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The South-East Renewal Group (SERG) has berated Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), over his position on the 2019 general election. The group said Kanu’s declaration that there will be…

Mohammed bin Salman, crowned prince of Saudi Arabia, on Monday called Salah Khashoggi, son of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist killed in the country’s consulate in Turkey, to express his condolences. Abdulaziz Salma, Saudi…

Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has told the Igbo to ignore the things Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) said on Sunday.…

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (ACC), has picked Rabiu  Rufai as his running mate. Malcom Fabiyi, director-general of the Sowore Campaign, announced this in a statement on Monday..…

Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, has accused the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of hijacking the party’s governorship primary election in the state. Speaking while swearing in Mosunmola Dipeolu,…

Ibrahim Magu, acting-chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked Nigerians to be vigilant in 2019. Speaking in Gombe state on Monday, the anti-graft czar said vigilance is important whether…

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has joined his friend Femi Otedola in Monaco. Femi Otedola who is on his yearly vacation shared the a photo of both of them, writing; ''Look who is also in Monaco  The richest black man in the WORLD! ... F.Ote''.…

Reports reaching us says that the Director of Strategy and Documentation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Olisa Mbakwe on Monday announced that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu has been fired from the group for placing more value on his…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that his deputy as a military head of state, the late Major General Tunde Idiagbon, was a very rare example of what loyalty to fatherland and to a superior should be. He spoke while…

The family members of a Lagos trader, Mrs Basirat Akinmushire, have demanded an investigation into her death while in the custody of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Lagos. They said the 54-year-old, who…

The resolve of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf to re-accredit the Health Management Organizations(HMOs) and ensure the implementation of a security report which mandated the ES…

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it has set up a team to commence investigation of abandoned government projects across the country. Acting EFCC Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, said this would help the…

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole yesterday said there is no cause for alarm on the speculated moves to remove him from office. He told State House reporters after a delegation of…

“Though tough, we are not relenting”, President Muhammadu Buhari has said of his administration’s anti-corruption battle. In his remarks at the 24th edition of the National Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja, the President says…

Hundreds of protesters  yesterday marched on the business district of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in a protest against Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s alleged plan to corral traditional rulers into the politics of next year’s…

Donald Trump has ordered the military to be on alert over a US-bound migrant caravan as he declared a national emergency. Referring to the caravan from Honduras, the president tweeted: "Sadly, it looks like Mexico's…

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Chief Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Monday, commended the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for promising to give the South West, the Secretary to Government of the Federation…

At least nine shops belonging to Nigerians have been burnt in South Africa. The incident occurred in Hillbrow, Central Johannesburg, between Sunday and Monday Habib Miller, Publicity Secretary of Nigerian Union in South…

Over 200,000 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members and supporters of former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defecting Atiku’s loyalists who are members…

Paul Biya has won his seventh term as President of Cameroon. The 85-year-old politician emerged winner of the poll on Monday after he won 71.3 per cent of votes, according to official results. There were calls by the…

A former governor of Old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, on Monday urged Nigerians not to “gamble” with the idea of returning the People’s Democratic Party to power in 2019.Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Kaduna that…

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, which vacated a stay order made by a Rivers High Court against the conduct of All Progressives Congress congresses in the state.Delivering…

The police in India have declared a troop of monkeys wanted for stoning a man to death in the northern part of the country.The deceased’s relatives have demanded that criminal charges be laid against the “culprits”, reports Times of…

When Gina Stewart, who is regarded as the World’s Hottest Grandma made her decision to compete in the Maxim Cover Girl Competition, her application was not only accepted, but she was poised to emerge winner as she could easily pass for a…