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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has challenged Rabiu Kwankwaso, his predecessor, to present his engineering certificate. According to Abba Anwar, Ganduje’s chief press secretary, the governor spoke on…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is targeting to have Microfinance Bank branches in all the 774 local governments of the country. The capital base of the new NIRSAL Microfinance Bank will initially be N5 billion…

Aliyu Mohammed Sani, the person who was reported to have died after swimming in and drinking water from a drainage (gutter) in Bauchi, is hale and hearty. Sani who spoke with our reporter on the…

Joseph Sanusi. Charles Soludo. Muhammad Sanusi II. Since the return of democracy in 1999, no governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has served two terms. Is Godwin Emefiele about to be the breaker of the CBN…

An APC Chieftain in Edo State, Tony Kabaka has bought himself two lions which will serve as security guards in his house. Tony Kabaka, the brother of Bob Izua who is well dreaded man, allegedly became a billionaire by being an tax collector…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) plans to build additional Independent Power Plants (IPP) in Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano which is expected to add 4,0000 megawatts of power to stabilise the national…

Facebook Inc has rejected an Australian regulator’s recommendation for greater scrutiny over the social network’s advertising market power and the ranking of news articles in customers’ feeds. The proposal by the…

The Southwest All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied rumours that former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, was bribed to support the party’s gubernatorial candidate in this Saturday’s election,…

A Federal High Court, Awka Division, has refused an application filed by Chief Chris Uba, the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra South, praying the court to grant an injunction…

Jeff Bezos remains the world’s richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultra-wealthy. But while things are largely stable up top in that ranking, Facebook…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has reserved ruling on the ex parte motion by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, presidential election. Atiku Abubakar, and his party…

The leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and the South-south zone, Rotimi Amaechi has declared his support for the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Awara Biokpomabo.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday pledged to work harder to consolidate on providing security, improving the economy, creating jobs, fighting corruption and upgrading infrastructure in the country. He spoke at the…

The president-general of the Igbo socio-political group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, has distanced the body from the endorsement of the candidature of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governor by the Lagos State chapter of the…

IBF world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has signed a multi-fight deal with US network Showtime as he looks to make a name for himself across the Atlantic. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn announced the news at a press…

God in the moment makes things happen beyond ourselves. Progress is a road that forever extends itself the more we travel it. It never ends but continues to urge us forward. Genuine progress weds the finer aspects of…

Not less than 37 political parties in Kwara state on Wednesday openly declared support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in the March 9th governorship election.…

National Intervention Movement Co-chairman, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on Wednesday said Alhaji Atiku Abubakar faces an uphill battle to overturn Presidential Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the Election Petition…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Azeez Yakubu Afolayan for impersonating the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) and using his name to…

Hours after several crowdfunding accounts were set up for the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his spokesman, Paul Ibe, has said he is unaware of the…

Mr. Tanimu Turaki, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A source in the anti-graft agency confirmed this on Tuesday.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would conduct rerun elections in five local governments and six federal constituencies in Lagos State. Speaking at a parley with newsmen in Lagos, the…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South zone has expressed its interest in producing the next senate president in the incoming National Assembly. In a statement issued Tuesday by…

On February 27, 2019, lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome, wrote a piece under the headline, 'Buhari's skewed view of the Igbo race.' On face value, the piece seemed to advocate the cause of the Igbo race, but a…