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Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has accused his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar of lying over his comment on Muslim-Muslim ticket. Tinubu said Atiku asked him to be his running mate in 2007 but he refused. Recall that Atiku had accused Tinubu of being …

For indicting Nigeria and Kenya in the arrest and detention of the secessionist, Family of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has appreciated the United Nations, UN. It was gathered that both Nigerian and Kenyan governments were indicted by the United Nations, UN Human Rights …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has opened up on circumstances that surrounded his emergence as the leader of Nigeria twice. Obasanjo, who spoke on Saturday on a live radio interview with Segun Odegbami on Eagles7 Sports 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, said everything about him is accident. He disclosed that his emergence as …

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has met with critical stakeholders of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, in a bid to address major issues affecting the institution including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and change of institution’s name. The meeting, which lasted into the early …

The General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has refuted claims that he endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for 2023 elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Bakare who made the rebuttal in a statement debunking insinuations that he was …

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has encouraged younger Nigerians to assume leadership roles in the country as soon as possible. According to Obasanjo, young people shouldn’t let anyone address them as future leaders because there’s a chance that tomorrow will never come. Obasanjo asserted that some corrupt leaders would ruin …

The Customs Area Controller in charge of the Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Adekunle Oloyode, has disclosed that four clearing agents forged his signature to clear imported cars. This was made known by Oloyede while briefing journalists on the half-year report of the command. Oloyede …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday visited the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu. Obi arrived at the country home of the governor at Umuobiakwa, Obingwa Local Government Area in the early hours of the morning for a courtesy visit. Okezie’s Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki has disqualified Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from contesting the election for Ebonyi South senatorial district seat on the platform of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Similarly, the court disqualified Mr Austin Umahi, who is the governor’s younger brother from …

The crisis in the nation’s public university system has taken a new twist as members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) rejected the report of the Professor Nimi Briggs-led renegotiation committee. Both unions insisted that they would not be bound …