APC will win Anambra governorship election – Odigie-Oyegun
National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said with hard work and unity, the party would win the Nov. 18 governorship election in Anambra. He stated this on...
View ArticleI deleted my Facebook account because of uncensored hate speech –Justice...
An EU commissioner admitted Thursday to cancelling her account on Facebook because it was a “highway for hatred,” as the bloc warned US internet giants to tackle online abuse or risk regulation. Vera...
View Article2019: God has destined me to lead Nigeria, says Fayose
By Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State says God has destined him to lead Nigeria. Fayose, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday at his declaration to be the presidential candidate of...
View ArticleEFCC arrests Ekiti’s finance commissioner, accountant-general at Fayose’s...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has arrested Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Toyin Ojo; and the Accountant General, Mrs. Oluyemisi Owolabi. They were arrested on Thursday...
View ArticleCatalan official accuses EU of tacitly backing Madrid
The European Union is tacitly backing the Spanish government’s “repressive actions” to prevent the Catalan region from holding a weekend independence referendum, a leading Catalan official charged...
View Article[ICYMI] IDP food: Adamawa PDP chair, others arraigned for N586m theft
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Adamawa State, Abdurahman Bobboi, who is also a former...
View ArticleFayose can’t be intimidated, Ekiti govt tells EFCC
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Government has described the arrest of Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General, Mrs Yemisi Owolabi, by the Economic and...
View ArticleHand over Gulen for jailed pastor, Erdogan tells US
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the United States Thursday that Turkey could release a jailed American pastor if Washington handed over exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen who Ankara...
View ArticleAngola swears in new 220 parliamentarians
The 220 new Angolan legislators elected after the general elections on Aug. 23 took the oath of office on Thursday in Luanda. The constitutive session of the National Assembly was presided over by...
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Constitution amendment: Uganda lawmakers exchange blows again
Chaos has rocked the Uganda Parliament for the second time after a minister and 25 members disagreed over the move to change the constitution to allow the president run for re-election. Lawmakers...
View ArticleNigerian cows, worst milk producers globally –Ogbeh
Stanley Opara The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says cows raised in Nigeria are the worst milk producers in the world. He said an average cow in the country produces less...
View ArticleWhy Fayose cannot run for presidency – Nwodo
Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, a Board of Trustees (BoT) member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, cannot contest in the party’s primary for 2019 presidential...
View ArticleNigeria’s economy still vulnerable to shocks, says FG
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday said despite the nation’s recent exit from recession, Nigeria’s economy was still vulnerable to shocks. The Minister of Budget and National...
View ArticleBaby abandoned with money, birth certificate, phone
A woman said she found a newborn baby boy abandoned on the side of a highway inside of a car seat stuffed with cash. According to Goodmorning America, the woman, Alexis Harrison, said she and her...
View ArticleQuit notice: Kaduna Govt obtains bench warrant against Northern youths
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Kaduna State Government on Thursday said it has obtained a bench warrant from the court to arrest members of the Coalition of Northern Youths that gave October 1, 2017 as...
View ArticleMugabe likens rivals to Judas for seeking his retirement
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday accused unnamed officials of his own party of trying to push him into retirement and likened them to the biblical betrayer, Judas. The 93-year-old Mugabe,...
View ArticleProbe: Senate panel berates Buratai, rejects his rep
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Wednesday, sent the representatives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, away from its hearing on...
View ArticleFayose, Adeyeye disagree over Ekiti LG primary
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Caretaker Committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, have disagreed over...
View ArticleDon’t split Nigeria, Abubakar, Nwachukwu, Anyaoku tell youths
Tony Okafor, Awka A former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and other elder statesmen, Theophilus Danjuma, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, and Ike Nwachukwu on Wednesday urged Nigerian youths not to...
View ArticleSigns of normalcy in many parts of Borno slim –UN agency
Niyi Odebode and Olaleye Aluko The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said there is “little indication” of a return to normalcy in many areas of Borno State. It...
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