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The lawmaker representing Osun West district in the National Assembly, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has won the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. RREAD MORE HERE

Malawi’s vice-president Saulos Chilima, has set up his own political party on Saturday to run against the government in elections next year, persisting in his public attack on President Peter Mutharika’s cabinet. Chilima, 45, was handpicked Mutharika to run alongside him in 2014 on the...

The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has said that the 2018 budget will further impoverish Nigerians and favour only a few privileged individuals in the country. The party in a statement signed by Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, its Acting National Chairman and Comrade Chinedu Bosah, National...

Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, insisted that more people have died since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power than those killed in “Iraq and Afghanistan” put together. The Waziri of Adamawa said this while decrying the large-scale killings in some states in the country. READ MORE HERE

With the recent upheavals in Nigeria’s political space, some members of the Senate are expected to defect from their parties in the coming days. The speculation on the defection has been on for a long time but reached new heights on July 4 when a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress...

An Islamic cleric popularly known as Alfa, reportedly healed a mad man in the early hours of Thursdays 19th July, as reported by a Facebook user. READ MORE HERE

The Editor, In November 2010, a senior official of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe was quoted as saying, “We’ve done a lousy job in government. While Zanu-PF have used the last 21 months to refocus and reinvent themselves, we’ve lost our identity. … Read more via...

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the plane veered off the edge of the runway and caught fire, but all passengers were able to escape the aircraft. Read more via USA Today – https://ift.tt/2mzgYqR Get more World News

They riled up their fans. They highlighted their star players and invited the next big scorer to try out. They seemed poised to take one or more direct shots at their goal. And yet the World Cup utterly fizzled for the Islamic State..... read more via SOCCER news, photos, and video – Yahoo...

Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler, has stepped down after unexpected complications during his recovery from surgery, the company announced. Mike Manley, the CEO of Jeep, will replace Marchionne as CEO, effective immediately. Louis C. Camilleri, the former chairman of Philip Morris...

Patoranking and his Dad are really having the best time of the lives as they holiday in New York, United States...... via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2zUDGmC Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, insisted that more people have died since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power than those killed in “Iraq and Afghanistan” put together. The Waziri of Adamawa said this while decrying the large-scale killings in some states in the country. Addressing a large...

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, is giving the biblical ‘eye for an eye’ old testament rule for any troll coming at her for tweeting that the newly unveiled National Carrier project embarked upon by the Buhari-led administration will fail. Ezekwesili, in her tweet stated that the...

Washington – Donald Trump on Saturday said his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen may have acted illegally after it emerged he had secretly taped a discussion about payments to a former Playboy model who claims she had an affair with the US president. In his first direction … Read more via IOL section...

For her national political debut, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez traded the concrete jungle of New York for the endless wheatfields of Kansas. The next Ocasio-Cortez: will these candidates pull Democrats to the left? The bright new face of the left joined Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, a leader of...

Anthony Anderson is listed as the subject of a criminal investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department, PEOPLE confirms. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department says that the actor.... via More Top Stories – Google News – https://ift.tt/2mAEVOd Get more Nigeria...

The Federal Government on Friday repatriated 155 Nigerian football fans who got stranded in Russia after the World Cup tournament. The returnees arrived late night at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, following a Presidential directive to...

A policeman accompanying a bullion van Saturday accidentally shot and killed the driver of the van in his attempt to ward-off mourners who had blocked parts of the Odumase Krobo road in the Eastern Region. Police Constable Amidu Ousman is said to have fired a warning shot … Read more via...

The Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward has faced criticism for going to ground too easily, but he claims to be the subject of rough treatment. Neymar has refuted accusations of going to ground too easily, with the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward suggesting that his dribbling …...

The father of Super Eagles captain John Mikel Obi says his son has not called him in over five years. Pa Obi said his relationship with the football star is fraught with .... read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LCERbV Get More Nigeria Sports News