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Many youths in Kano jubilated as the news broke of President Muhammadu Buhari’s intention to run for second term come 2019. They said they were happy to learn that the President declared his interest in the 2019 Presidential race at the APC headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Click here to...

Almost a week after Minister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali told State House Correspondents that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast, the Presidency seems to have made a...

The Ekiti State council of Obas on Monday warned and also appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against manipulating the July 14 governorship election, urging it “not to outsmart the smart card readers, so that the state can have a credible election that will be...

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has passed the 2018 appropriation Bill put at N318 billion with an increment of N21.78bn from the N295 billion presented by the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on the 22nd December, 2017. Speaker of the Bayelsa Assembly, Hon. Kombowei Benson, while...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has secured nine convictions as well as recovered N130 million as part of the illegal funds expended during the 2015 general election as from January to date. Johnson Babalola, Head of Operations at the Gombe Zonal Office of the EFCC...

A man, Raji Babatunde, has been sentenced to death by an Ado-Ekiti High Court, Sitting In Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. Justice Cornelius Akintayo, in a judgment delivered, on Wednesday, held that the Prosecution proved the case against Babatunde beyond reasonable doubt. Click here to...

Tension is currently high in Enugu State as Fulani herdsmen attacked Okpanku community in Aniri Local Government Area of the state and machete a security guard. Daily Sun gathered that the incident occurred on Easter Monday. It was gathered that the incident has raised the security antennae...

It will be a new dawn in the Catholic Church in West Africa on Saturday, April 7, when Monsignor Simon Faddoul, will be consecrated and enthroned in Lebanon as the first bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of the Annunciation, located in Ibadan, Oyo State. The new Eparchy in Nigeria is...

Antonio Conte has stated that Alvaro Morata is ‘100 percent’ fit and ready to work hard for the remainder of the campaign, ahead of the Blues’ crucial Premier League showdown with Kane-less Tottenham. Chelsea are preparing to reignite their rivalry with Tottenham Hotspur today and Antonio Conte...

Across the globe in modern democracies, face-off between the executive and legislative arms of government is not uncommon. Thus, it is not peculiar to Nigeria. In sane democracies across the world, the legislative and executive arms come into friction from time to time. But at the end of the...

Christians in the country have been advised to allow the lessons of arms-giving, prayer and righteousness as exhibited during the Lenten period continue to resonate in their lives. Spiritual Father and Chairman of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, His Grace Most Reverend Prophet...

Dapchi girls’ release shows Buhari’s political will – Okorocha — 22nd March 2018 Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has ascribed the quick release of the 105 Dapchi girls abducted by the Book Haram sect to … Read more via The Sun News – http://ift.tt/2G523wN -- Get...

Ninety five ex-Boko Haram terrorists that have been rehabilitated under the De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme are now set to be reintegrated into the society. Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, disclosed this, on Thursday, in Abuja, when he...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has now been confirmed the world’s richest man, not just at present, but of all time. Both Bloomberg and Forbes have put Bezos on top of their billionaire lists. Bloomberg said Bezos’ net worth reached 106 billion U.S. dollars while Forbes put it at 105 … via The Sun...