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The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that Nigeria will be an Envy of the world soon. He said “Wherever we are from, whatever part of this great country we are from, whether we are from the North, the South-South, the South East, West, wherever, we have the same DNA. “We love our country, and […]

Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), says Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, will be stepping into politics to contest for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos, on Monday, the fiery preacher said the former vice-president of the […]

Atiku Abubakar, one of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the current administration is the worst to emerge since the civil war. Abubakar, who was vice president from 1999 to 2007, said this on Sunday at a media chat organised under the aegis of The United Nigeria Group (TUNG) in Abuja. […]

Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed as “fake news” accusations by a US woman who alleges she was raped by the Portuguese footballer in 2009. In an Instagram video, Ronaldo said: “They want to promote [themselves] by [using] my name. It’s normal.” Ronaldo’s lawyers say they will sue Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, which originally reported the allegations. […]

The Nigerian Labour Congress has suspended its ongoing strike. The strike commenced on September 26. The National President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension of the strike at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja. “The suspension takes effect from today Sunday,” he said. The suspension means workers are expected to resume duties […]

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has said if he wins the 2019 elections and spends another four years in office, he will leave some difference. “I will leave some difference in that office,” the president told Nigerians living in the United States of America on Thursday. Meeting with the Nigerian community on the margins of the […]

Aisha Alhassan, Nigeria’s women affairs minister, has resigned her position. Ms Alhassan, known widely as Mama Taraba, was appointed in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a September 29 letter to the president, Ms Alhassan decried her disqualification from contesting for the All Progressives Congress’ governorship ticket in Taraba State, saying the action constituted a […]

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana on Thursday gave the assurance that the attacks against Nigerian traders in Ghana were being taken care of. He stated this at a meeting with Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, in New York on the side-lines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on […]

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday in New York, received briefing from the President of ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou. The president was brought up to speed with developments in Guinea Bissau, which should hold elections soon; Togo, where constitutional reforms are […]

Jose Mourinho warned Paul Pogba that no player is bigger than Manchester United, but praised the Frenchman’s attitude in training during another week in which tensions escalated between the Portuguese coach and his star midfielder. Mourinho stripped Pogba of his role as vice-captain on Tuesday and a frosty exchange between the pair was caught on camera at training […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it would revoke the operating licences of 182 other financial institutions (OFIs). This is barely a week after the apex bank revoked the licence of Skye Bank and approved that of a bridge bank to secure customers’ deposits. According to a notice posted on its website, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is the only one contesting for presidency in the All Progressive Congress, APC. Buhari in an interview in in an interactive session with Nigerian community in the United States said  “I am the only one contesting for Presidency in APC, those who wanted to contest against me left […]

Commercial activities in some states of the federation were grounded, yesterday, following the strike declared by organised labour to press home demand for a new minimum wage. This came as the Federal Government, yesterday, warned that the strike will affect payment of salaries, even as it met the leadership of organised labour in the Presidential […]

The Federal Government has said it suspended the establishment of a national carrier, Nigeria Air, because the core investors pulled out of the project in the last minute. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at Murtala Muhammed  Airport, Lagos, also said the decision became necessary […]