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Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are incomparable, insisting that his former vice is politically, economically and socially sound than Buhari.... Read more...

A Nigerian journalist arrested at gunpoint by suspected state agents last weekend was released from intelligence headquarters on Monday afternoon, one of his colleagues..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2CQHkgi Get More Nigeria Metro News

Today's News Highlights Includes; Court issues fresh bench warrant against actress, Monalisa Coker, over tax evasion – Vanguard News Nigeria...

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall, following his re-election for a second term. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this development in a...

Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit Phil Thompson singled out two Leicester City players, Wilfred Ndidi and Youri Tielemans, for special praise following their 2-0 win against Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2uBGi3l...

Middlesbrough attacker Britt Assombalonga has praised his teammate John Obi Mikel by describing him as an ‘uncle’ with awesome and incredible qualities... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2U9bvdz Get More Nigeria Sports News

Armed persons on Saturday attacked some communities in Zamfara State killing at least 10 people. The attackers invaded Kursasa, Kurya and Gidan Achali communities in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State shooting... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2U9Pfjq Get...

The recently published report by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United state, listed Nigeria, Venezuela, Iran, Brazil, others among the first ten (10) miserable countries in the world. 
 According to the report Venezuela was listed as the most … Read...

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has formerly declared his intention to run for the speakership of the 9th House when inaugurated in June this year.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2TIMMaF Get More Nigeria Political News

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane opened the door to a possible bid for Paul Pogba on Saturday when he hailed the Manchester United star as “a player who knows how to do everything”..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2UhW1TQ Get More Nigeria Sports News

Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel said Saturday he didn’t want to give a potential date for the injured Neymar’s return to action, adding however that the Brazilian star was feeling good.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JSzrgw Get More Nigeria Sports News

The U. S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) says Nigerians and other international students contributed 42.4 billion dollars to the U. S. economy in 2017/2018 session.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JVpz5A Get More Nigeria Metro News

The 2019 general elections in Nigeria, was originally scheduled to take place last February. This was however, rescheduled a few hours to the beginning of the..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2I2fXTT Get More Nigeria Political News

Elder statesman and former presidential adviser, Tanko Yakasai, has said that there is an unwritten understanding that when President Muhammadu Buhari finishes, the Vice President will likely be the next presidential candidate of the... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria –...

A 21-year-old man, Shefiu Abubakar, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Justice Durosinlohun Kawu of an Ilorin High Court for killing his brother, Babuga Abubakar with firewood... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JNv1HO Get More Nigeria Metro News

All is now set for the 2019 Warri/Effurun Peace Marathon billed for Saturday in Warri, Delta State. Over 3,000 elite athletes and fun runners are registered to participate in the 10km race billed to start at the... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2uwff9A Get More...

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has alleged that some influential people working closely with the Federal Government are mounting serious pressure on its leadership to pay a congratulatory visit to President Muhammadu Buhari, following the outcome of the last month’s presidential...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 13 to deliver ruling on a suit seeking to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate an allegation that the National Chairman of the.... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2FIN8td...

THE Senate, yesterday, scored Ministry of Finance F9, which is West African Examinations Council, WAEC, standard, in budget releases to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in 2018. Senate in the assessment gave the ministry 31.9 per cent for the releases from N30.4 billion approved … Read...

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has placed on hold, its earlier decision to present Certificates of Return to Muktar Idris, Governor-elect in Zamfara state as well as State Assembly members-elect..... Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2U7jHKx Get More...