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Former Vice-Presiden Atiku Abubakar flagged off the race for the 2019 presidential election in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Tuesday. Speaking at an event chaired by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, Abubakar pledged his commitment…

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting ended in deadlock in Abuja on Tuesday. This is as a result of the alleged discrepancy observed in the revenue figures presented by the Nigerian National Petroleum…

A Nigerian man has arrested two slay queens for stealing from him. They stole wristwatches worth $2,400 each from him. According to him, he had met one of the girls at an ATM point close to his house. They exchanged contact and…

A beautiful lady has taken to her Twitter account to express her thanks towards her mother after she received a white Range Rover as birthday gift. The beautiful girl identified simply as Destiny on Twitter shared a tweet showing off…

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has called on the federal government to prosecute a former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, for calling on Nigerians to take arms to defend themselves against killers. Mr. Danjuma…

Tosin Kehinde, Manchester United youngster, has chosen to play for Nigeria. Kehinde, who is eligible to play for England, met with Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles technical adviser, on Sunday. He met Rohr at the Crowne Plaza hotel in…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has explained that its apology to Nigerians is to renew the people’s trust in its rebranded party. The party in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbodiyan, said as a responsible party…

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi and the League of Imams and Alfas in the South-West, Edo and Delta states are at loggerheads over the propriety or otherwise  of the monarch to install Yaquob Abdul-Baki Mohammed as the Waziri of the…

Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Lagos, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Imohimi Edgal, on Tuesday said there would be temporary road closure and diversions in some areas. The routes to be closed are Ikeja,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has suspended 205 staff over various unwholesome roles in the 2015 general elections. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this in his keynote address at national…

Body of Bank Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) on Tuesday set a three-year target of 60 million new customers for all the lenders. The Chairman of Body of Banks CEOs, Herbert Wigwe, said the target is in line with the Central Bank of…

Bola Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari has saved the ruling party from “serious legal turmoil”. Describing the extension of the tenureof the national working committee (NWC) of…

Abraham Badru, son of Enitan Badru, a member of the house of representatives, has been shot dead in the UK.   Some of his neighbors who spoke with Evening Standard said Badru who had been to church earlier that Sunday was shot around…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a committee to advise it on the position of President Muhammadu Buhari that the extension of the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) be cancelled. The decision to extend the…

The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 30 and Monday, April 2, as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Tuesday…

…Approves construction of Ketu-Agboyi link bridge, link roads Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday commissioned the Alapere Road and junction improvement works in Agboyi Ketu area of the State, with an assurance that his…

The general public has been warned in a statement released by The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday, to shun consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide. According to NAFDAC who…

Access Bank held its conference call and as expected provided insights into its N34.4 billion net provisioning for 2017. They also provided some interesting explanations for their derivatives income which helped boost non-interest…

The Federal Government has asked the Peoples Democratic Party to completes its apology to Nigerians by returning all the alleged funds looted from the public treasury during its 16 years in power. In a statement issued in Abuja on…

So, it looks as if the drama in the house isn’t going to end anytime soon.. and we can’t just wait for more. Though Khloe said she was going to mess with Cee-C a little, and she’d tell her to calm the f**k down.. But reverse was the…

The senate has reintroduced the bill to amend the electoral act. It passed first reading after the short title of the bill was read by the clerk of the senate on Tuesday. The development comes after the reintroduction of the bill…

Aliko Dangote, a billionaire industrialist, says its “bittersweet” for him as his daughter, Fatima, begins life as a married woman. In a heartfelt video message, Dangote described his newly wedded daughter as “an excellent…

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31 states can’t survive without federal allocation The report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on 36 states’ Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has unmasked the financial strength of states, putting them in three…