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....53 parties adopt Buhari, Sanwo-Olu ahead of APC rally in Lagos The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is the “most competent” to govern the state among the…

Stuart Symington, US ambassador to Nigeria, has warned public officials not to obey illegal directives issued in the name of President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Makurdi, Benue state capital,…

Parents and students in the FCT have commended the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the suspension of the three-month strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the strike was…

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, has denied resigning his position as the national chairman of the party. Falae, who spoke with our correspondent at his residence in Akure, the Ondo State…

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince told a senior aide he would go after Jamal Khashoggi “with a bullet” a year before the dissident journalist was killed inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate, the New York Times reported Thursday…

The Lagos Waste Management Authority said on Friday that it might close Ladipo Market in Mushin, till further notice, if the poor waste management situation continued. LAWMA’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Obinna Onyenali, said…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria ( CJN ) Justice Walter Onnoghen over alleged failure to fully declare his assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is in order, a poll has revealed. 66 per…

Nigerian artistes under the auspices of the League of Lagos Artistes (LLA) on Friday announced their preferred candidates for the 2019 presidential and Lagos governorship elections. The association led by Adebayo Salami, aka,…

The train, which rode officially for the first time in decades, took a trip from Iju, Lagos to Abeokuta, with Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state on board.  Amaechi, who spoke at the flag off, said the train was moving at a…

......dismisses appeal seeking to validate outcome of APC primaries The Supreme Court, on Friday, dashed hopes of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to secure an order that would have compelled the Independent National…

Pensioners and ex-staff of Nigerian Airways at a rally in support of the re-election of President Muhammad Buhari at the Murtala Muhammad Airport,  Ikeja,  Lagos on Friday. See photos below

A former governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke, has said he is still in the presidential race and on the ballot for the 2019 elections.The National Executive Committee of the Social Democrats Party had yesterday met in Abuja…

Marilyn Amobi, managing director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity trading Plc (NBET), fraudulently paid at least N2 billion to two power generating companies, documents obtained by Leaks NG have shown.  The documents also…

Only God will punish the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for looting the country for the 16 years it was in power, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He was speaking on Friday when he met with his local and international…

The Nigerian police got a hold of budding Nigerian artiste, Teniola Apata, and was confronted for one of the lyrics in her song, Case, concerning the police.In her song, she says “I slap police for your case”, the police then asked…

A federal high court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Rashidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo state, who stood trial over an alleged fraud of N4.7 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged…

The Lagos state government has reversed the decision to close 18 major roads for the campaign visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari is expected in Lahos, on Saturday, for the grand finale of his reelection campaign…

Mother of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mrs Olubisi Osinbajo, has stated that all those who say the Buhari-led administration has done nothing since assuming office in 2015 are living in another world. S She made this…

Phrank Shaibu, an aide of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party has uncovered a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to frame and arrest associates of Atiku. In a…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, continues Family Chats and Community Engagement in Kosofe, Shomolu, Yaba & Ebute Meta, Lagos State. After which, he then proceeds to Max 102.3fm for a radio interview. VP Osinbajo also reunites…

Ahead of the Presidential election, hundreds of civil society groups across the country today adopted the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Presidential candidate and its Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo. The groups which met in…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and the Lagos State Government said all oil tankers and trailers will not be allowed to enter Lagos today and Saturday due President Muhammadu Buhari’s mega rally billed for the Teslim Balogun…

The social media went agog on Thursday with accusation that the police had freed two suspects, Don-Chima George, 25, and his friend, Razak Oke, 28, who allegedly drugged and raped a lady they took to the club. The accusation,…

Mr Bezos said the threat was meant to pressure him into dropping an investigation into how it obtained text messages sent to his mistress, which were published in the US tabloid last month.   National Enquirer's parent company…