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• Ambode, Hamzat, Sanwo-Olu are aspirants  •’We have no anointed candidate’ THE Gubernatorial Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said there is no going back on the proposed direct…

Gboyega Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Osun state governorship election, has denied rumours of a rift between him and Rauf Aregbesola, incumbent governor of the state. There were reports that the APC…

A coalition has urged António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general to strip ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of all his associations with the UN, including his recent role as a member of the UN high-level advisory board on…

Iyiola Omisore, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, has denied multiple claims by loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he has agreed to work for the party ahead of…

IT will be ungodly for All Progressives Congress (APC) to deny return ticket to National Assembly members, who stood by it during its trying period, the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has said. Oshiomhole, however, said…

Luka Modric ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s decade-long domination of football’s individual awards by being crowned FIFA’s best player of the year on Monday. The Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder starred for both club and…

About 60 passengers aboard an Azman Air plane en route to Abuja were on Monday thrown into confusion as the aircraft almost ran out of fuel while hovering in the air for hours after it was prevented from landing. A source, who was…

Former workers of liquidated national carrier, Nigeria Airways on Monday hailed the Federal Government for releasing over N23 billion as the first tranche of their outstanding N45 billion severance benefits 15 years after the airline…

The All Progressives Congress APC has for the fourth time shifted its presidential primaries to Friday September 28, 2018.The party has severally shifted the exercise for reasons that were not clearly stated, but the current…

Bill Cosby is due to be sentenced for his sexual assault conviction in a two-day proceeding starting on Monday. The 81-year-old star of ‘The Cosby Show’ was in April found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in…

The political fortune of Ambode and President Muhammadu Buhari are tied together, which is the more reason why good reasoning should prevail in this matter. Before the advent of the Fashola administration, driving through…

THE Federal Government, on Monday, commissioned the two recently purchased N360 million state-of-the-art core drilling rigs approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the collection of geological data, with a pledge to convince…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Monday approved the sum of N20billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU). This was to enable it to pay salaries and other academic problems. Disclosing this in Abuja, Mrs Zainab…

Do you make or sell fabulous fashion apparels and accessories? Can your fashion brand stand out at the biggest fashion event in Africa? Then, the 2018 GTBank Weekend is calling for you! Now in its third year, the GTBank Fashion…

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, has said Iyiola Omisore, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has expressed his willingness to work with Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to see…

During the weekend, the campaign train of Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, stopped at the Minna, Niger state residence of former military President Ibrahim Babaginda (IBB). The governor, who is seeking the presidential ticket…

Nigeria’s financial sector regulatory authorities at the weekend said they decided to adopt the bridge bank option in resolving the Skye Bank crisis to protect depositors’ funds and employees in the now defunct bank. The Central Bank…

Business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, has cautioned the Federal Government to put adequate measures in place to cushion the effects of world economic recession expected before December this year. Ibrahim revealed that balance sheet of the…

Rights Advocate and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has predicted danger ahead of the 2019 election following Sunday’s declaration of Osun State governorship election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council for the 2018 Osun governorship election has condemned in strong terms the call by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, says the assistance China is rendering to African countries in building infrastructure is important. In an opinion published in Financial Times, Okonjo-Iweala, who is now the co-chair…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of N22.68 billion as retirement benefits for ex-workers of Nigeria Airways. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Finance on Monday. According to the statement by the…

Iyiola Omisore, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, has conceded defeat, but he has one sentence to sum up the events: “Politicians have stayed professionals only because the…

US luxury group Michael Kors is set to announce a deal to buy Milanese fashion house Versace in a deal worth about $2bn, according to two people briefed on the talks. The agreement, expected to be announced on Tuesday morning, will…