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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, May 18, 2018, secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Adio. Justice O. M. Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan found the convict … Read more via Premium...

The Gombe Police Command on Saturday deployed no fewer than 500 policemen to the venue of the APC State Congress to ensure the safety of lives and property. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gombe International Hotel, venue of the exercise, had been cordoned off, with security...

The Chairman of the state APC Congress committee, Senator Uche Ekwuenife, has earlier said there would be no voting. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2k8p7Ba Get More Nigeria Political News

Policemen from the Ebonyi State Police Command Saturday reportedly barred delegates from a faction of the party loyal to a former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Julius Ucha, from gaining entry to the venue of the state congress. Ucha’s group however relocated …...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, has appealed to Ekiti workers to vote for the candidate of the party, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the July 14 governorship poll. Bamidele said the APC is coming with … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

Anti-graft detectives are closing in on Bamikole Omishore, an aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki who was recently exposed for allegedly using his wife as a ghost-worker, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Official confirmation and other information obtained from sources at the Economic and...

“We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love,” said the Most Rev. Michael Curry, echoing the words of the civil rights leader, continuing: “And when we do that, we will make of this whole world a new world. But love, love is the only way. … Read more via CNN –...

People in two of northeastern Nigeria’s six states say militants with ties to Boko Haram are still in control of areas despite the federal government’s unwavering stance that it has defeated the Jihadist militant group. In Borno and Yobe states, residents told DW that militants of the...

The nationwide state congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for May 19 are yet to start in the four South-South states of Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers. In Edo, accreditation had not started at about............... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

The All Progressive Congress (APC) Congress, in Borno State, has commenced in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, under tight security. The congress initially scheduled to hold at a popular hotel was moved to the El-Kanemi Sports Complex at the heart … Read more via The Sun News –...

Fast-forward seven years and it’s clear that something significant has happened to the world’s most famous family. The royals often seem insular, closed off and entrenched in tradition. Yet Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding departed from that tradition in a way that not long ago seemed...

Texas authorities said 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis is the gunman in the deadly shooting that unfolded Friday morning inside Santa Fe High School, killing 10 people and injuring 10 more. Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines – https://ift.tt/2KAUeAG Get more World News

The Blues boss has insisted that too much importance is placed on trophies and not enough on the work he and his players put in. Antonio Conte says that he should still be considered a hero even if his Chelsea side falls short of lifting silverware … read more via The Sun News –...

Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa on Friday rounded off its 8th Regional Conference with the appointment of Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as its new chairman, with a resolve to strengthen cooperation and collaboration among...

Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Provence, Anglican Communion, Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has raised concerns over the bills for the burial of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Bishop Chukwuma, who is known as the counsellor to the Ekwueme family said the family is yet to get a refund …...

The national leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has suspended the congress to elect executive committee members for the Delta State chapter of the party, Saturday Sun learnt late Friday. State congress of the party is to hold nation wide today (Saturday) … Read more...

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa State said on Friday that it has successfully separated a conjoined female twins. Professor Auwal Muhammed, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Yola. Muhammed said that the twins … Read...

The Super Eagles will have have the backing of AS Roma at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Italian side AS Roma have come out to back the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Serie … read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment & lifestyle platform online...

The rescheduled ward and local government congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state will hold today and tomorrow. The post APC holds fresh Ward, Local Govt Congresses in Rivers today appeared first on PM NEWS Nigeria. Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria –...

The royal wedding wait is over: royal wedding guests including Oprah and Charles Spencer are arriving for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wed at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on Saturday. People are already arriving on the Windsor Castle grounds. More than 2,600 people, including local...