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Governor Issa Moussa of Zinder and Maradi State Governor, Zakiri Umar, both from the Republic of Niger, are in Kano State to rally support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. Salihu Yakasai, media aide to Kano State…

Hoodlums on Thursday attacked the campaign convoy of the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje at Iba in Ojo, west of Lagos. A News Agency of Nigeria political correspondent reports that the convoy had just…

Vehicular and human activities have been suspended in different parts of Kano where the campaign trail of President Muhammadu Buhari landed on Thursday. People lined on the streets from Malam Aminu Kano International Airport…

Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says there will be war in the country if the 2019 presidential election is rigged. Speaking in Asaba, capital of Delta State, on Thursday at the party’s…

Opposition political parties have filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja asking that President Muhammadu Buhari be declared medically unfit to seek re-election. The first national spokesperson, Coalition of United…

The Italian economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2018, dragged down by slowing European growth and global trade tensions, plunging the country into a technical recession, official data showed Thursday.The 0.2 percent…

Diehard fans of Game of Thrones would be lying if they said there's no way they might shed a tear during the final season. As the beloved HBO series is coming to an end, we expect many fan theories to be debunked or confirmed,…

An underwater search for footballer Emiliano Sala’s plane will take place after cushions were found on a beach. They were discovered near Surtainville on France’s Cotentin Peninsula, on Monday, by French authorities. …

An ex-employee in an old generation bank, Kazeem Olawuwo, who allegedly stole N2.4 million from several of the bank’s customers’ accounts, was on Thursday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Olawuwo, 37, was…

The APC Presidential Campaign Council said on Thursday that the PDP Presidential, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi were engaged in what it described as bare face lies and dishonest claims when they appeared on a…

Nigerians under the auspices of Arise for A New Nigeria stormed the streets of London, at 10, Downing Street, close to the Prime Minister’s office, to express solidarity with their President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of…

A woman has accused her pastor-husband of impregnating two of his church members, consequently seeking the dissolution of their 18-year marriage. In her petition before a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Grace Adekunle had…

Ayo Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and his wife are no longer in the country, TheCable understands. Oke, who was to be arraigned along with his wife by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Wole Soyinka, foremost playwright, says he will not support presidential candidates of either of the two major parties. He said this at an ongoing interactive session tagged citizen forum 2019. “It is time for a totally new…

The owner of Etashol Hotel and Suites, located on Budland Street in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, Mrs Abimbola Olusola, and the manager, Tunji Omikunle, have been murdered. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased were…

The Ondo State Police Command, on Wednesday, arrested a man, Adojoh Ojonugwa, for allegedly stealing his brother wife’s pants in Akure. The suspect was arrested along with a pastor, Olajide Ogunleye, who was also alleged to be…

A yet-to-be identified Onitsha-based trader has allegedly abandoned a substance suspected to be tramadol concealed in bags of garri. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said the substance was…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next month’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called for a review of the open grazing prohibition and ranches establishment law in some states of the…

Barely 24 hours after some concerned Nigerians trooped out en mass in the United Kingdom to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight, their counterparts in the United States of America have followed suit. These…

The Court of Appeal has denied media reports that some names of dead persons were included in election tribunals recently inaugurated by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad. The court, in a statement signed by…

A Political solution to the Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen crisis of integrity rocking the Judiciary is in the works, The Nation has learnt. A 12-man Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) team has met with Vice President Yemi…

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi Wednesday frontally fought off allegations of corruption bringing to light the candidate’s personal role in the establishment…

The Bank of Industry (BoI) has debunked claims in some quarters that possession of a Permanent Voters Card (PVC) is one of the requirements for benefitting from the TraderMoni loan scheme. TraderMoni is a micro credit loan…

The apex northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has backed the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari. ACF said, the forum deeply…