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Anthony Joshua is studying Cristiano Ronaldo’s training regime in a bid to prolong his career, The Sunreports. The Portugal star’s Juventus medical this summer showed he has a biological age of 23 – despite being 10  years older.  The…

At least 1,000 indigenous companies have submitted applications for various railway contracts in the 2018 fiscal year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation has said. The contractors prospecting for different railway projects were unveiled on…

The battle on who gets the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State continued on Wednesday with the party leadership mounting pressure on the incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to drop his second term bid and…

Former Information Minister, Professor Jerry Gana, has said the youths mandated him to be in the race for 2019 presidential elections.Professor Gana, who made this known while answering questions from journalists in Minna, Niger State…

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday debunked  reports on some online platforms that he has dropped his reelection bid to back one of his challengers, Jide Sanwo-Olu. He said he is still in the race. He spoke just as Mr.…

Owoseni Ajayi, a lawyer based in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, has asked Ayodele Fayose, governor of the state, to pay him a professional fee amounting to N600 million for legal services he rendered. Ajayi, who was Fayose’s …

•Blasts fellow artiste for supporting ongoing campaign of calumny against embattled Governor Ambode Nigerian British Fuji Music Exponent, Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere (PK1st) has lampooned fellow Fuji Music exponent Alhaji Wasiu…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, not to invite Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, before Saturday. The police had asked Adeleke to …

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, today said he will shake his former Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, as the incoming governor of the state, after 2019 gubernatorial election in the state, adding that by then, he would have become the…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the suspension of the national carrier project. The decision was disclosed by the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika at his office in Abuja The Minister who said the…

The Nigeria Police Force has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, wanted for examination malpractice. Adeleke, who had been in the middle of certificate scandal, was…

Local bank notes worth about $60 million, printed abroad and brought into Liberia in two huge consignments, have “vanished”. The consignments were brought in between November 2017 and August 2018. According to BBC, there were reports…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the review of the timetable for the conduct of the 2018 primary elections of the party. By the original schedule, presidential primaries were to…

The Mandate Movement, a group within the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is rooting for emergence of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the next governor, has reportedly reached out to another aspirant, Dr Femi Hamzat.…

Jimi Agbaje, Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015, has confirmed he will run again in 2019. Speaking with NAN on Wednesday, Agbaje said he initially didn’t want to, but his supporters convinced…

The sale of 21 percent  shares  of the Federal Government in the Nigerian  Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will contribute over N17 billion to the national treasury, Director General of the…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke sat for its examination in 1981. WAEC made the…

Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Kayode Fayemi, has set up a 37-member Inauguration Committee, charged with the responsibility of organising a hitch-free ceremony to usher in the new administration on October 16, 2018. The Committee is to…

Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1MDB ended up in his personal bank accounts, officials said. Allegations that Najib…

Rep. Umar Bago (APC-Chanchaga) says he will support the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor. Abubakar Bello of Niger with 100 cars. Bago, who stated this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in…

A United States, US-based Nigerian group has protested strongly against the threat to kill the lone Christian captive in the hands of Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, ’Leah Sharibu, asking the Federal Government to allow interested…

PRESSURE was, yesterday, mounting on the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwnumi Ambode to drop out of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship contest in the face of increasing differences between him and the grassroots of the…

The controversy trailing the amendment of the Electoral Act by the National Assembly appears to have been laid to rest. The National Assembly joint committee on Electoral Matters yesterday adopted a comprehensive Electoral Act…

Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state is unique not because it goes into history as the first to be contested by 48 candidates but for the fact that unlike most two-way horse race, there are four strong candidates. Political…