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Ahead of their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC), leaders of Reformed All Progressives Congress(R-APC) have tabled tough demands before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While some of the demands have been…

Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, thinks next Saturdays election will be rigged because, like an armed robber, he is afraid that his instruments of…

The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested five suspects for their alleged involvement in the death of seven policemen in Abuja. The policemen who were on stop and search duty in Galadimawa area of Abuja were killed by gunmen on…

State chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), one of the parties that joined up to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), have disowned the leader of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Alhaji Buba…

In a video released on Friday night, Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Melaye was elected to the house of representatives under the platform of the PDP in…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent policy of 500 per cent increase in tariff on locally produced alcohol, spirits and tobacco, saying the policy would be counter-productive and lead to job loss. In a letter to…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Friday, July 6, granted N500 million bail to a former governor of Benue State, Mr Gabriel Suswam. Suswam, who was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) two…

Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption ( PACAC) has described the breakaway faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC), Reformed APC as itinerant politicians who decided to leave…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it registered no fewer than 10 million Nigerians in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the…

Scores of loyalists and supporters of Senate President Bukola Saraki marched through the major streets of Ilorin, Kwara state capital on Friday to celebrate the victory of Saraki at the Supreme Court. The Ilorin emirate community…

The Police authority has dismissed the Policeman who shot a Corp member, Miss Linda Angela Igwetu in Abuja on Wednesday night. The Police also said the policeman, Benjamin Peters  has been  arraigned before a court of competent…

Uruguay were seeking to make the semifinals for the second time in the last three World Cup tournaments while France had not gotten as far since the 2006 tournament. But two goals in either half gave France a hard-fought 2-0 win. A…

Richard Akindele, a professor of Management Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has finally raised the veil on events that culminated in his dismissal by the institution. Mr Akindele was recently dismissed…

Buba Galadima, National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), says the breakaway faction of the ruling party has enough support in the National Assembly to impeach…

A three-storey building which has apparently gotten weak with age, has come crashing down in a community in Ibadan. A building has collapsed at Yemetu area in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, causing serious commotion in the area. No less…

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday refused a bail application filed by Fred Ajudua, a serial fraud suspect. Ajudua is facing trial alongside one Joseph Ochunor on a 12-count charge…

Former Senate President and elder statesman, Senator Ameh Ebute has called on Bukola Saraki, President of the 8th Senate to immediately resign in order to save the image of the entity called Nigeria. Ebute, who was President of the…

Senate President Bukola Saraki is delighted after the Supreme Court freed him of the charges of false asset declaration brought against him by the Federal government. Saraki, who had been involved in a series of court cases for…

President Muhammad Buhari is visiting Borno State to commemorate the 2018 Nigerian Army Day celebrations with the troops in the state. He was welcomed to the state by Governor Kashim Shettima, as well as the Chiefs of Army Staff and…

The Federal Government has arraigned a former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, before a court in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Suswam was arraigned in court on Friday on three counts of illegal possession of firearms. He…

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has disclosed that he will not welcome President Muhammadu Buhari and his entourage to Ekiti on June 10, as requested in a letter to him. He explained that the Federal Government under Buhari…

Oluyomi Olawore LLP, the law firm allegedly behind the assault on lawyer Kunle Karimu has finally spoken out after a video, which showed Karimu being assaulted by the Nigerian Police allegedly on their orders, went viral and sparked…

Dele Momodu’s media constituency dealt the heaviest blow on his presidential ambition in 2011, a book written by his then-campaign director has alleged. The book, ‘Fighting Lions: The Untold Story of the Dele Momodu Presidential…

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress  (APC),  says he cannot lose sleep over the breakaway faction of the ruling party. Describing members of the new faction as hired mercenaries, Oshiomhole said he…