Year: 2018
Shekarau, Gaya, Jibrin emerge Kano APC senatorial candidates
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the results of the Senatorial primary election for Kano State with a former…
Protest in Abakaliki over Ebonyi APC governorship primary
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, numbering about 500 on Wednesday besieged the party’s state secretariat in…
Mother defeats son to clinch APC ticket for Yobe federal constituency
Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim, Minister of State Foreign Affairs, defeated her step son, Mohammed Ibrahim to clinch the All Progressives Congress…
Al-Makura clinches Nasarawa South APC senatorial ticket
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura has been elected as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Nasarawa South senatorial zone election…
ICJ orders U.S. to ease Iran sanctions
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has defied the threats by the United States and ordered it to lift some…
Oil prices race to $90 per barrel
The dollar notched an 11-month top on the yen on Thursday as oil price advances while Asian stocks were pressured…
Cholera outbreak: WHO supports Zimbabwe with 1.4m vaccinations
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against a new deadly outbreak…
Why Enyimba lost to Raja Casablanca
Enyimba FC of Aba Coach, Usman Abdullah, Wednesday night blamed his team’s 0-1 loss to visiting Raja Casablanca of Morocco…
APC Cancels Zamfara Governorship Primary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has cancelled the Zamfara governorship primary.
2 governorship candidates emerge in Ogun APC
Two governorship candidates have emerged in the Ogun state chapter of the All Progressive Congress ( APC) following two parallel…
Confusion in Ogun as NWC declares Abiodun winner of APC governorship primary
The Muhammad Ndabawa-led electoral committee sent to Ogun State by the National Working Committee(NWC) of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has…
Lagos: APC, Party Supremacy and Individual Ambition
By Jiti Ogunye I have watched, with consternation, how many good people on and off social media, who are not…
Napoli pip Liverpool 1-0 in Champions League match
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his side only have themselves to blame after a late winner from Lorenzo Insigne gave…
Neymar hits hat-trick as PSG demolish Red Star Belgrade 6-1
A Neymar hat-trick inspired Paris St-Germain to an emphatic Champions League Group C victory over Red Star Belgrade at the…
The Rise and Fall of Akinwunmi Ambode
The “Baba Sope” Political Ideology and Myth of Yoruba Omoluabi Ethos
Messi dazzles Tottenham at Wembley
Lionel Messi’s Wembley masterclass and a sublime strike from Ivan Rakitic got Barcelona back in the groove as they clinched…
Gov Tambuwal visits Obasanjo, seeks support for presidential ambition
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday visited former president Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the…
Edo police parade man who impregnates his teenage daughter
The police in Benin have arrested and paraded a man whose name was given as Friday Moses, for allegedly defiling…
Coronation Merchant Bank named best investment Bank in Nigeria
Coronation Merchant Bank has been named the best Investment Bank in Nigeria at the 2018 World Finance Investment Banking Awards…
Ecobank MD restates bank’s commitment to excellent service delivery
The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has restated the bank’s commitment to excellent service delivery to meet the needs…
Company, three others arraigned over diversion of N3.5bn Governor’s Forum fund
The Economic and financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned a limited liability company, Melrose General Services Limited and three…
Eko Youth Academy produces new ambassadors
The Lagos State Government has named the second set of Youth Ambassadors from its Eko Youth Academy Leadership Initiative Programme.
Akinlade emerges Ogun APC Gubernatorial candidate
Hon. Adekunle Akinlade of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has been announced the winner of the party's gubernatorial primaries that…
Opeifa urges loyalists to remain calm ahead of rescheduled Lagos APC Senatorial primaries
Former Lagos Commissioner for Transportation and an All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial Aspirant, Comrade Kayode Opeifa has asked his supporters…
EFCC docks Saraki’s aide, 2 others over alleged laundering of N3.5billion
Gbenga Makanjuola, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and a limited liability company and…
APC affirms Uduaghan as Delta South Senatorial candidate
The primary election panel of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State led by Major General Lawrence Onoja (Rtd),…
Sanwo-Olu’s victory: BOSCO DG thanks Buhari, Osibanjo, others
The Director General, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu Campaign Organisation (BOSCO), Mr. Tayo Ayinde, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi…
Buhari calls Leah Sharibu’s mother, pledges to bring back her daughter
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, spoke with Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the Dapchi Secondary schoolgirl, Leah, who had…
CACOL condemns N3.46 trillion loss annually to Port inefficiency
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has condemned the nation’s loss of over Three Trillion Naira (N3.46tn) annually,…
Truecaller launches Chat Feature to tackle spread of fake News
Truecaller on Wednesday announced the launch of its instant messaging (IM) platform ‘Truecaller Chat’ with the aim to make communication…