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China’s trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a record $34.1 billion in September, despite a raft of US tariffs, official data showed Friday, adding fuel to the fire of a worsening trade war.Relations between the world’s two…

An aircraft belonging to Overland Airways ATR aircraft caught fire at the company’s hangar at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Friday. The fire broke out as the aircraft was being serviced.…

A former minister of information, Jerry Gana, on Thursday, called for review of the presidential primary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in which he was defeated by a former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke. Duke…

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that it is criminal to sponsor people to Hajj and other pilgrimages with government’s funds. He made the assertion at the two-day Northern Nigeria Traditional Leaders Conference on…

Barely 128 days to the 2019 general election, Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has faulted Professor Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), on his lack of…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has not issued certificate of return to any candidate after its primary elections across the country, Mr. Yekini Nabena, acting national publicity secretary of the party, has said. Nabena made this…

Jose Mourinho is a winner and stands alongside Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson in a top three of the best bosses of the last 25 years, says Michael Carrick. The Portuguese has seen his ability to continue generating…

President Muhammadu Buhari has identified making Nigeria better as a singular objective and warned sternly that the government would deal with those toying with the unity of the country. President Buhari spoke about the nation’s…

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has dissociated itself from a Ponzi scheme, which was recently ascribed to it and is currently trending on the social media. The NAICOM spokesman, Mr Abdulrasaq Abdulsalami, said in a…

Unions in the aviation sector have called off their two-day industrial action at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2). The strike was called-off following the signing of an agreement by the union leaders and Bi-Courtney Aviation…

Kanye West and former American football player Jim Brown visited US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. West, a supporter of Trump, engaged the president on a number of social issues. The Chicago rapper talked…

Festus keyamo, spokesman of the reelection campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked Nigerians not to join ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in receiving the curse he allegedly invoked on himself over former Vice-President Atiku…

Alhaji Muhammad Ribadu, Senatorial candidate, Gombe North Senatorial District under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has relinquished his candidature to Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe state. Ribadu stated this in…

Two eminent jurists, Prof.  Itse Sagay (SAN) and Prof. Akin Oyebode yesterday expressed divergent views on former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his one-time deputy, Atiku Abubakar, for president. In separate telephone…

The All Progressives Congress APC has again knocked the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for attempting to wish away alleged past infractions of its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar.Spokesman of the APC, Yekini Nabena in a statement…

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said he will not attend the inauguration of his successor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, next week Tuesday. Fayose stated this on Thursday at his farewell press conference in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti…

After backing his opponents thrice to block him from becoming President, former President Olusegun Obasanjo made a U-turn yesterday. He threw weight behind the presidential ambition of his erstwhile deputy Atiku Abubakar. Group…

Hajiya Ireti Kingibe, former wife of one-time Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babagana Kingibe, has denied that her husband abandoned MKO Abiola at the height of the struggle to validate the result of the June 12…

Well, considering the recession Nigeria faced last year, one would think that our musicians will clamp down on the their charges, but no! Not at all. In fact, there has been an increase in most of our celebs’ performance fees. We…

Davido has reacted to an exclusive report by The Cable, where it was alleged that Chioma broke up with him over an alleged infidelity. Their Initial report reads; The much-celebrated relationship of David ‘Davido’ Adeleke and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed the endorsement of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Abubakar, who is Buhari’s main opponent in 2019, visited Obasanjo on Thursday afternoon alongside…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will be backing Atiku Abubakar, his former deputy, ahead of the 2019 presidential election, haiving described him as "President-to-be" following a meeting between the two men in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun…

The political atmosphere was at its peak at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Thursday. Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, who played host to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, also…

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday said he would advise Labour Party lawmakers to vote down a Brexit divorce deal that Theresa May is trying to clinch with the EU. Nearly six months before the United Kingdom’s exit…