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The National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress,APC ,Dr Muiz Banire, SAN has reacted to the report trending on the social media alleging that he is plotting to displace the National leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu…

ASSET Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has taken over the assets of Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Limited due to failure to repay N20 billion debt owed Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. The company is owned by former Minister of Aviation,…

SINCE President Muhammadu Buhari formally announced his intention to run for a second time on 9th April 2018, he has always maintained that he will win. Every politician says that, even when they know they do not stand a dog’s chance.…

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, said he can win election in the state, if still a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA Okorocha spoke at the Imo government house, chapel in Owerri, while he was addressing Imo…

SOME key actors in Nigerian politics on Sunday paid solidarity visits to the embattled Senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, Jonah Jang, in prison. Their visits came about five days after Justice Daniel Longji of…

The Deputy Inspectors General of Police are up in arms against the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Sunday Tribune is reporting. The infighting, according to the newspaper, has led to the cancellation of the weekly…

•We plan to make Lagos destination of choice for businesses lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday explained why the government and the private sector are making huge investments in the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ). They…

•NWC meeting with Baraje, other ex-PDP leaders ‘not to negotiate’ All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are to meet today with leaders of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) over their grievances. A group of APC…

•’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…