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The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, has challenged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to come clean on his United States immigration status. Okechukwu also gave the indication that Abubakar would not be…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got yesterday a reply to its threat to boycott next year’s elections. You are being hunted by your past, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole told the main opposition…

The Federal Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute the airline travel agents who cancelled the return tickets of 230 Nigerian football fans stranded after the 2018 World Cup Tournament in Russia. The Nigerian Ambassador to…

Germany star Mesut Ozil has confirmed he is retiring from international football with immediate effect.Ozil was criticized by the German Football Federation (DFB) after meeting Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the World Cup. The…

•‘Overtures from Buhari, Oshiomhole belated’ A leader of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said yesterday that the group has decided to leave the APC. Baraje and the spokesman of the group, Kassim…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been conferred with the title of Wazirin Ilorin. The title was given to the number three citizen by the emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, at his palace. According to the senate president,…

Borishade Adeniyi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cheiftain in Lagos, was on Saturday shot dead during a meeting of party members. Chike Oti, Lagos command police spokesman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Oti…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has remitted N7.8 billion to the federal government. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head, media and information, disclosed the information to NAN on Sunday in Lagos.…

Abu Ibrahim, chairman, senate committee on police affairs, says the fear of indiscriminate arrest and detention by state governors may kill the state and community police bill. The bill which is being sponsored by Ike Ekweremadu,…

Some Nigerians lodged in hotels in China are reportedly stranded after Chinese police allegedly ordered their ejection. In a video which surfaced online, a group of Nigerians gathered in an unidentified location can be seen…

The Media Office of the Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has asked the outgoing Governor, Ayodele Fayose, to devote the June 2018 federal allocation of N5.52bn to the payment of salaries and other entitlements of workers.…

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company said that the Lagos State Police Command promised to support the company to boost its revenue generation through debts recovery. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate…

The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC), is tempting its members with “offers” to return to its fold. This was contained in a statement by the R-APC spokesman, Kazeem…

The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed four SARS operatives for armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful detention, also charging them to court. This was made known in a recent statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer,…

To publish names of recalcitrant debtors this week Corporation’s Amended Act to be ready before December The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has dismissed insinuations that it is planning to use the assets of…

Summarise the story of Ademola Adeleke in the words “from grace to glory” and you won’t be far from the truth. Adeleke, senator representing Osun west senatorial district, on Saturday won the governorship ticket of the Peoples…

MANY private haulage firms have lamented disruption of their operations due to the diversion of articulated vehicles into their parks by “Operation Restore Sanity” Task Force. According to employees of some of the haulage firms who…

Overtures by President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to influential leaders of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) may have stalled the planned mass…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has warned Nigerians abroad to be wary of news about the country found on social media, saying 80 percent of them are fake. NAN reports that Lai made the remark on the sideline of a…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Primero Transport Services Limited, operators of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit system, Mr Fola Tinubu, in this interview with ANNA OKON talks about the operation of the popular transport…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), disclosed that the number of mobile telephone subscribers in Nigeria has risen to 163 million barely 17 years after its advent. Making this disclosure while…

An accident involving the convoy of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has led to the death of one person while 20 others sustained various degrees of injury. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Officer-in-Charge…

A horrific multiple accident was said to have happened yesterday by 4pm just  in front of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.. According to eyewitnesses, the accident was caused by one of the drivers who…

•Says party will give economy, unity, security new lease of life •Secondus: PDP’ll end cycle of bloodletting Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said yesterday that he is back in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reclaim what…