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The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has vowed that the party will reclaim Kwara State from the grip of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the forthcoming general election. Oshiomhole said this in Abuja during a meeting with APC stakeholders from Kwara...

The Chief Executive Officer of Sahara Group has stepped down from the management of the indigenous oil firm, planning to contest the Rivers State governorship election in 2019. Cole’s resignation was announced by the board and management of the oil firm in a statement THISDAY obtained last …...

The Presidency saturday in Beijing, China, boasted that world leaders were now queuing to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, an experience, it said, showed there was something unusual about him. This is coming on the heels of visits to … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2LObuCL Get...

Over 40 soldiers have been lost to rampaging Boko Haram terrorists in the last two weeks, despite claims by the military that the Islamic terror sect had been “technically defeated”. This is in addition to the military’s loss of some of their prized weapons, including … Read more via...

Telecom In the last 15 years, the number of mobile telephone connections in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has increased by nearly 10 folds, consequently, over 444 million people in the region are now covered by mobile phone networks. Last year, reports claimed that … Read more via The Guardian...

As the fines imposed on four banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its directive to MTN Nigeria to refund a total of $8.134 billion over MTN illegal capital repatriation continue to generate concerns, the Central Bank is being advised to properly investigate MTN payments and … Read...

While many African countries have stopped the importation of high-sulphur fuel, Nigeria is still dragging its feet on the implementation of its ban on dirty fuel imports, ’FEMI ASU writes More than one and a half years after the Federal Government banned the importation of dirty fuels into …...

Alhaji Garba Salisu, Director of Relief, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, has said no fewer than 14 people lost their lives due to flooding in different parts of the state. He revealed this to NAN, on Saturday in Minna, noting … Read more via Sahara Reporters –...

For almost three decades before popular Prophet and televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua built his 10,000-seat headquarters of his Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN at Ikotun-Egbe, a suburb of Lagos, the area was partly swamp, partly abandoned industrial estate. Now, it is a boom town...

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted monsoonal rains, expected to keep the country under wet conditions throughout the forecast period for Sunday. NiMet made this known in its Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Saturday. It predicted a mixture of …...

About 2,051 Nigerians, who returned from Libya, have engaged in learning new trades between April 2017 and August 2018, the International Organisation for Migration has said. The United Nations agency said 1,130 men and 921 women participated in business training in Lagos, Edo, Nassarawa, Kano...

A pro-Buhari group, G-23, has said the Igbo will not repeat what it described as the mistake of 2015 when the South-East neglected a broad-based politics and supported former President Goodluck Jonathan based on regional consideration. The group regretted that the move cost the South- East …...

Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former Governor of Oyo State and governorship aspirant in the 2019 elections, has declared himself ready to continue after the tenure of the current administration in Oyo State. According to him, his experience in politics will work in his favour as he will “hit the …...

Thouands of youth under the aegis of the O.U.K. Volunteers, according to reports, are contributing N1,000 each to secure a political nomination form for Orji Uzor Kalu. The youth – 7,000 of them – are expected to purchase the form for the former Abia State Governor, who is … Read more via...

A former Lagos State governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, has left the party for the All Progressives Congress. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Olawale-Cole’s decision was informed by what he described as the impressive performance of...

The Presidency, on Saturday, boasted that world leaders were queuing up to meet President Muhammadu Buhari. This, it said, was contrary to what happened in the past when world leaders did not want anything to do with Nigerian leaders.... Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

Thousands of opponents and supporters of Germany’s immigration policy marched Saturday through the eastern city of Chemnitz after a wave of racist violence that followed a knife killing. Some protesters paraded with large portraits of victims of attacks perpetrated, they claimed, by...

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Rashid Bawa, has said that the relationship between the two countries can be further be strengthened by the legacies entrenched by the late UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He said that Annan, who served as the 7th UN scribe and was a co-recipient …...

The UN has said it regretted the decision of the U.S. to stop funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). In a statement issued in New York by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, the UN … Read more via Premium Times...

Nigeria’s central bank alleged that MTN used improperly issued certificates to transfer funds out of Nigeria after the telecoms giant converted shareholder loans in its Nigerian unit to preference shares in 2007. MTN denies the allegations. Read more via Nigeria News –...