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Obaseki is “free” to return to APC if …., says Gov.Wike

  By Boye Ajayi Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, says Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki, who was on September 19 re-elected on the...

It’s immoral for me to return to APC, says Edo Gov. Obaseki 

  Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki, re-elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it will be immoral for him to...

Modern-day slavery: Indomie company staff cry foul, seized for 6 months without returning to their homes

  By Boye Ajayi   Workers of the De United Foods Industries Limited, makers of Indomie noodles, in Lagos have cried out for...

Ekiti APC crisis: President’s Adviser’s Ado-Ekiti home invaded by thugs, guard assaulted

    The political standoff between Ekiti Gov. Kayode Fayemi and Sen.  Babafemi Ojudu, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President and...

Mallam Garba Shehu, Snr Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity

Rail line to Niger Republic:  Presidency contradicts, scrambles to clarify key details from Ameachi’s statement

  Less than 24 hours after Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, delivered a major address Wednesday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave...

Kogi explosion: Presidency assures state of funds to fix bad roads, others

  Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has received assurance from the Federal Government to fix all government roads and other infrastructure, beginning with...

Monarch’s security guard breaks into palace, bolts with his N400, 000, N20, 000 microphone

  By Boye Ajayi A 52-year-old security guard, Adebayo Samson, who allegedly broke into the palace of a monarch, his employer, with others...

COVID-19: Buhari lauds UN, says it will have failed the world if failed to mobilise against COVID-19

  President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the United Nations and its agencies for mobilizing and guaranteeing effective responses to COVID-19 pandemic, saying the body...

Black Wednesday in Kogi as over 25 people burnt to death in tanker explosion (graphic pictures)

  An early morning petrol tanker accident has claimed the lives of at least 20 people including school children being conveyed to school...

Nigeria’s Tony Elumelu, Dr Tunji Funsho, Tomi Adeyemi make TIMES magazine’s 2020 world’s 100 most influential people

  African investor, philanthropist and Chairman of UBA, Tony O. Elumelu, an accomplished physician, Dr Tunji Funsho and Tomi Adeyemi, a bestselling novelist and creative...

COVID-19: UK-based Nigerian robbed at Quarantine hotel

By Boye Ajayi   A Nigerian, who just arrived from the United Kingdom, has cried out for help after being allegedly robbed at a hotel...

16-year-old gunboy, five other underage nabbed in school

  A 16-year-old gun-boy and five underage boys have been apprehended by the police in a secondary school at Igboukwu, Anambra State, for various...

Presidency absolves Economic Adviser, Dipeolu, of involvement in N172m research funds disbursement

Contrary to some media reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu, cannot account for N34 million...

Unstable fiscal regime stifling Nigerian petroleum industry – Kyari

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, says the absence of a stable fiscal regime...

In UNGA 75 speech, Trump slams China for Covid-19; vows punishment

  President Donald Trump slammed China for the coronavirus pandemic in a speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly in New York....

God-wins, Edo and Lessons Learnt by Reuben Abati 

      The pundits who had predicted the outcome and the nature of the Gubernatorial election in Edo State got it all...