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China has just hosted a field trip for delegates from African countries attending the China-Africa Poverty Reduction and Development Conference from Aug. 15 to 17. The trip took them to what was previously an impoverished region in the…

Son of the late governor of Kwara state, Alhaji Akeem Lawal, has declared his intention to contest in 2019 governorship race under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking when he was received by his supporters and…

Toke Benson is a lawyer, businesswoman and politician. Currently serving as the Assistant Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, she is seeking to represent the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the 2019…

Leading financial services provider, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has once again demonstrated its commitment towards the empowerment of youths in entrepreneurship by sponsoring a capacity building programme for almost 1,000 members of…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja from London He left Nigeria on 10 working holiday in London since August 3rd. His plane touched down at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Saturday 18th August, 2018. President Buhari,…

When the cat is away, they say, the mouse will play. This age-long adage appeared to find its full expression in Sokoto State penultimate week in a popularity contest between Governor Aminu Tambuwal and his estranged godfather and…

 Kofi Annan, who died Saturday at the age of 80, led the United Nations through the divisive years of the Iraq war and the trauma of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, Ghanaian-born…

Burning fat is no easy task but it’s not impossible. Your approach to losing weight should not be aggressive but rather it should be a change in certain lifestyle habits. When you adopt a new lifestyle, it wouldn’t feel like…

The national assembly joint committee considering the budget for 2019 elections has met on three occasions – and all three meetings have been inconclusive. Before the lawmakers embarked on their annual recess on July 24, President…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says the presidential ambition of Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, will not come to fruition. It said on Saturday that the governor will be rejected in the 2019 elections if he either runs…

Duncan mighty is arguably the most sought-after artiste on the Nigerian music scene at the moment but his journey, success and relevance date back many years before ‘Fake Love’. Born Duncan Wene Mighty Okechukwu in Port Harcourt, the…

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly told the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders that he was “elected cleanly” in the recently ended elections. According to New Zimbabwe.com, Mnangagwa said this…

FIFA has rejected a proposed meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, to discuss problems in the country’s football federation (NFF). It denied the request saying its “leadership, in fact,…

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Friday said no amount of gang-up against him within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would make him leave the party for another political party again. There have been insinuations that the…

Usain Bolt is no stranger to the adulation of sports fans. However, at Sydney airport on Saturday, Bolt was welcomed not as a sprinter – but as a footballer. The eight-time Olympic champion, who has agreed an “indefinite training…

Professor of political economy and one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) front-runners in the race for 2019 governorship of Delta State, Pat Utomi, has denied reports in the media of his admission the APC has derailed from its…

A woman refused to leave her flooded house in India’s Kerala state without her 25 dogs, a rescuer said Saturday, as the death toll continued to rise. The dogs were found cowering on beds in the flooded house with water rising when an…

Kofi Annan, the first black African to become UN secretary-general, has died aged 80 in Switzerland, his aides say. He "passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness", the foundation named after him said on Saturday. Mr Annan…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki of engaging in legislative rascality and sabotage of the executive arm of government. In a statement issued yesterday by its acting National…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the date for the conduct of the 2019 general elections remains sacrosanct notwithstanding the delay in the passage of the N189.2 billion budget- proposal for the…

Davido is the epitome of a man in love! he is now taking his "wife" on tour with him, last night he brought her out to the stage to perform their romantic hit single "assurance" and it has to be one of the most romantic thing hat has…

In an interview with BBC Pidgin English, Nigerian pornstar, Savage Trap Queen, says she makes between N80,000 to N100, 000 every month. She says she is proud of her body and likes to show it off. According to her, her mother is aware of…

Controversial Nigerian OAP, Daddy Freeze, has taken Twitter to tell his followers how he really became a Christian. Daddy Freeze is renowned for revolting against certain church practices especially the payment of tithes.…