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A group, Lagos Development Initiative, has endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for second term, saying infrastructure development in the state under his watch is outstanding. The group Chairman, Alhaji Omolola Shittu, said the endorsement…

Presidential media adviser, Femi Adesina says those opposing or criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. The Minister of…

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart from Ekiti State Chie Ishola Filani is dead. Filani, a former Publicity Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the aborted third republic, dies at 71. He would have been 72 in…

Proponents of tenure extension for All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and others seem to be adamant, The Nation learnt yesterday. There is a plot to create a stalemate and dump President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

‘Black Panther’ will be the first film shown in Saudi Arabia cinemas in over three decades, bringing the country’s 35-year ban to an end. Marvel’s record-breaking superhero blockbuster, which has already amassed north of $1.2 billion…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday in Abuja explained why he refused to sign Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) among ECOWAS countries. He said this was because of the need to protect the economy, especially the industries and…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the recent apology by the Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, over past mistakes of the party as deceitful and should not be accepted by Nigerians. The…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, declared that the allegation that he is favouring one religion over the other is far from the truth. He said all through his public life, he had never contravened his oath of office. This was…

An 18-year old boy stabbed on Wednesday, in Hackney, London, has been identified as Israel Ogunsola, a Nigerian. Ogunsola’s death is coming 10 days after Abraham Badru, son of Enitan Badru, a member of the house of representatives,…

Customers of First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB) who plan to travel abroad for personal or business purposes at very affordable fares now have an opportunity to do so. This is because, the Bank and Etihad Airways have launched a…

The Arewa Pastors Non-denominational Initiative for Peace in Nigeria has vowed to expose the pastors working against President Muhammadu Buhari. John Richard, leader of the group said this when he led a delegation to the presidential…

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook chief executive officer, has admitted that his social network scans the content of private messages. He said this on a podcast with Ezra Klein on the Ezra Klein show. “We detected that people were trying…

First Bank Nigeria Holdings, Union Bank and Diamond Bank are part of the 10 companies that could not meet the March 31 deadline given by the Nigerian Stock Exchange for filing audited financial reports. In statements posted on the…

Bhadresh Gohil, a lawyer to James Ibori, a former governor of Delta state, has lost the bid to appeal his 2011 conviction. A UK court had convicted Gohil and Ibori of money laundering. In the latest edition of its monthly media…

Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, says it will be “one of the greatest miracles” if Nigeria pulls through the 2019 elections successfully. Kukah said this in an interview published in the April edition of The Africa…

Ali Janga has been reinstated as the commissioner of police in Kogi, William Aya, the state police command spokesman, has confirmed. Aya told NAN in Lokoja on Thursday that Janga returned to office on April 3 on the order of Ibrahim…

Mustapha Bukar, senator representing Katsina north, died on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the current national assembly to nine in roughly three years. The first death was recorded even before the inauguration of the national…

According to reports reaching us, The UK Guardian has released a video of how Cambridge Analytica allegedly sought to influence the 2015 presidential election. In the video, graphically violent images were used to portray President…

According to reports reaching Parrot Nigeria, Many people were left in shock considering how a young student with bright future shamefully took his life because of a lady. The second-year Computer Science student at Chuka University in…

Marvel Studios‘ acclaimed blockbuster movie Black Panther, is currently the 4th highest grossing movie of all time in the North American Box Office and tenth on the worldwide box office. According to Variety, the movie, now in its…

Jerimiah Useni, senator representing Plateau south senatorial district, has declared his intention to contest the 2019 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Useni made the declaration on…

THE Federal Government has begun the profiling of Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) with the intention of deregistering those involved in questionable activities. It was learnt that the measure was aimed at curbing money…

OVER breakfast, United States Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Stuart Symington has urged Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, Mr. Femi Otedola to partner international business to create more jobs for youths. At Otedola’s Ikoyi, Lagos home, the U.S.…