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The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded presidential elections, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday asked those discouraging the party from heading to court to perish the…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has postponed the issuance of the new 10-year enhanced e-passport till April 29, to enable it finalise the integration of the National Identity Number (NIN) with the new…

Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa, Director-General,Africa Rice Center, Benin Republic, Dr Harold Roy-Macauley has said . Roy-Macauley, told The Nation that Nigeria is now the…

Godwin Emefiele remains the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, TheCable can report. Emefiele reportedly received a letter from the office of President Muhammadu Buhari to vacate his office. Sources within the…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday acquitted a teacher, Ebele Mbanugo, charged with stealing $110,267 from a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) belonging to Onari Duke, wife of a former governor of Cross-River State.…

An associate of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has described as false, the rumours that Mr Dasuki is dead. The associate, Yushau Shuaib, who has close ties with Mr Dasuki, said this…

The Lagos State Government has directed that the Second Mid-Term break for all schools should hold on Friday, March 8, 2019. According to a statement issued by the State Ministry of Education, all public and…

Olufemi Lanlehin, governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Sharafadeen Alli, governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and Bolaji Ayorinde, candidate of the Social Democratic…

There is uneasy calm in the camp of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Lagos State, five days to the all-important governorship election.The outcome of penultimate Saturday’s…

•Begins consultations on new zoning planA week after the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) secured majority seats at the National Assembly, the party is in a dilemma as to which geo-political zone to back for the office…

…We picked him in relation to laundering €150 million …To be released soon…. Many days after raging furore over the arrest of Alhaji Babalele Abdullahi, who is the son-in-law to the defeated presidential…

Valencia P. Love, a Chicago-based woman who helped R. Kelly secure bail, has reportedly received a bomb threat at a daycare that has been connected to her. R. Kelly, a popular R&B singer born Robert Kelly, had submitted…

The Forum of Presidential Candidates and Political Parties for Good Governance has advised Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to have a rethink on his decision to contest the…

The leader of Kwara’s crumbling dynasty has reportedly conceded defeat even as he urged his party to fight to the finish, apparently hoping for a political miracle in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections this…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has terminated the charges against the late Alex Badeh, a former Chief of Defence Staff. Badeh was shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on December 18, 2018, on his way back…

A federal high court in Kano on Monday nullified the primary election that led to emergence of PDP gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Abba Yusuf. The judge, Lewis Allagoa, ruled that the PDP did not conduct…

The tussle between the management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) may resume soon with…

A husband was left heartbroken after he found out that his pregnant wife had been texting another man and even sent him her Nood photo. The husband sent screenshots of the chat and Nood photo to a relationship counselor, Joro Olumofin, and…

The Iron and Steel Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ISSSAN), Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) chapter, has called on President Muhammad Buhari to ensure the revival of Ajaokuta Steel Company.The association made the call…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the agency mandated to manage the national identity database of the country is set to commence enrolment of Nigerian in South Africa into the national identity…

New protests broke out in the Algerian capital on Sunday against a fifth term for ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who faced a midnight deadline to register for April elections. Chanting “Bouteflika go away”,…

A 43-year-old police officer, Mr. Folorunso Adelana, has dragged his wife of 25 years before a customary court in Akure, the Ondo State capital, seeking dissolution of the union for alleged sexual escapades with her pastor.…

The Nigerian community in the United States have congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and others elected during the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The…

Hon Oladipupo Adebutu has debunked rumour that he has backed out of the governorship race in Ogun state. Adebutu who is still contesting the Ogun State gubernatorial ticket of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with…