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Former Governor of Kano state, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau’s house at Mundubawa Avenue in Kano, was gutted by fire yesterday. It was gathered that the fire incident was caused by an electrical spark, and according to Malam Sule Yau Sule,…

“A man alone hasn’t got a chance.”Ernest Hemmingway, 1898-1961’ Hemmingway, an American Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1954, wrote several books including The Sun Also Rises and Road to Dusty death. I read all of them because I…

A Nigerian man identified as Victor Osondu, was arrested alongside 40-year-old Esmatullah, 22-year-old Khalilullah, both from Kandahar in Afghanistan, in the latest heroin drug bust in India. The 37-year-old Nigerian man was accused…

A 44-year-old woman, Jane Govender and her two daughters, were brutally murdered by her boyfriend at their home in Durban, South Africa, an attack that got the suspect arrested. Jane Govender’s husband who was on a night shift and…

Davido is currently in ecstatic mood following the victory of his uncle's party PDP in Osun's state gubernatorial elections, as you can guess this calls for some celebration and what better way to celebrate than getting some of that…

Barely 24 hours after the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, directed that Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and other gubernatorial aspirants should face primaries, Ambode’s aides and civil society groups have started rolling out…

Following the Osun state governorship election which was earlier declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Presidency, Sunday averred that President Muhammadu Buhari deserves more accolades.Recall…

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE has notified the investing public that the shares of Skye Bank Plc will be suspended from trading on the floor of the Exchange effective Monday, 24 September 2018.According to statement by the bank :…

337 ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State under the auspices of Conference of Ward Chairmen have endorsed Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as their governorship candidate ahead of Saturday’s primary election. The…

A veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has appealed to a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu to forgive the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode for…

Charles Idahosa, a former Political Adviser to immediate past Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has told Igbos the benefit of supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term. Speaking with newsmen to mark his 65th birthday…

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his willingness to grant posthumous presidential pardon to late Professor Ambrose Alli. Alli was a former Governor of Bendel State…

The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed optimism of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the next Thursday’s rerun election. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led the race with 254,698…

It is official: the governorship election in Osun state has been declared inconclusive. Joseph Afuwape, returning officer of the election, who announced this said the requirements for a candidate to be returned as winner were not…

It’s no longer a hot-button issue that the MD of Oriental Energy Resources, Ignatius Ifelayo, has resigned from the company owned by Alhaji Muhammudu Indimi. But there have been whispers as to how powerful the Vice President, Ameena…

The national assembly has postponed its resumption from September 25 to resume October 9. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, clerk of the assembly, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He attributed the development to the primary…

A violinist has his violin, a painter his palette. But all a female celebrity has is her derriere, you would think. You could be forgiven for thinking that many a young lady now is driven by spasms of self-love to frantically display big…

JUST three weeks after it commenced its substitution of accounts of recalcitrant billionaire taxpayers, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has collected N12.66 in tax revenue. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed…

The All Progressive Progressives (APC) yesterday shifted its presidential direct primary election by two days. The primary earlier scheduled for tomorrow will now hold on Thursday, the party’s Acting National Publicity Secretary,…

Residents of Lagos Island, have raised an alarm following a clash which saw gunshots fired by armed street boys in the area. It was gathered that the clash was between Onala boys and Okepopo boys, and the armed street boys who had …

Controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, has finally revealed what led to her drag posts on social media, which has Linda Ikeji as its major subject. The disclosure came after Kemi Olunloyo was asked what led to the posts by a …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the inconclusive verdict delivered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. The party has insisted that the process…

IN spite of mounting opposition to his second term bid ticket, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode’s kinsmen and women have resolved to take the battle to God in prayers. An indication to this effect came from Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, a former…

If not that we politicise everything in Nigeria, the Kemi Adeosun saga should provoke a genuine public debate on reforming the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The constitution and other laws are supposed to be living, not embalmed,…