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The Kano State Government said yesterday that former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is free to use the Sani Abacha Stadium for his presidential campaign in the…

Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Prince Dapo Abiodun has been on the campaign tour of Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu-East, Ijebu North, Remo North, Sagamu and Abeokuta local governments. At the rallies, he…

Sahara Power Group, owners of Egbin power plant and First Independent Power Limited, has said the generation company will operate at full capacity of 1320 megawatts (Mw) by end of this month, which will be delivered to the national…

FOOTBALLER Emiliano Sala may have escaped from the plane carrying him after the pilot made an emergency landing in the English Channel, an aviation expert has said. The good condition of the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane…

AREWA Consultative Forum (ACF) Secretary-General Chief Anthony Sani has described the last Sunday’s endorsement of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as an exercise that may not affect the outcome of the presidential elections. …

Less than a week after the ill-fated helicopter crash involving Vice President Yemi Osinbajo occurred in Kabba, Kogi State, aviation professionals have raised concerns over the security arrangements around the nation's number two…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos says over 5.5 million registered voters in the state have collected their permanent voter cards (PVC). Speaking with reporters in the state on Wednesday, Femi…

US President Donald Trump has nominated David Malpass, a critic of multilateral institutions like the World Bank, to replace Jim Yong Kim as the World Bank president. Malpass is a Trump loyalist, who served as senior…

Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, a former Chief Security Officer to former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State and will superintend the elections that begin next Saturday. The…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is making moves to secure a bench warrant against the sacked Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folashade. This…

Our attention has been drawn to the news of a recent endorsement of the PDP candidate Alh Atiku Abubakar by a motley socio cultural group which calls itself Nigeria Leaders and Elders forum and which particularly includes a group…

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari government has “strong plans” for the creation of an additional state in the South-East. Obiano stated this when the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Lagos branch,…

Women in Lagos State have been urged to mobilise their neighbours, friends and family members to vote enmasse for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections in the country.The Lagos APC Women Leader,…

Bukola Saraki, Senate President, withdrew the Senate’s suit at the Supreme Court challenging the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) because it was clear he was going nowhere with the move,…

Fifteen years after the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) proposed an anti-trust law to checkmate monopoly in the Nigerian economy, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection bill. …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to pull out of the peace accord it signed for the elections. In December, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP,…

Fall’, a hit single released in 2017 by David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, has given the singer his highest entry on the Billboard music chart. It is also the longest-charting Nigerian song on Billboard, after being on the chart for four…

Driverless cars could be in full use on Britain's roads by 2021, the government announced on Wednesday.The new technology is a step closer after UK ministers announced plans to move forward on advanced trials for automated…

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says Benue belongs to President Muhammadu Buhari and he can do whatever he likes there. Ortom said this at the Nigerian air force base, Makurdi, the state capital, while speaking with…

The mansion of Senate President Bukola Saraki in Ilorin the Kwara state capital has been revealed. The below pictures show the aerial view of the mansion and a bit of its environment.The pictures were shared on Instagram by @Instakwara…

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of protecting and rewarding killers of Bola Ige, former minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation. In a statement on Tuesday titled…

Edo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Magdalene Ohenhen, has raised the alarm over rising cases of men having sex with their daughters. She raised the alarm on Wednesday when she joined a protest…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has described as “most irresponsible” the comments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union on President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday conducted a referendum to decide whether to suspend its three-month strike or not. The national leaders of the union on Monday directed its zonal coordinators to meet and…