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The federal government says HSBC Bank has no moral right to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari or predict that his second term would stunt the economy. In a statement released on Saturday by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to…

•As party seeks to break Buhari’s grip on zone •Governors kick over Wike’s romance with aspirant •Uncomfortable with Port Harcourt as convention venue Anxiety is spreading within the top hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party…

The confusion over the reelection bid of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, failed to clear off on Saturday as the All Progressives Congress national leadership could not secure a firm commitment from its national leader, Asiwaju…

It has been reported that some segments of Epe, the hometown of Ambode, had embarked on prayers to save the head of their son, whom they believed had positively contributed to the modernisation of the ancient town. The prayers, it was…

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has left the country, a day after her resignation, sources close to her told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday.Mrs Adeosun, finance minister since November 2015, stepped down from office on…

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola,  has released N500 million to the management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology  Ogbomoso. The Public Relations Officer of the LAUTECH, Mr Lekan Fadeyi , announced this in a statement…

Folakemi Adeosun, the British-born Nigeria’s finance minister, whose counterfeit youth service scheme certificate was the subject of a relentless news coverage for over two months, left her senior cabinet position on Friday.The…

Former senate president, David Mark, has visited Minna, capital of Niger state, where he held a private meeting with the former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida.The meeting lasted two hours at the residence of Mr Babangida.The News…

Some close associates of the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have reportedly have tabled three stringent conditions before the embattled governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, which he must meet…

Floyd Mayweather, former professional boxer, says he will come out of retirement to face Manny Pacquiao for a rematch in December. The most lucrative pay-per-view boxer in the history of the game made the announcement in a video…

Former Nigerian finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, who resigned her position on Friday on account of forging a certificate of national service risks jail term of up to 14 years. A lawyer, Shuaibu Sule, listed five offences he said the…

The All Progressives Congress has said the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, like the Senate President Bukola Saraki, must resign or be prepared to be impeached. In separate telephone interviews with Saturday PUNCH,…

US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied an allegation of sexual misconduct made against him. The allegation was made by an unnamed woman, who said in a letter Kavanaugh had tried to force himself on her when both of them…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, for deserting and forging her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Exemption Certificate. The…

A Nigerian guy who is about to get married is in a cross road and needs help on how to get out. He wrote on twitter seeking for help. According to his post, he got a car ahead of his wedding, only for his Father-in-law to call him…

A Nigerian man who featured in the National Crime Agency’s top 10 most wanted alleged fraudsters campaign appeared in court today accused of a £12 million scam involving public bodies. Bayo Awonorin, 44, was originally arrested in 2012…

The Ambassador of Nigeria in Doha, Qatar, Amb. Abdullahi Wase is dead. A statement in Abuja on Saturday by the spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tope Elias-Fatile, said Wase, a non-career ambassador from Plateau State, had been…

An operator of a ridesharing service, otherwise known as Uber, is counting his losses after a three-man robbery gang snatched his car at gunpoint while pretending to pay him transport fare around an Automated Teller Machine point in the…

•I made N31 from the deal, says Islamic cleric Three months ago, Nigerians were stunned speechless when a woman, later identified as Mrs. Akinloye Oluwatoyin, allegedly jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge, into the Lagoon over an…

The Economic and Financial  Crimes Commission ( EFCC) yesterday gave Governor Ayodele Fayose a September 20 appointment over  the allegation of his involvement in a  N4.685billion fraud in the Office of National Security Adviser(ONSA).…

Speaker Yakubu Dogara has said that the injustice he and his supporters are suffering from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and how it is addressed would determine whether he would remain in the party or quit. His declaration came…

It was commendation galore for the senator representing the Lagos Central District, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts gathered in Lagos yesterday to pour encomium on her for quality representation.…

Asiwaju not supporting any aspirant –Hamzat The last may not have been heard of the controversies trailing the second term bid of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu reportedly told the General Overseer…

When Kemi Adeosun was appointed into the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, she must have thanked her stars without knowing that a day like this would come. Not every commissioner ends up being a minister, hence after…