Senator Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom state, is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party and dampen the celebration mood in the PDP headquarters, over the defection of some senators and three governors from the All Progressives Co…
The Federal Government says the All Progressives Congress (APC) reserves the right to challenge defectors in court. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, said this on Saturday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise. The Minister when …
The Plateau state Police Command has confirmed killing of three people in Zanwra area of of Bassa local government area of Plateau state. According to the Plateau state Police Public Relation Officer, Tyopev Terna, in a statement sent to newsmen, th…
His former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo said Atiku should never count on him to support his latest bid to actualise his life-long ambition of being elected the president of Nigeria. In an interview with Premium Times, Obasanjo swore he will never support…
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto) who staged a grand homecoming to Sokoto today said defectors to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties from All Progressives Congress (APC) will surely regret their actions. Wamakko stated this on …
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe, long speculated to be interested in Nigeria’s 2019 presidential race finally confirmed his intention on Saturday night. In a tweet, Dankwambo said he will be contesting for the highest seat on the platform of the…
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Saturday said God loves Nigeria and that the nation will not split despite series of upheavals being witnessed. Akiolu spoke when the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, led the Conference …
The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress is attempting to woo its members describing the party as discredited and famished fold. The PDP said it has nothing, but pity for the APC, who, it alleged…
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., says its ongoing plans to reach a Final Investment Decision on its Train-7 project by December will make Nigeria the 3rd World largest gas exporter. The NLNG General Manager Production, Mr Tayo Ogini, said thi…
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Shehu Gusau has said Nigeria would bid to host the 2025 IAAF World Athletics Championships. IAAF president Sebastian Coe, who was in Asaba for the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships, during t…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Hon. Bamidele Faparusi, has described the recently filed petition of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Governorship candidate, in the July 14 election, Kolapo Olusola, at the Tribunal, as an exercise i…
The Nigerian Air Force has said its Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole,on Friday, bombed a Boko Haram terrorists hideout in Borno State, destroying the terrorists’ camp in the process. The Air Force, in a statement by its spokesman, Air Commodo…
The PDP, senator representing Bayelsa East constituency, Ben-Murray Bruce, on Saturday condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s repeated vacation to Britain, saying that such vacation would only damage Nigeria’s economy rather increasing it. Submittin…
Those clamoring for the resignation of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, because he defected to the People’s Democratic Party should know that it is unconstitutional to even say he should resign, Ahmed Makarfi, one of the PDP Presidential aspirants h…
The Management of Daar Communications, a broadcast outfit, Thursday raised the alarm that ahead of 2019 general and Presidential elections, the federal government is out to muzzle and stifle them out of operations. According to the media outfit, ow…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Saturday, assured Nigerians of the Army’s commitment toward unity and indivisibility of the country. He made this known at the 60th Passing Out Parade of the Nigeria Military School held in Zaria, …
Three persons were shot dead on Friday night in Zanwra area of Jebbu Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, throwing the whole community into a fresh apprehension. The killing took place barely three days …
US President Donald Trump sniped back at NBA great LeBron James late Friday, days after the basketball player and philanthropist accused him of fueling racial divides in the United States. “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on tel…
The National Executive Committee of the People Democratic Party (PDP) has written to officially notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Department of State Security Service (DSS) and the police command in Ogun State, of the exp…
Ahead of the 2019 general election, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure spoke …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the recent wave of defections into the party may sow seeds of discord within its ranks, nothing that the PDP has further been strengthen with the return of some high…
Arsenal manager, Unai Emery has told England forward, Danny Welbeck to leave the club before the transfer window closes. The manager asked the player to leave if he wants because it would be difficult for him to play first team football this season.…
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has begun the disbursement of lower denomination of naira notes directly to the traders. It expressed its determination to put an end to the scarcity of the lower denomination naira notes in circulation. The apex …
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has begun the disbursement of lower denomination of naira notes directly to the traders. It expressed its determination to put an end to the scarcity of the lower denomination naira notes in circulation. The apex …
Professor Kingsley Moghalu has said he will continue to hold townhall meetings to engage directly with the Nigerian people, including at the grassroots, even after he becomes President in 2019. He said he will not only be sending a representative. H…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, has filed a petition against the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The Independen…
It was like the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem when the people came out in their thousands on Saturday to welcome the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at the Benin airport to the city…
A senator, Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa), has faulted the defection of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Adamu, who made this known in an interview with jo…
The Federal Government has threatened to shut down 106 radio and television stations in the country. The National Broadcasting Commission, which issued the threat on behalf of the Federal Government, accused the stations of owing the commission the …
The Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Thursday said he was not afraid of any probe by anti-graft agencies, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the P…
The Nigeria Police Force said on Friday that it could not investigate the allegations of certificate forgery and mismanaged funds levelled against the Chairman of Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Property, Okoi Obono-Obla…
Prostitutes in Anambra State have threatened to starve policemen who patronise them over alleged harassment and arrest of their colleagues in major cities of the state. One of them simply identified as Kaamsi, who claimed to be a leader of the group…
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has begun the disbursement of lower denomination of naira notes directly to the traders. It expressed its determination to put an end to the scarcity of the lower denomination naira notes in circulation. The apex …
The former caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmed Makarfi, has warned the party to be careful about the type of persons it accepts back into the party. The former Kaduna State governor spoke on Friday in Lokoja, the Kogi State cap…
Alia Ghanem, the mother of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 deadly attack on the United States, has spoken about her son, saying he was a shy boy who was radicalised in the university. Over 3,000 people died in the terror at…
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