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Ekweremadu, Nnaji win senatorial election in Enugu
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Sen. Gilbert Nnaji Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, have won the PDP primary to…
PDP Primaries: Maccido gets automatic ticket, Makarfi returns unopposed
Sen. Ahmad Maccido (PDP-Sokoto), who is seeking re-election, has been granted automatic ticket in Sunday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial…
Dosunmu beats Braithwaite to clinch PDP Senatorial ticket
Mr Olumide Braithwaite, son of eminent Nigerian and pro-democracy activist, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, on Sunday lost the PDP Lagos-Central Senatorial…
Lagos PDP will pick a sophisticated professional as guber candidate – Ogunlewe
A former Minister for Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Sunday said the PDP would provide the peoples’ governorship candidate for…
PDP Primaries: Senate leader loses fourth term bid
The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba’s bid for a fourth term in the senate hit the rock Saturday in Ikom, Cross…
APC Primaries: Why I stepped down – Dabiri-Erewa
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Sunday said she decided not to return to the House of Representatives in…
Mark, Suswam, Mku win PDP senatorial tickets in Benue
Senate President David Mark, Gov. Gabriel Suswam and Mike Mku on Saturday picked the PDP’s ticket to contest the 2015…
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Kashamu picks PDP Senate ticket as Daniel withdraws
*Ruling Party’s senatorial candidate wanted badly by US to face drug charges *The candidate already faces extradition proceedings in a…
Messi follows Ronaldo with another hat-trick
A third Lionel Messi hat-trick in four games helped Barcelona keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid as…
Dimeji Bankole not in Ogun governorship race, says PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Chief Bayo Dayo, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State has declared that the former…
Bayelsa Senatorial Primaries; Paulker, Murray-Bruce in, Lokpobiri out
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas, Downstream sector, Senator Emmanuel Paulker and former Director General,…
APC Reps Primaries: 7 Incumbents, Akiolu’s Son Lose
Jamiu Yisa The primary election to pick candidates who will fly the flag of the Lagos State chapter of the…
Africa’ll Miss Super Eagles At 2015 AFCON- Hayatou
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Alhaji (Dr) Issa Hayatou has affirmed that failure to qualify for the…
16-year-old boy wins 2014 Ekiti marathon race
A 16-year-old boy who hails from Ijero-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti, Sunday Ojoko on Sunday won the…
Suspects arrested in Jerusalem school attack
Several suspects have been arrested in connection with an arson attack which last month targeted a Jewish-Arab school that is…
Genoa beat AC Milan to go third
Genoa moved up to third ahead of stuttering Napoli with a battling 1-0 home win over AC Milan thanks to…
Tenth Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola
A tenth doctor has died after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said on Sunday, increasing alarm over the…
Court freezes Sunny Odogwu’s 19 accounts over N26.2bn debt
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has ordered 19 commercial banks in Nigeria, not to…
PDP has no place in Lagos – Jimoh
Eromosele Ebhomele Just minuets after he won the primary election to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Enosoregbe, Agugbom Rule 1st NPA Open Championship
Damilare Okunola/Abuja Clifford Enosoregbe and Christie Agugbom are winners of the first Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA National Tennis Open in…
Nigeria warns pilots of Harmattan haze
By Simon Ateba Pilots flying over the Nigerian airspace between now and March next year should be wary of harmattan…
26 foreigners among 135 arrested for ‘terrorism’ in Saudi
Authorities in Saudi Arabia said on Sunday they have arrested 135 suspects, including 26 foreign nationals, for “terrorism” offences. The…
Who will emerge APC presidential candidate? Vote here
Thousands of delegates from across Nigeria converge on Lagos this week, as the main opposition party chooses its candidate to…
Malawi president, deputy defer 80% pay rise
Malawian President Peter Mutharika and his deputy have deferred a controversial pay rise for themselves, a top government official said…
Saudi border guards kill Ethiopian
Guards on Saudi Arabia’s southern border with Yemen have killed two Ethiopians trying to smuggle drugs and alcohol into the…
Uber taxi driver rapes woman in India
An Uber taxi driver allegedly raped a 25-year-old passenger in the Indian capital before threatening to kill her, police said…
2014 NIPOGA: 42 polytechnics arrive Bida
Forty-two contingents from polytechnics across the country are participating in this year’s edition of the Nigeria Polytechnics Games (NIPOGA) holding…
Regulators synergy needed to avert capital market crash – UBA Capital boss
Mrs Oluwatoyin Sanni, the Group Chief Executive Officer, UBA Capital Plc, on Saturday called for regulatory synergy among the different…
Only credible election can sustain Nigeria’s democracy – Mark
The Senate President, David Mark, on Saturday said free, fair and credible election was required in 2015 to safeguard and…
Ribery’s 100th goal keeps Bayern in comfortable lead
Bayern Munich continued their seemingly relentless march towards a 25th German title as Franck Ribery’s 100th goal for the Bundesliga…