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Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, has promised to support female politicians aspiring for political offices across party lines. According to a statement on Thursday by Suleiman Haruna, her spokesman, the president’s wife spoke…

A Nigerian man identified as @Kenniezoid, has apologized after he was called out on social media for trying to blackmail a lady with her nudes. According to @adakunonso who called the man out, the nudes threatening Nigerian man was…

Bukola Saraki has purchased the presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party. The form was obtained on his behalf by the Director-General of the Saraki Presidential Campaign Organisation, Honourable Mohammed Wakil, at the…

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, says he will remain in the upper legislative chamber forever, if he wants. Ekeweramdu said this on Thursday while speaking at the event organised by the Not Too Young To Run movement. The…

About 7,000 members of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) in Delta State, including two aides of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The decampees, mainly from Oleh…

President Muhammadu Buhari says those who take the risk of going through the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea are on their own. The president said this in Abuja when he played host to Angela Merkel, prime minister of Germany on…

A Kubwa Grade1 Area Court on Friday sentenced one Kingsley Emeahera to two weeks of community service for attempting to defraud a beer seller of N5,000. The judge Abdulwahab Mohammed ordered Emeahera to clean the court’s premises and…

Two men have been charged this week with sexually abusing women seated near them on flights to Seattle. The unrelated cases come at a time when the number of sexual assaults reported on planes has increased at "an alarming rate," …

The venture capital arm of Google-parent company Alphabet is leading a $56 million funding round in SambaNova Systems, a start-up building computer processors and software for artificial intelligence and data analytics. It's the…

The Hajj Commission in Zamfara on Friday confirmed the death of three local government chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the state in an auto crash in Saudi Arabia. The Public Relations Officer of the commission,…

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday night declared that the government of the outgoing Osun State Governor, Rauf Aragbesola, has laid good foundation for the party to retain the…

According to Wizkid, he is Starboy’s new star, and going by his debut single, he may yet live up to the billing. Terri on Friday released ‘Bia’, his first solo effort under Starboy Entertainment, a long-awaited taste of his…

Opeyemi Bamidele, a former member of the house of representatives, has returned to Nigeria after two months treating gunshot injury in the UK and US. Bamidele, who served as the director-general of the Kayode Fayemi campaign in the…

Rinsola, daughter of MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 election, has resigned her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter to the leadership of the party, Rinsola cited the reasons she…

The Charge d’Affaires en titre of Nigeria in Libya, Alex Kefas, has disclosed that about 165 Nigerian migrants arrived from Libya. This is even as he said the situation is so bad that the Nigerian Embassy in Libya usually rush…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the Abi/Yakkur Federal constituency, Jerome Egbe, has been abducted by gunmen in Calabar. An eyewitness, Cyprian Ido, said that the incident occurred on Thursday at about 11 a.m. at a…

President of world football–ruling body, FIFA, on Thursday hailed Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Coach Gernot Rohr, the backroom staff, officials and Nigerian ball fans for their efforts at the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals in Russia. In a…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday hosted the South West Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a dinner at the First Lady Conference hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the…

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Russia collusion investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is “illegal” as the probe continues to hone in on his inner circle. Trump told Bloomberg News in an interview that…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Merkel’s visit to Nigeria is part of her visits to some African countries. The meeting…

Media Mogul, Dele Momodu has reacted to Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s declaration to run for presidency in 2019 election. The publisher of Ovation Magazine, while fielding questions from Nigerians on Twitter about the Senate…

Except it is carefully handled, the selection or election of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections may set the party on the path of fresh crisis and ultimately dash its hope of returning…

Senate President Bukola Saraki says his declaration to run for office of the president was not meant to put the Not Too Young To Run movement in a difficult position. On Thursday, the senate president declared his intention to run at…