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2019: Atiku gave me greatest fight over Due Process Unit – Dr. Ezekwesil
......Says you cannot buy character if you don’t have A presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Thursday, took a swipe at the presidential candidate of Peoples…
I will focus on the poor – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that he is prepared for the huge task ahead, if elected in next year’s election. He promised to preside over “creative and…
Presidency knocks Jonathan’s view on corruption
The Presidency yesterday rejected former President Goodluck Jonathan’s claims that there is more corruption in the country than when he left office in 2015. A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media…
CBN probes bank customers’ enrolment in BVN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is probing banks’ enrollment of their customers in the Bank Verification (BVN) platform to ensure the integrity of the process, The Nation learnt yesterday. The BVN gives a unique identity…
Jonathan raises the alarm on fake e-copy of ‘My Transition Hours’
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the portable document format (PDF) of his recently launched book, ‘My Transition Hours’, is fake. Jonathan commemorated his 61st birthday on Tuesday with the launch of his book.…
Trump accuses judiciary of making US ‘unsafe’
US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the judiciary Thursday, accusing judges of making the country unsafe as he fanned a bitter row over asylum seekers.Trump launched the latest salvo of tweets on the issue a day after…
Fraud Cases: Magu writes CJN, urges Justice Nyako to hands off corruption cases
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has written to the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen, requesting that all EFCC court cases being handled by…
They said I was too old so I made Premier League look old- Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has revealed he was told by “everyone” not to risk his reputation by playing in England but how a successful spell at Manchester United made him feel young again — “like Benjamin Button”.The 37-year-old Swedish…
2019: Buhari, Atiku, Duke, Ezekwesili, Moghalu, others for Presidential Debate, January 19
THE Nigerian Election Debate Group, Thursday fixed January 19 for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congrsss, APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples…
Bill to recognise June 12 as Democracy Day escapes defeat at House of Reps
But for a display of unusual discretion by Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives, a bill seeking to confer legal status on June 12 as Nigeria’s new Democracy Day from May 29 would have been killed at Thursday…
PDP’s “baggage” will not allow its candidate perform — Donald Duke
Mr Donald Duke, the Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) says the PDP “baggage” will not allow for good performance if its candidate emerges as President in 2019.Duke told newsmen on Thursday in Lagos that…
Obasanjo asks AIT to retract false report of meeting with Osinbajo in Ota
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has demanded immediate retraction and apology from African Independent Television (AIT) over a report indicating he had a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his Ota farm in Ogun…
Customs Reject N150m Bribe, Seize American Aircraft, 7.4m Drugs
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday praised its officers for rejecting N150 million bribe from suspected smugglers. The suspected smugglers attempted to lure the officers with the rejected money however, the NCS…
Manufacturers, artisans mobilize to welcome Buhari in Edo
Members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Edo State, artisans and market women have commenced mobilization of their members for the scheduled visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Edo State for the…
Buhari must go, Atiku tells cheering Adamawa supporters
sted By: Onimisi Alao, Yola On: November 22, 2018 In: News, News Update, Polit The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told his supporters to vote out…
EFCC seizes houses, radio station allegedly owned by Fayose
*Ex-gov denies ownership of sealed property Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday stormed Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital and seized some choice properties allegedly owned by former Governor…
CBN MPC retains 14% interest rate, says inflation drop not sustainable
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the monetary policy rate at 14%. While reading out the committee’s decision to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Godwin…
I was the one that alerted Jonathan to fuel subsidy scam – Otedola tells court
Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman, says he was the one that alerted former president Goodluck Jonathan to the fuel subsidy scam in 2010, even though he was later blackmailed by the house of reps committee that…
‘You are speaking trash’ — Sowunmi, Amaechi clash at presidential debate
Segun Sowunmi, spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, and Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transport, had a clash of words at the first 2019 presidential debate. The debate, which was hosted by The Osasu…
Student Hospitalized After Eating Only Noodles For 3 Wks While Trying To Save Money For Black Friday
An undergraduate student trying to save money by eating noodles for three weeks has been hospitalized. A young university student who ate only instant noodles for three weeks straight in order to save money for Singles Day –…
18-Year-Old Girl Arrested Over Murder Of Nigerian Politician’s Son, Abraham In London
Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Abraham Badru in Hackney, London have arrested a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. The late Abraham was the son of House of Representatives member, Hon. Dolapo Badru,…
Man slaughters daughter for sacrifice in Benue
The Chairman, Konshisha Local Government, Mrs. Justina Ubebe, has confirmed the killing of an infant girl by her father, one John Depuun, as sacrificial offering in a village in Tse-Agberagba in the area. Confirming the…
LASG provides palliatives to address perennial logjam
Worried by the traffic gridlock that has almost grounded activities in Lagos in the past few weeks, the state government after a strategic meeting on Thursday has taken steps to provide palliatives to address the perennial…
Muhammadu Buhari has done much for Ndigbo – Sullivan Chime
Former Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has urged Igbos to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in their own interest. Chime told journalists in Enugu on Wednesday that the president had done a lot for the people to…