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The battle for Government Houses in the 2019 elections has begun in earnest with the number of aspirants rising on a daily basis amid loads of promises. Thirty of the 36 States will be involved in the elections. In this first part of a…

The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. John Agim, says over 6000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) had returned home in Zamfara. Agim disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Gusau yesterday. He said  the…

Kenny Martins, grand patron of Legacy Initiative International, a civil society organisation, says the days of moneybags taking key decisions in the political space will be over. Martins said this at the first stakeholder’s dinner…

Sergey Brin, born August 21, 1973, is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google. Brin is the President of Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. As of June 2018, Brin is the…

Nigerian pilots and engineers have expressed support for the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, saying that it will create jobs. According to the newly elected President of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers,…

No doubt, being in love, especially when it is reciprocal, comes with some good feeling. But one of the many things that truncate such pleasure or harmonious relationships is cheating, and both men and women have been found to be guilty…

As part of efforts to ensure free flow of traffic through-out the four-day closure of Third Mainland Bridge for Investigative Maintenance Test, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has deployed a total of 650 officials to…

The Consumer Protection Council on Friday said it was a violation of the order of the court for Multichoice Nigeria to continue to collect the new rate from its DSTV and GoTV subscribers. The Director-General, CPC, Mr, Babatunde…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Friday alleged that Fulani herdsmen had concluded plans to lay ambush and kill him along the Makurdi/Laafia highway. Ortom explained that he had received intelligence report about the plan to…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of consistently leaking its letters to the commission, to the media, the latest being the congresses elective holding next month. APC…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is proposing to hold its governorship primary election on September 24. This is contained in a letter Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the party, wrote to Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the…

​ Emilia Clarke may hate the term 'strong female character,' so we'll instead call the majority of the remaining main cast of 'Game of Thrones' well-rounded and well-realized women. The HBO fantasy epic has always been borne on the back…

Irate youths in Iwo, Osun State, have set a police station ablaze in the town for the alleged shooting of an undergraduate, Tunde Nofiu, by an officer attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad. Nofiu was said to be spending holidays…

The people of Awo-Omamma community, which is the largest clan in Oru East State Constituency, have berated the leadership of the Imo State House of Assembly over the continued suspension of its representative in the Assembly, Hon.…

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, on Thursday paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina state. Speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting with Buhari, Sani said he visited the president’s…

Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, has described as an abomination, any attempt to politicise the Ojude Oba Festival. Speaking at the festival on Thursday while reacting to the chants of supporters of the…

The immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has joined the governorship race in Kwara State. He will run under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and may likely get…

Cristiano Ronaldo has been caught on camera doing a stepover at Juventus training –after revealing Sir Alex Ferguson gave him the hairdryer over doing too many of them in his early Manchester United years, The Sun reports. The…

Crowds of excited Arsenal fans  on Thursday welcomed Arsene Wenger as he arrived in Liberia ahead of an awards ceremony where he will be given the country’s highest honour on Friday, BBC Newsreports. The former Arsenal manager was…

A study published on Thursday in the journal Chem showed that a combination of existing drugs could reduce the size of cancerous tumors much more effectively than current treatments. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin…

Two international customers, Benin Republic and Niger, have paid $10.1m to Nigeria to settle their electricity bill.  This was disclosed by the market operator arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) during the August power…

There are drinkers who don’t care for their health and there are those who drink and argue that moderate alcohol consumption is healthy. Now, a major study published in The Lancet journal says there is no safe amount of alcohol…

  The APC said Thursday that it had not relented in its desire to remove Senate President Bukola Saraki from office, stating that it would work harder to secure the constitutional requirement to achieve its objective. Section 50(2)( C )…

A power drunk Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of the Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, H.E. Nwabuisi, has done the unthinkable as he led a team to raid adherents in a mosque. H.E. Nwabuisi, has been accused of…