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The All Progressives Congress will today (Wednesday) begin the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms to its aspirants for the 2019 elections. The APC, in a statement on Tuesday, said that during the sale of the forms, which would end on September 10, a presidential aspirant would pay N45m, as against N55m reportedly […]

The South African economy on Tuesday contracted into a technical recession, according to Bloomberg. Latest economic data by the country’s statistics agency showed second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) declined by about -0.7 per cent, driven by the poor performance in key sectors, including agriculture, transport and retail businesses. It is the first time since […]

Neymar would rather move to Arsenal or Chelsea rather than one of the Manchester giants, Express Sport has revealed. The PSG star got Manchester City fans excited in the summer when he reiterated his desire to play under Pep Guardiola. But Neymar is unlikely to ever swap Paris for Manchester – because he is in […]

Lionel Messi has admitted he was surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to leave Real Madrid and join Juventus. Messi also believes the transfer will leave Madrid worse off and says Juve are now among the clear favourites to win this season’s Champions League. Ronaldo swapped Spain for Italy in a deal worth 100 million euros […]

The Global Fire Power (GFP), an institution which ranks the military of different countries, has rated the Nigerian military as the 43rd best in the world, in its 2018 survey. This places Nigeria above 18 European countries namely: Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland, Macedonia, Finland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, Albania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Bosnia […]

Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River state, has issued a statement to clarify his position on same sex relationships. Duke, a presidential aspirant, had received backlash for a comment he made during a show anchored by Folarin Falana (Falz) and Laila Johnson-Salami. Explaining his stance on same sex relationships, Duke had said that he […]

The Presidency, on Saturday, boasted that world leaders were queuing up to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. This, it said, was contrary to what happened in the past when world leaders did not want anything to do with Nigerian leaders. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in […]

A man jailed for armed robbery in 1999 is seeking nearly $1million in compensation after police found his criminal lookalike. Metro UK reports that Richard Jones, from Kansas City, was released last year after a judge called into question his original conviction. He had spent 17 years in prison because an eyewitness said he was the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed for China accompanied by his wife, Aisha Buhari and one of his daughters. Also in the delegation were nine governors, four senators and some presidential aides. While in China, Buhari is expected to attend the 7th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation scheduled to hold from September 3 to September […]

A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday wept while speaking to some of his supporters. Mr Abubakar was responding to the supporters who had purchased a Peoples Democratic Party presidential nomination form for him. Support groups of the former vice president purchased and presented the nomination and expression of interest forms to Mr Abubakar, […]

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for apparently saying his government is willing to violate the law for national security. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference last Sunday, Mr Buhari claimed it was a settled law that national security should always trump the rule of law. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for China to participate in the 7th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled to hold September 3 – 4, 2018 in Beijing. The president’s first engagement in Beijing will be an interactive session with the Nigerian Community in China at the Nigerian Embassy. Before the formal […]