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Mr David Babachir, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has said that voters would elect candidates on their personal merit in 2019, unlike in 2015 when they voted “one party all through”.“In 2015, voters…

Ferrari issued an emotional message on Thursday to mark the 50th birthday of Michael Schumacher, who has not been seen in public since he suffered head injuries in a skiing accident five years ago.The German, who won a record…

The army says Boko Haram insurgents are not better equipped and better trained than Nigerian soldiers. Sani Kukasheka Usman, army spokesman, alleged that some persons were waging psychological warfare against…

Forbes, an American business magazine, has ranked Nigeria as the 110th best country in the world for business. The magazine said it compiled the list by rating 161 countries on 15 factors: property rights,…

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), says he has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he (Bakare) will become the 16th president of Nigeria. Bakare said President Buhari is the 15th president or…

A Federal High Court, in Abuja, has refused an ex-parte application brought by Senator Dino Melaye to order the removal of police blockade on his residence. Melaye approached the court through his lawyer, Nkem…

A man has been able to locate address of Policeman that extorted him and his friends, thanks to Google Map. According to the man with the handle @Iam_liltorn on twitter, 3 policemen arrested them and made away with their phones and at…

Villarreal of Spain winger, Samuel Chukwueze has gained another heavy transfer boost to his growing value, as sports247.ng learnt he is now on the radars of Arsenal and Leicester City for a fee of N17b (£36m). So…

Legendary professional wrestling ringside interviewer “Mean” Gene Okerlund is dead, World Wrestling Entertainment announced Wednesday. He was 76. Okerlund was a familiar face and voice for generations of wrestling fanatics, chronicling…

FIFA should if possible increase the size of the football World Cup in Qatar in 2022 to 48 from 32 teams, the global governing body’s president Gianni Infantino has said. Last month, Infantino said a majority of…

THE Atiku Abubakar administration will “concentrate on project implementation to a measurable level Nigerians would see, feel and appreciate”, his running mate Peter Obi said yesterday. The People’s Democratic…

A man was today caught in with female pants, bra and soaked sanitary pad, and based on the recent trend he has been suspected of being a ritualist. The yet-to-be identified man was apprehended while picking female undies and soaked…

Femi Fani-Kayode, has called Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka an agent of Satan after the latter endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office Mbaka had claimed that if God was against Buhari, He would have allowed him to die.…

The General Overseer of the Christ Apostolic Deliverance Evangelic Ministry, CADEM, Mowe, Ogun State, Apostle S. S. Aderibigbe, has said 4 senators will die including a governor in 2019. These according to him, are among the numerous…

Reacting to the PDP allegations the APC and Presidency were pressuring the INEC to rig the polls, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, dismissed the allegations as baseless and urged the PDP to…

THE Federal Government, Wednesday, explained that the reason for the scheduled parley with executives of the organized labour was to avert the threat of industrial action over the new minimum wage of N30,000But labour has also…

THE Federal Government generated over $2 billion from the renewal of oil block licences, Minister of State for Petroleum Resouces, Ibe Kachikwu, has said.Kachikwu, who noted that the funds will be used to implement the nation’s…

THE alumni of Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Ondo State, yesterday, opposed moves by the Federal Government to rename the institution after the late former President Shehu Shagari.Addressing a press conference in…

FOLLOWING the controversy that had trailed presentation of Lagos State 2019 proposed budget, the State Government, yesterday, said the activities at the State House of Assembly was responsible for the delay in presentation of…

The federal government says the yellow cards that were issued in the country will be rendered invalid starting from April 1. The yellow card is the international certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis. The…

An attack helicopter of the Nigerian Air Force deployed in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents has gone missing in action, with fears that the aircraft had crashed at a yet-to-be-ascertained location. The…

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the Inspector-General  of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, retire on January 15, the IG’s 60th birthday. The party said this was one of the ways the…

Festus Keyamo, spokesman of the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to accept defeat ahead of the 2019 presidential election…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the International Criminal Police Organisation better known as Interpol to probe President Muhammadu Buhari’s family over an alleged diversion of military funds. In a…