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Fayemi says emissaries were sent to him with monetary offers so he could change his position on the matter. Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State said Monday that he was offered $80million bribe to drop his objection to the settlement of the $418million judgment debts purportedly owed by states and …

ABUJA–NORTHERN elders have blamed the festering insecurity in the country especially in the North East and North West geopolitical zones on some leaders and elders of the region whom they said,saw the danger in the beginning of the crisis but refused to say the truth They said the attachment of …

OCP Africa, a global leader in the production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilizer, in its avowed commitment to support the development of Nigeria’s agricultural ecosystem has partnered with research institutions in Nigeria to grow wheat production by developing a specialized fertilizer for wheat. It said the partnership with The Lake …

Insecurity: Recruit 50 million youths into army, Tinubu urges FG All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to recruit at least 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army to boost Nigeria’s fight against terrorism, banditry and all forms of internal and external security threats confronting …

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called on the federal government to look into and implement some of the suggestions made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on important national issues. He made the call in a statement by his Special Adviser …

President Idris Deby of Chad on Saturday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern corridor railway line to Chad to enhance trade between Nigeria and his country. President Buhari performed the groundbreaking of the $3 billion Port Harcourt-Maiduguri project earlier this month. Addressing correspondents at the …

Bad weather has disrupted the 69th birthday and 12th colloquium of All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, billed to take place in Kano State, forcing many dignitaries who were billed to travel by air to stay back. According to a report by The Punch, the event, which was expected to …

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Monday said as far as national integration is concerned, all Nigerians must become born again. Ganduje made the comment in his welcome address as at the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Kano. The colloquium, organised to mark the 69th birthday of Tinubu, the …

Ibrahim Magu’s fate remains uncertain five months after the submission of the report of the Justice Ayo Salami Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to President Muhammadu Buhari. There have been concerns about the fate of Magu after the …

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday gave the reason he chose Kano as the venue for his 12th colloquium and 69th birthday. He said that he picked Kano to prove that Yoruba and Fulani are one. Making reference to the marriage of the daughter of …