’s death six and a half…

SENATE President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that he was not bothered by the scathing criticisms that have been trailing his political activities in recent times, especially from his home state, Kwara,  by some opponents whom…

A financial expert, Dr Samuel Nzekwe, has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to intensify efforts to  enforce  the implementation of  its  financial guidelines  in banks,  to forestall collapse of the financial sector  in the …

Feminist and writer Chimamanda Adichie just finished a pep talk with some of her fans this evening, Titled and '##aneveningwithchimamanda and she talked alot about the role of a Woman, of which one is that Cooking shouldn't be…

Baring any unforeseen circumstance, there might be a rerun in the just concluded governorship election in Osun State. From the results announced so far by INEC, the two main contenders, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party…

The Police have arrested Mr. Salau Mutiu Kolawole, an electoral officer who allegedly collaborated with a senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to tear the result sheet of the disputed Ayeedade Local…

A flight attendant who accepted her boyfriend’s proposal mid-flight, has been sacked by the management of China  Eastern Airlines. The flight attendant became an internet sensation in May, after she accepted her boyfriend’s proposal…

In this piece, JOHN ALECHENU takes a cursory look at the seemingly unending feud between former governors and their successors “The joy of a dying father is the presence of a worthy successor.” This is a favourite quote of the late…