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The Presidency has written the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) demanding a thorough probe of the alleged exemption certificate scandal involving the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. An online newspaper, Premium Times had…

*Confirms moves by APC leaders to resolve Imo crisis Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, at the weekend, broke his silence over the face-off between him and his successor, Senator Theodor Orji, assuring that he has…

Governor Samuel Ortom has denied media reports that he plans to defect back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There has been rumour that he had concluded plans to leave the APC to pursue his second term governorship ambition on…

Kayode Fayemi has emerged winner of the 2018 governorship election in Ekiti state. Fayemi, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Unlike…

Festus Keyamo, Director of Strategic Communications for the re-election campaign of the President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed the only weakness in his principal’s government. Speaking on Channels Television programme’s ‘Hard…

Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, on Saturday described the state governorship election as national embarrassment. Addressing journalists shortly after voting in his ward 001, St. David’s Primary School, Maternity Area, Afao, he said…

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of Hon. Dipo Olorunrinu, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Lagos State House of Assembly, for allegedly arming two suspects with a gun for the purpose of…

President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the Netherlands on Sunday to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, at The Hague. In a statement …

The Peoples Democratic Party has apologised to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for ‘‘bad conduct and mistreatment,’’ Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo’s Media Aide, has said. Akinyemi made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday…

Nigeria’s embattled finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has been elected chairperson of the board of the African Export-Import Bank amid a certificate scandal she has faced in the last one week. Mrs Adeosun was elected…

Ayodele Fayose, outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, has arrived his polling unit to cast his vote in the ongoing governorship election in the state. Fayose arrived at exactly 1:15pm, dressed in a shirt and a pair of jeans, and the neck…

As a rule, I don’t get worked up over oil refineries. But the one gradually taking form on 2,500 hectares of swampland outside Lagos, Nigeria’s Mad Max commercial capital, is so big, so audacious and so potentially transformative that…

Zahra Buhari, daughter of President Buhari who made headlines few days ago for welcoming a baby with her husband, Ahmed Indimi in Spain, has acknowledged her child’s birth. Taking to her Insta-story to thank her well-wishers, Zahra…

Governor Ambode of Lagos State arrived Russia last night for the World Cup finals between France and Croatia, and one of highlights of his arrival was that he pledged to help send Nigerians stuck in the country home. Recall that we…

The voting exercise is almost rounding off at polling unit 001, ward 1, Afao-Ekiti, Irepodun-Ifelodun local government area where Ayodele Fayose, incumbent governor of Ekiti state, is expected to vote but surprisingly, he is yet to…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu yesterday dismissed the preliminary objections brought before it by the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma and his company, Innoson Motors Ltd. Innoson arguing through his…

Professor Kolapo Eleka, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the EKiti State governorship election, is currently unable to cast his vote, as the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) reader failed at his polling booth. A…

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has called on the NYSC to immediately release its findings on the status of Adeosun. Sagay said this during an interview with one of our…

The Peoples Democratic  Party national chairman, Uche Secondus, the former deputy national chairman, South West, Chief Olabode George, and members of the National Working Committee of the party among others,  are currently in a…

A Nigerian ad agency boss @UyiDm2, has recounted the harassment he was subjected to by SARS officers in Lagos State. According to @UyiDm2 who disclosed that he was forced to write a statement over what he never committed, disclosed…

A Nigerian man who sexually assaulted a lady by grabbing her ass at Murtala Mohammed Airport, was reportedly denied access to the plane he booked. According to Instagram user @hourglass87, the man who is from Benin was denied access to…

Two days after Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, fell to the ground and later wept publicly, alleging that he was assaulted by a policeman, the governor is back on his feet. This time around, he is taking the battle to the…

Foluke Adeboye, wife of the general overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, on Friday marked her 70th birthday in the presence of family and friends. The event took place at the church headquarters,…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has described fake news as a time bomb in Nigeria. Mohammed, speaking, during a programme on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), described the growing level of fake news and hate speech in…