ALL Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said the inability of the party to solve its internal wrangling and the refusal of the various interest groups in Rivers State to back down on their demands caused the party’s loss in the last general elections. Speaking while inaugurating a caretaker committee for the […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested a 19-year-old female candidate, Rejoice Mordi, for allegedly falsifying her 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score from 164 to 264. Mordi was arrested in Abuja on Tuesday following an invitation by the board to its headquarters in Bwari. The father of the teenager, Frank Emordi, […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned some pastors and imams who he said incite other faiths to violence and politicise religion. He spoke yesterday at an inter-faith session he held with Christians and Muslims in Akure, the Ondo State capital, as a prelude to the public lecture marking the Ulefunta festival where he […]

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately vacate office over a trending video in the social media where Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, pleaded with Nigerians over the President’s WAEC certificate controversy. But the minister said the video was doctored to circulate fake news and […]

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered his aides not to reply what he described as “very hostile statements credited to our revered National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.” A statement signed by Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Barr. Paul Ohonbamu said the statement was an onslaught against the governor and government of Edo State […]

Senators Uche Ekwunife and Ifeanyi Ubah have been declared the winners of the February 23, 2019 National Assembly elections in Anambra State Ekwunife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Central Senatorial Zone defeated Sen Victor Umeh of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Also, the Tribunal ruled in favour of Sen Ifeanyi Ubah of […]

Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, is set to light up the social and entertainment scene this month with the announcement of the Bank’s“Aspire Music Festival”.   Dubbed as the most anticipated entertainment event of the year, the music festival holds on Saturday, September 21, 2019 by 8.00pm at the Harbour Point Event Centre, […]

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said new policies that will regulate the operations of motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, in the state are being formulated. Sanwo-Olu, who made this known on Friday while giving an account of his stewardship in the first 100 days in office in Ikeja, the state capital, said the […]

No fewer than 19 assorted rifles recovered from repentant bandits in Zamfara State by the police were handed over to the state government on Friday. Police Commissioner, Usman Nagogo, who displayed the retrieved firearms to Governor Bello Matawallen said they were recovered between August 30 and September 5. According to him, the firearms were surrendered […]

THE Federal Government and the House of Representatives are pushing ahead with demands for compensation to Nigerian victims of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, regardless of hints by Pretoria that it has no intention of paying. While Foreign Affairs Minister Godfrey Onyeama declared on Friday that Nigeria will challenge South Africa’s claims that its […]