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Hafsat Abiola-Costello, a daughter of the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, has said the autopsy conducted to unravel the circumstances surrounding her father’s death is inconclusive.…

The University of Ibadan, Oyo State has been adjudged the best Nigerian university in the July Webometric ranking of world universities. The 70-year-old Nigerian premier university emerged the best among 100 Nigerian tertiary…

…to spend N4.6bn on unforeseen expenses The Independent National Electoral Commission has budgeted the sum of N1.8bn for a possible Presidential run-off in 2019. A run-off or rerun is a second-round election that takes place after the…

The total pension fund assets stood at N8.14 trillion as at the end of May, the National Pension Commission (PenCom) said yesterday. PenCom spokesman Peter Aghahowa added that the assets rose from N7.52 trillion in December 2017.…

Detectives are to quiz Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu tomorrow on some  assets linked with him. He is expected at 10a.m. at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja. This is the second time in a week that…

*Senator: I was on top of tree for 11 hours CONTROVERSIAL senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) yesterday explained his alleged abduction last week. Senator Ben Murray Bruce  alleged that Melaye was abducted on Thursday when he was…

*Struggle for control rocks party in Kwara *PDP aspirant won’t quit for defectors Senate President Bukola Saraki’s political future is causing ripples in the Kwara State All Progressives Congress (APC). Saraki, who is the…

Association of Tiv Actors, Nigeria, has petitioned the National Film and Video Censors Board over the movie, ‘Magdalene’ directed by Kenneth Nwawueze for greatly misrepresenting and demonising Tiv culture on Marriage. President of…

Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that the eight Senate is unfortunate to have bad leadership. In an interview with Daily Trust, the lawmaker representing Nasarawa west senatorial district hinted that Senate president, Bukola Saraki…

Nigerian electricity distribution companies (DisCos) distributed 93,219 prepaid meters between January and March, according to data from the power sector report of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report said the number of…

Lai Mohammed, the minister of information, has described the defection of some national assembly members from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as “the removal of stones from (the party’s) rice”. Mohammed spoke in his…

Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the campaign of the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari, says demographics have shown that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2019 presidential poll. In a statement on Sunday, Keyamo…

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has called on stakeholders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomole as he stabilises  the party. The Imo governor…

The Assistant Pastor of Jesus Favour Ministry Church at Ugbiyokho in Egor local government, Pastor Kenneth Okafor, has been arrested for the abduction of retired Major Stephen Omoigui and his sales girl. Major Omogui and his sales…

Former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu said he is looking forward to President Buhari’s congratulatory call to him as President-elect in 2019. Professor Moghalu made the pronouncement on the…

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake currency note producer. The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Sunday that the suspect, one Collins Oputa, was nabbed on July 26.…

There was jubilation among residents following the arrival of the first passenger train to Delta state yesterday night. According to reports, the train took off from Itakpe in Kogi State and travelled through a 320km rail track to Warri…

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday claimed that the governors of Sokoto and Kwara states, Aminu Tambuwal and Abdulfatah Ahmed respectively, would leave the All Progressives Congress. Amaechi also claimed…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked his supporters to suspend campaigns for his re-election in order to avoid breaching the rules of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The president said this in a statement which…

The Nigeria customs service says it intercepted a container load of military hardware along Aba-Port Harcourt road. Joseph Attah, spokesman of the service, said personnel of the service’ federal operations unit, zone C, intercepted…

The three tiers of government, Friday shared the sum of N821 billion representing federation revenue for the month of June.  The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, gave the figure while briefing the press at the end of the…

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says the defection of Rabiu Kwankwaso, his predecessor, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have no effect on President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

A new report has claimed that the Osun state PDP gubernatorial candidate, Senator Adeleke did not graduate from Jacksonville State University, as claimed. Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, senator representing Osun West Senatorial District and…

There is palpable anxiety among officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the possible effects of the shutdown of the National Assembly on the Commission’s N242,445,322,600 2019 poll budget. Amid ripples…