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EVER—SINCE he took office as governor of Cross-River State in 2007 through  his departure in 2015, Liyel Imoke has maintained a somewhat dignified silence on his predecessor, Donald Duke’s tenure in office from 1999 to…

…Recover N114,290,000 from INEC officials in Rivers state The Nigerian Police Force announced yesterday that it was able to trace $470.5 million belonging to NNPC Brass LNG squirrelled away in some accounts in some commercial banks…

A former Commissioner for Transport in Lagos State, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge the current occupant of the Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Adeola. Opeifa, who said he was a better…

THE police have paraded a suspected rapist, Chidi Okoye Christian, who allegedly raped female students of Ekiti State University (EKSU). The 18-year-old Okoye has been on the wanted list of EKSU Security Unit for some time following…

The Presidency has urged supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore attacks on him by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.Mr Saraki recently defected from the rulling All Progressives Congress (APC) and is running for the…

Another minister serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has been found to have skipped the mandatory national youth service scheme, an offence that may see him lose his position and earn him jail term.The Minister of…

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property has secured a warrant of arrest against embattled Delta senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, for alleged conspiracy, diversion of public funds and official…

A Milan court has sentenced Emeka Obi, a Nigerian and Gianluca Di Nardo, an Italian, to a four-year jail term for their complicity in a bribery scandal linked to the sale of OPL 245 in 2011. Quoting a legal source, Reuters reported…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Thursday revealed its plan to drag the former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, to court over comment on the whereabout of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.The lawyer to IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, as the Secretary/Director-General of the campaign organisation for his re-election bid. This was disclosed by Garba Shehu, Senior…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has consolidated on its operational performance with a trading surplus of ₦17.16bn in the month of April, 2018. NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu…

The Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress  ( APC ), on Thursday resolved to stay – off direct primary as an alternative mode of selecting party candidates for the 2019 general elections where consensus method fails.…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Although the reasons for the meeting were not made public, according to NAN, the governor would be updating the president on the latest…

Catch the first glimpse of the N120 million Bentley Mulsanne Linda Ikeji bought for her son, Jayce Jeremi Linda Ikeji had revealed to us way back before she put to bed that she already ordered a Bentley Mulsanne for Baby J. Since…

Nigerian popular Singer, Wizkid has reacted to his first baby mama, Shola releasing the chats they had about their son. Shola had released chats she had with Wizkid earlier today, as she continued to claim that Wizkid is a deadbeat…

…few states adopt direct primaries Governors of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) appeared to have had their way regarding the mode of primary to adopt for the conduct of party primaries across the country as they rose from their…

Online retail colossus Amazon is gaining ground in the US digital advertising market as the dominance of Google and Facebook erodes, according to an eMarketer forecast released on Wednesday. The market tracker predicted that Amazon…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the era of imposition is over in Kwara politics and that there is no favoured candidate among the governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC).…

Joy Ogaji, Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), has said it is “unreasonable” for communities where power plants are located to demand free supply of electricity. According to Ogaji, the power…

Amaju Pinnick has been re-elected as the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). He is the first president of the NFF to be re-elected. Pinnick recorded a landslide victory, earning 34 votes to Aminu Maigari (8), Taiwo…

Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, is currently at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. Some constituents of the speaker presented him with nomination forms of the PDP for 2019…

The battle between Wizkid and his babymamas does not look like its ending soon. Read through the chronicle released by Wizkid's first babymama, Shola Ogudu narrating her ordeal while she was with the singer.…

Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, says he will win the upcoming election and dance to the government house. He said this at an interactive session organised by the Oduduwa…

Tonye Cole, an All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers, says restoring peace and unity to the state would be his administration’s top priority if he wins the election. Cole, one of the four aspirants on the…