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FOR allegedly lying on how he grew up, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, cannot be trusted, the Presidency said yesterday. Joining issues with Atiku  over a statement credited to him…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan denied  yesterday being put under pressure by some of his ministers before he conceded defeat in the 2015 election. In a statement signed by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, Dr. Jonathan…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, has disclosed the plans he has to address traffic problem if elected in 2019. Being the most populous state in the country,…

Magnus Abe, senator representing Rivers south-east, says Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, categorically asked him not to contest Rivers governorship election. Abe said the “unacceptable” episode…

Some ministers who served under former president Goodluck Jonathan have angrily reacted to some of the claims by him in his book, ‘My Transition Hours’, released on Tuesday. Commenting on his acclaimed concession call to…

A lady ha courted so much attention on the internet after she posted highly sultry photos of herself to announce arrival on twitter. The lady could be seen in a very revealing photo which showed the larger part of her breasts and asked…

A young lady has reportedly lost her life after taking illicit drugs to abort an unwanted pregnancy for a man who left her to marry another woman in Delta state. According to reports, the lady who lives in Sapele area of the state – got…

A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, admitted a 37-year-old woman, Aisha Mohammed, to bail in the sum of N50,000, after she was arraigned for making noise while a Chief Magistrate was sitting.The police charged…

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against calls for him to step down as chairman and hoped to continue working with his longtime chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg.Zuckerberg made the comments during a…

A Kano High Court has fixed Thursday, December 6 to rule on whether the state House of Assembly has the power to investigate the bribery allegation against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The National Coordinator of “Lawyers…

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress Party (NDCP), Dr. Johnson Edosomwan has condemned plans by the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to sell off the nation’s refineries through privatisation if…

Femi Otedola, founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, says Farouk Lawan, a former lawmaker, demanded $500,000 bribe from him. Lawan is a former chairman of a house of representatives committee probing the multi-billion…

Food prices in four states of the country experienced negative inflation between September and October 2018. According to the consumer price index (CPI)/Inflation report released by the National Bureau of Statistics…

As part of its commitment towards enriching lives in its host communities, a main thrust of its Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development programs, Nigeria’s non-alcoholic beverage manufacturing giant, Nigerian…

The principal suspect in the deadly bank robbery attacks in Offa, Kwara state, Michael Adikwu, is dead, according to the police. Nine police officers and 24 others lost their lives when a group of at least 30 armed robbers…

News coming in just now reveals that a young lady started behaving strangely after she withdrew a large sum of money from a new generation bank at Egbeda area of Lagos, the cause of  the mental state is still sketchy as at the…

YBNL Boss Olamide has met two men who would contest for office of the state governor in Lagos and Ogun in the 2019 elections – Jide Sanwo Olu and APC Governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Mr Dapo Abiodun. The rapper shared the photos on…

‘Okonjo-Iweala, Adoke, Chidoka, Dudafa advised me not to accept defeat’ Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed how he was pressured not to accept defeat in the 2015 election. Noting that the election was laden…

After several public appearances and speeches since news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s “death” broke out in January 2017, the rumours should have died by now. But no. Not yet. In recent times, the news…

Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the Russian frontrunner who had been accused of abusing the international police body's arrest warrant system. Mr Kim was chosen by…

Two persons were reportedly killed in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Sunday when two rival cult groups clashed in a supremacy battle.Members of the two cult groups, Aiye and Eiye confraternities, were said to have engaged each…

Barcelona forward Philippe Coutinho has returned to training ahead of this weekend’s La Liga match against Atletico Madrid after missing two weeks with a thigh problem, the club announced on Tuesday. The 26-year-old former…

Dr Emerald Nzeribe, National President, Good Governance and Transparency Initiative (GGAT), has given President Muhammadu Buhari a thumbs up for his development plan for Nigeria. Dr Nzeribe said Buhari/All Progressives…

The Indian subcontinent was the first place where modern microfinance, at the time called “micro credit,” really became a phenomenon.  Whilst small scale lending has been going on for centuries, it was in the 1970s that…